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.

Kodak wins multiple CR, DR installations

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Division has rolled out its digital radiography (DR) and computed radiography (CR) systems at three hospitals in the Central United States.

Scan-Optics receives manufacturing contract from iCAD

Scan-Optics Inc.'s Manufacturing Services Division has received a contract from iCAD Inc. to manufacture the iCAD Second Look 400 Series computer aided detection (CAD) Breast Cancer Product Line, which recently received Food and Drug Administration approv

VHA renews contract with Providence Health System

Healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. renewed a commitment contract with the Seattle-based Providence Health System.

Amicas signs Madison Radiologists

Amicas Inc. will deploy its Vision series web-based picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) at Madison Radiologists, an independent radiology group in South Central Wisconsin.

Stony Brook University Hospital chooses Dynamic Imaging's IntegradWeb PACS

Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) in Suffolk County, N.Y. will add Dynamic Imaging Inc.'s (Allendale, N.J.) web-driven PACS to its facility.

Image Systems installs at Fairview Health Services

Image Systems Corp. has shipped and installed its high-resolution 2MP and 3MP grayscale LCD (liquid crystal display) systems to Fairview Health Services for diagnostic and clinical viewing applications.

Premier awards three-year PACS deal to Fuji

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. has received a three-year contract for its Synapse PACS from Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing division of Premier Inc.

FSS awards five-year pact to R2 Technology

R2 Technology Inc. has been awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract for R2's ImageChecker DM CAD (computer aided detection) system.

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.