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.

Goodman, DAX Archiving Solutions launch new DVD Medical Archival Solution at Japan's Toyohashi Heart

Goodman, a leading Japanese medical PACS supplier, and DAX Archiving Solutions, global specialist in digital archiving solutions, have announced the implementation of their new DVD Medical Archival Solution at the internationally renowned Toyohashi Heart

Hospital in Norway installs Varian On-Board Imager, other systems

Haukeland University Hospital, a leading cancer clinic in Norway, has acquired an On-Board Imager device and other systems from Varian Medical Systems enabling its clinicians to carry out more targeted cancer treatments.

Through ANEXA, Tucson Orthopaedic goes digital

ANEXA Corp. announced last week that Tucson Orthopaedic Institute has chosen the company as its digital systems provider which will cover all of its facilities.

Eclipsys clinical manager installed at Canadian hospital

Eclipsys Corporation has announced that Calgary Health Region's Rockyview General Hospital, Alberta, Canada, has activated its Sunrise Clinical Manager 3.5 XA advanced clinical software system.

Third German order for Sectra's MicroDose Mammography system

Praxisgemeinschaft in Kapuzinerkarree, a large private radiology institute in Aachen, Germany, has ordered Sectra's new digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography.

Radiology exams ordered online at DFCI

Medicalis Corp. has installed its web-based Percipio electronic decision support and order entry system at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Mass., for radiology testing.

Misys nets 17 EMR installations

Misys Healthcare Systems has landed 17 new contracts with U.S. physician practices for its Misys EMR.

Stentor's PACS integrated with Meditech's EMR go live at two hospitals

Stentor Inc. and Meditech have integrated Stentor's iSite PACS with Meditech's EMR at William Backus Hospital of Norwich, Conn., and St. Mary's Hospital of Grand Junction, Colo.

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.