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 installs EDIS at Bon Secours Richmond

Bon Secours Richmond Health System has selected A4 Health Systems' HealthMatics ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate emergency care at its three hospitals and new hospital slated to open in 2005.

MedPACS announces PACS install for Vista

PACS and teleradiology provider MedPACS Displays Inc. will roll out its MedPACS Vista system at Medical Diagnostic Imaging (MDI), a physician-owned free standing imaging center in Greenfield, Wis.

Double digits installs for Stentor in 2Q

Stentor Inc. this week said it has secured 12 new customers in the second quarter of 2004, boosting its installed base to more than 260 hospitals and healthcare institutions across the United States that utilize Stentor's iSyntax technology.

Fuji France selects Barco's mammo LCD display

Fuji Mdical Systmes, the French division of FujiFilm Medical Systems, has placed its first order for Barco's new Coronis 5 mega-pixel (MP) Mammo, a dedicated flat panel display system for digital mammography.

ProVation scores orthopedic install

ProVation Medical Inc. will deploy its ProVation MD Orthopedics clinical procedure documentation and coding compliance software at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.

Misys lands 14 EMR installs

Misys Healthcare Systems has upped the installed base of its EMR (electronic medical records) technology after announcing this week that 14 medical practices across the United States have recently added or signed on to implement the system.

California hospital installs second Toshiba 16-slice CT scanner

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) has installed its second Aquilion 16 multislice computed tomography (CT) scanner at the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in California.

Confirma CADStream installs tip the 100th mark

Confirma Inc. said this week that it has sold and installed more than 100 CADStream systems to customers throughout the United States, including hospitals, private imaging practices and women's imaging centers.

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.