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.

A4 nets HealthMatics EDIS install

A4 Health Systems installed its HealthMatics ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) at Baptist Health Systems of Jackson, Miss., to automate Baptist Medical Center's expanding ED.

Medical Informatics Engineering deploys WebChart PACS

Paulding County Hospital of Paulding, Ohio, has selected Medical Informatics Engineering Inc.'s (MIE) WebChart PACS to meet their digital imaging storage, retrieval, workflow management and teleradiology needs.

Medicalis automates radiology ordering with decision support at AHSC

Atlantic Health Sciences Corp. of New Brunswick, Canada, has begun a pilot program using Medicalis Corp.'s web-based Percipio system that will give general practitioners (GPs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) the ability to electronically order diagnostic im

RTI completes 500th install of iPACS

RealTimeImage (RTI) has deployed its iPACS technology at Bundaberg Radiology, a multi-modality imaging center in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. It marks the 500th installation iPACS.

Amicas, Meditech hook EMR/PACS installs

Amicas Inc. and Meditech Information Technology Inc. have gained more installs for their integrated PACS and healthcare information system (HCIS) that provides clinical users access to electronic medical images and reports through the Meditech electronic

TAMS nets installs for DR technology

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) has completed the first T.RAD Plus Digital radiography (DR) system installation at the Kuakini Hospital in Honolulu, part of the Kuakini Health System.

GE wins NHS contract

GE Healthcare has won a contract from the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) to implement digital imaging systems in more than 70 hospitals and clinics in England as part of the $18 billion initiative to digitize its healthcare system.

Gamma Medica deploys X-SPECT overseas

Switzerland's Center for Radiopharmaceutical Science has installed Gamma Medica's X-SPECT dual-modality pre-clinical imaging system

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.