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.

WestCare selects McKesson

McKesson will be implementing Paragon, its hospital information system designed for community hospitals, at WestCare Health System in Sylva, N.C.

Toshiba deploys open MRI and 64-slice scanner

Boynton Beach Open Imaging Center in Florida has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.'s (TAMS) Ultra open-MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system.

Johns Hopkins and Lenox Hill install Philips SPECT/CT

Royal Philips Electronics this week announced that its Precedence SPECT/CT system has been activated at two hospitals including Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, N.Y.

First sale of IMCO's VisionPACS

Medsouth Healthcare, P.C. in Dyersburg, Tenn., has made the first purchase of the VisionPACS package from IMCO Technologies.

Cardialysis B.V. deploys Heartlab's CardioNow

Heartlab will implement its CardioNow telecardiology and image management system for cardiovascular drug and device studies at Cardialysis B.V., a cardiology contract research organization in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Misys wins $1.2M contract for laboratory technology

Misys Healthcare Systems will be implementing its Misys Laboratory information management system at the University of South Alabama (USA) Health System.

Quantum awarded Amerinet contract

Quantum Medical Imaging has announced that it has been awarded a contract with Amerinet for the Q-Rad radiographic and Q-Rad-Digital radiographic products.

New York Hospital to deploy Eclipsys' clinical manager

Eclipsys Corp. this week announced that New York Hospital Queens will deploy the Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager which includes critical care advanced software.

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.