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.

Mach 7 Technologies, Logicalis Sign Cross-Marketing Agreement

Global image-sharing provider Mach 7 Technologies inked a cross-marketing deal today with IT solutions provider Logicalis for the provision of vendor-neutral cloud archiving solutions worldwide.

The key products involved in the deal include the M7T Keystone Suite Enterprise Clinical Imaging Platform and the Logicalis Enterprise Cloud solution.

Radisphere Nets Red Herring Top 100 Award

Radiology practice group Radisphere has been named a 2012 Red Herring Top 100 North America award winner.

MU Docs Suspected of Medicare Fraud--Par for the Course in the Reform Era?

Radiologists Kenneth Rall and Michael Richards were terminated from the Missouri University Health System today after a yearlong internal investigation revealed that they had committed Medicare fraud.

Open-Source Medical Devices Could Prevent Injuries, Deaths

An article in the latest issue of The Economist advocates for open-source software coding to become standard practice in medical device development.

Maine HIE Launches Statewide Imaging Archive

The 23rd state admitted to the United States is now claiming to be its first with a statewide medical image archive.

CA Breast Density Legislation Passes State Senate

California’s breast density legislation took another step forward this week, as it was passed unanimously (39-0) by the state Senate.

Intelerad Meaningful Use Module Receives Complete EHR Certification

Intelerad Medical Systems announced that the Intelerad Meaningful Use Module 2012 has achieved 2011/2012 COMPLETE EHR ONC-ATCB Certification. This designates that the software is capable of supporting providers with Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Frost and Sullivan Report Predicts Market Growth Acceleration in CEE and Russia

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Medical Imaging Market Outlook for CEE and Russia, finds that the market earned revenues of $1.42 billion in 2010 and estimates this to reach $2.34 billion in 2015. The research covers general X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, molecular imaging, mammography and picture

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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.