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.

IDC reports strong DR system sales

Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) has received 50 new sales orders for its line of Xplorer DR (digital radiography) products since November's Radiological Society of North America show.

VNA of Texas selects Misys Homecare

Misys Healthcare System has been awarded a contract by the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas (VNA) in Dallas to deploy its Misys Homecare that will help the organization transition to a paperless environment.

Eclipsys helps cut the chord at Sentara

Physicians at Sentara Healthcare of Norfolk, Va., are using hand-held wireless devices from Eclipsys Corp. to securely access critical clinical data at a patient's bedside, on clinical rounds or outside the hospital.

Siemens deploys imaging & IT systems at Long Island hospital

Winthrop-University Hospital of Long Island, N.Y., has awarded Siemens Medical Solutions a contract to install an array of medical imaging technologies and clinical information technology (IT) systems.

Kodak's RIS/PACS in demand across Europe

Kodak's Health Group has signed contracts with more than 70 European and U.S. healthcare institutions for its RIS/PACS suite and enterprise information management systems including the new Kodak DirectView PACS System 5.

Intuitive Imaging Informatics upgrades site

Intuitive Imaging Informatics LLC of Los Angeles, Calif. said it is in the process of upgrading its systems and software installed at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center of Atlantic, N.J.

MDX signs first North American PACS customer

MDX Corp., a Thornhill, Ontario-based division of DXStorm.com Inc., inked its first U.S. contract with the Portland Neurovascular Center of Portland, Ore. to install its Insight PACS.

Magnetic Imaging Medical Group selects Neurostar

Neurostar Solutions of Atlanta, Ga., has been awarded a contract from Los Angeles, Calif.-based Magnetic Imaging Medical Group Inc. (MIMG) to enable digital workflow among MIMG's four locations.

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.