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.

Sentillion securing access to EPRs

Identity and access management systems vendor Sentillion Inc. this week said that 100,000 physicians and nurses are live on its flagship product suite, Vergence.

'04 a year of growth for PatientKeeper

Mobile computing software vendor PatientKeeper has been awarded 23 new customer contracts in 2004, representing 112 hospitals and a 51 percent growth of its client base.

Cerner awarded multi-million dollar Millennium contract

Washington Regional Medical Center, a 233-bed, acute care medical center in Fayetteville, Ark., has selected Cerner Corp. to be its clinical information system provider.

Swedish hospital selects Sectra RIS/PACS

Kunglv Hospital in Sweden has awarded Sectra Imtec AB of Linkping, Sweden a contract to install its PACS and RIS.

NovaRad's NovaPACS installations climb

Medical image and information management systems vendor NovaRad has signed contracts with more than 30 hospitals and imaging centers, bringing the number of NovaPACS installations to 80.

Siemens deploys full medication management system

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, an 864-bed multi-specialty hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., will be integrating Siemens Medical Solutions' Med Administration Check (MAC) application with its Invision computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system to automa

A4 nets install

ValleyCare Health System has awarded A4 Health Systems a contract to provide its HealthMatics ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) at its emergency department at ValleyCare Medical Center of Pleasanton, Calif. and its Urgent Care facility of

Children's medical center selects MyPACS Enterprise

Children's Health System of Birmingham, Ala. will implement Vivalog Technologies' MyPACS Enterprise to create and manage a web-based digital teaching file library.

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.