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.

DeJarnette adds 10th dyseCT customer

The University Hospitals of Cleveland has selected DeJarnette Research Systems' dyseCT.

McKesson automates workflow at Nashville hospital

McKesson Corp. is installing its digital information system Horizon Clinicals at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry (NGH) in order to fully integrate all hospital departments and clinical areas.

Eclipsys grabs Sunrise installs

Eclipsys Corp. is deploying its Sunrise Clinical Manager XA with Critical Care at Pennsylvania Hospital, one of University of Pennsylvania Health System's three teaching hospitals.

Imaging Dynamics signs OEM agreement in China, nets N.Y. installs

Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) has signed an OEM agreement with Beijing Wandong Medical Equipment Co. Ltd. (WDM) to incorporate the IDC Xplorer detector into its line of digital x-ray products.

Gamma's X-SPECT discovers Canada

Gamma Medica Inc. has grabbed its first Canadian installations for its X-SPECT system. The preclinical imaging system has been installed at the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP), of London, Ontario and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Varian expands services at Scotland cancer center

Varian Medical Systems is outfitting the expansion of The West of Scotland Cancer Center's (Glasgow) radiotherapy unit with new Clinac medical linear accelerators for cancer treatments along with upgrades for existing accelerators and specialized software

Kodak receives PACS order from Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles, Calif. has selected Eastman Kodak Health Imaging Group's DirectView PACS System 5.

CareTech continues HIT implementation at CHMC

CareTech Solutions, an information technology (IT) and health information management outsourcing provider for hospitals and health systems, has initiated the third phase of an implementation of Cerner Corp. products at Crittenton Hospital Medical Center (

Around the web

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. 

Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.