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.

RamSoft Solution Garners EHR ONC-ATCB Certification

RamSoft, a Toronto, Ontario-based provider of RIS, PACS, and teleradiology solutions, yesterday announced that its PowerServer 5.1 solution has achieved 2011/2012 Complete EHR* ONC-ATCB Certification. The latter designates that the software is capable of supporting providers with Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under

ACR Survey Indicates Key Lean Principle Being Ignored in Rush to Cut Costs

In health care, people are quite literally the most valuable asset. For most practices, the cost of staff dwarfs nearly all other expenditures.

Pilot Program Calls For Parallel Product Revews

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday that they will now review products simultaneously under a new parallel review program.

Brown Says 'No' to Breast Density Notification

In a setback for the breast density awareness movement, California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have required women whose mammograms revealed dense breast tissue to be informed of this fact.

Health Care Sector Hiring Remains on Growth Curve

Health care is healthy. The U.S. health care workforce continued to grow faster than any other economic sector last month, even as the unemployment rate held steady at 9.1%, reveals new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Imaging Groups to Congress: Reject Prior Authorization Proposal

Two key imaging groups--The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC)—are prevailing upon Congress to reject the proposal by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) that Medicare use prior authorization for advanced imaging services.

California Department of Health Launches EHR Incentive Program

California's Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) today announced the launch of the first phase of its Medi-Cal Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the program will deliver to eligible hospitals and health care professionals as much as $1.4 billion in federal incentive payments

FDA Clears Wide-Bore System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to GE Healthcare for its Discovery MR750w wide-bore 3-tesla system with the GEM Suite (geometry embracing method) of coils.

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The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

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