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.

Casa Grande Regional Medical Center implements InSiteOne's Advanced Digital Storage and Archiving

InSiteOne, a provider of web-enabled on-site and off-site digital medical image storage and archiving, announced installation of its InDex solution at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center (CGRMC) in Casa Grande, Ariz.

Bluesocket adds three new hospitals to healthcare client base

Bluesocket, Inc., a manufacturer of products that secure and manage Wi-Fi networks, announced that three additional hospitals have selected Bluesocket to provide secure and manageable wireless LAN solutions that enable their mobile staff to access healthc

St. Luke's Episcopal Health System selects Dell technology to decrease patient wait times

Dell Technology reported that they have launched a comprehensive set of technology programs that are expected to dramatically improve the system's ability to serve patients at St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston.

Kodak nets multiple RIS/PACS installs

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Group has been busy deploying its integrated RIS/PACS suite, which recently became available in the United States, and its Kodak DirectView PACS System 5.

DeJarnette wins migration contracts

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

U.S. military hospital in Germany taps ScanSoft

The U.S. Military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in the German State of Rheinland-Pfalz has awarded ScanSoft Inc. a contract for installation of its ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical 8 software to allow its physicians to dictate direct

Stentor offers UChicago physicians better access to medical images

All facilities in the University of Chicago Hospitals integrated network will have enterprise-wide image access and always-online long-term storage. The organization will also integrate EPIC Systems' electronic medical recor

Philips, Georgia: matters of the heart

The Georgia Heart Center at The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) and Philips Medical Systems have inked a five-year cardiac alliance that calls for the installation of new digital imaging technology to the MCCG facility.

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.