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.

Toshiba gains 64-slice install at Las Vegas imaging center

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. today announced the completion of its Aquilion 64 CFX CT installation, configured for cardiac applications, at the Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Center (SDMI) in Las Vegas.

Consorta re-ups R2 contract

Group purchasing organization Consorta has renewed its contract with computer-aided detection (CAD) developer R2 Technology for one year.

Imaging Dynamics nets 100th Xplorer install

Imaging Dynamics Company shipped its 100th Xplorer CCD based digital radiography (DR) system.

GE opens IS channel to VHA members

GE Healthcare has signed a three-year agreement with healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. to be a supplier of clinical information systems.

Misys nets orders for clinical systems

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) sites in Zion, Ill., and in Tulsa, Okla., are deploying radiology results from Misys Healthcare Systems' Radiology to Misys Insight so that physicians and caregivers can quickly receive clinical notifications of

Lightpath augments Montefiore's network

Lightpath, the business telecommunications services division of Cablevision Systems Corp., has deployed its Optical Transport Services at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

Misys nets EMR/Tiger contract

United Physicians, a Michigan-based physicians group, has selected Misys Healthcare Systems' Misys EMR and Misys Tiger as the electronic medical records system and practice management system of choice for its 1,500 physician members.

GE deploys 500th Hawkeye

GE Healthcare has installed its Hawkeye hybrid imaging system at the Primary Children's Medical Center of Salt Lake City, Utah. It's the 500th installation of the Hawkeye to date.

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.