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.

TAMS deploys 64-slice scanner at Dallas-based ER

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. is implementing its Aquilion 64-slice CT scanner at the Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas.

Siemens inks contract for MRI, ultrasound with HealthTrust

Siemens Medical Solutions has inked a 3-year contract to provide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound technologies to HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG), of Brentwood, Tenn.

GE speeds up diagnoses at UW Medical Center

GE Healthcare has installed its Lightspeed VCT 64-slice scanner at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.

InMed Diagnostic Services goes WarpSpeed

Multi-state diagnostic imaging center provider InMed Diagnostic Services has selected WarpSpeed PACS (picture archive and communication system)/RIS (radiology information system) from Image Technology Laboratories Inc (IMTL) for three of its sites, includ

Imaging center selects CoActiv's storage system

Medical Imaging Center P.C. in Bloomington, Conn., has selected CoActiv Medical Business Solutions digital archive and storage solution, EXAM-Vault, a part of CoActiv's picture archiving and communications system EXAM-PACS.

Staten Island University Hospital picks MedQuist's SpeechQ

Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) has announced the purchase and installation of MedQuist's SpeechQ for Radiology speech recognition software.

Kodak, SSI ink co-marketing deal

Eastman Kodak Co. and The SSI Group Inc. (SSI) have announced a new co-marketing agreement that will have each company marketing the other's medical imaging, information and software products within the U.S.

MinXray wins U.S. Army order

The U.S. Army has selected the MinXray MXRSLW portable x-ray system package as their new standard for field deployable and battlefield portable diagnostic radiography.

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.