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.

Guidance for Complying with California Dose Reporting Requirements Released

In advance of California’s July 1, 2012, deadline for reporting CT dose metrics, the University of California Dose Optimization and Standardization Endeavor (UC-DOSE) Project has published guidelines for complying with the law.

Concord Medical Holdings Buys Controlling Stake in Chinese Hospital

Concord Medical Services Holdings, which claims to be the largest provider of radiology services in the country of China has fortified its position with the purchase of a majority ownership of the 1000-bed Chang’an Hospital.

AHRA, Toshiba Offer $60K in Patient-Centric Grants

The Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) and Toshiba are seeking applicants for their 2012 Putting Patients First Program, which could award as much as $60,000 in grant support to practitioners working to improve patient safety and comfort via best-practices education.

In Hawai'i, Hospital Ousts Locals for Exclusive Radiology Contract

Maui Radiology Associates (MRA), which for years has enjoyed an exclusive contract to provide radiology services at the local Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC), is protesting a decision by the hospital to sign over those rights to the Dallas, TX-based teleradiology firm, RadCare.

Quality Care IPA Adds Red Rock Radiology to Growing List of Providers

Quality Care IPA, an independent physicians association serving the Las Vegas area, is adding Red Rock Radiology to its network.

IBM's Sequoia Is World's Fastest Supercomputer On TOP500 List

For the first time since November 2009, a United States supercomputer holds the top spot on the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers.

SHINE Isotope Project Courts Investors at Wisconsin BIO Convention

In support of a second round of start-up capital, representatives from SHINE Medical Technologies took their case to the Wisconsin business community at the state’s International BIO convention.

ER Visits, Crowding up, but Imaging Not to Blame

From 2001 to 2008, emergency department visits climbed faster than population growth by a factor of 60, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine this week—and although advanced imaging was a big factor in ER crowding, its significance was outweighed by that of standard clinical procedures.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.