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.

Emageon scores Aurora contract

Aurora Health Care has chosen Emageon's software to manage the acquisition, archiving, distribution and viewing of patient images across the Milwaukee healthcare system.

Raypax completes PACS installation

Raypax Inc. North America (Altadena, Calif.) recently finished work at MRI Imaging Center, of Fresno, Calif., on a PACS (picture archiving and communications system) installation.

Multi-million dollar CR contract for Kodak

Eastman Kodak Co. has received a contract from Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, Texas, for the company's digital CR systems.

Five-year contract award to Siemens Medical Solutions USA

Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. and the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics (UUHC) have unveiled a five-year agreement for cooperative research and development activities, as well as plans for educational programs and a contract to purchase Siemens

Rowan Regional Medical Center to install GEMSIT PACS and CR

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies (GEMSIT) signed an agreement with Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C., to install GEMSIT'S Centricity PACS and CR system.

Agfa signs RIS/PACS deals with two major Dutch hospitals

Two Dutch healthcare facilities have awarded Agfa Healthcare a contract to install hospital-wide digital imaging systems worth an estimated $8 million.

Around the web

The new guidelines were designed to ensure sonographers and other members of the heart team have the information they need to screen patients when appropriate and identify early warnings signs of PH. 

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care.