Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

University Orthopaedic Clinic gives Neurostar VRN the nod

University Orthopaedic Clinic (UOC), a Atlanta-based sports medicine practice, has selected Neurostar Solutions to provide a Virtual Radiology Network (VRN) in an effort simplify imaging workflow required due to the pratice's rapidly growing patient base.

Kopp Development awarded contract by MAGNET

KOPP Development Inc. (KDI) has announcing that it has been awared a three-year preferred purchasing agreement with Mid-Atlantic Group Network of Shared Service Inc. (MAGNET), a group purchasing network based out of Mechanicsburg, Pa.

InnerWireless unplugs NIH's Clinical Center

InnerWireless Inc. will be installing its broadband wireless distribution platform in the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center Clinical Research Center (CRC) in Bethesda, Md.

Bayhealth picks IntegradWeb

Dynamic Imaging has announced that Bayhealth Medical Center, headquartered in Dover, Del., will install the company's web-based IntegradWeb.

Relizon supplies secure prescription pad for Vermont's Rutland Medical Center

The Relizon Company of Dayton, Ohio is working with the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Vermont to cut the illegal use of drugs in its community.

Two more PACS migration contacts for DeJarnette

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has been awarded two PACS migration contracts.

Storing patient data on DVD-RAM

Cascade Medical Imaging LLC (CMI) of Bend, Ore., has found a solution to its data storage problems by using DVD-RAM, a rewriteable DVD format which features high-speed read and write capabilities, fast random access, and error correction.

Vital Images ink agreement to distribute Confirma's CADstream

Vital Images Inc. has inked an agreement with Confirma Inc. to distribute the CADstream along with Vital Images flagship software Vitrea 2.

Around the web

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease. 

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care.