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 Partners with LogicPlus to offer PowerServer Cloud in Asia-Pacific Region

RamSoft, a leader in RIS, PACS and Teleradiology software solutions, today announces their partnership with LogicPlus to offer cloud-based PowerServer RIS and PACS technology to key countries in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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Who Owns This Problem?

When something goes wrong, the first question that occurs to most people is who owns this problem? Often, the answer is shockingly simple: If you are asking that question, it is likely that you have an ownership stake.

Another Day Another Delay

The Obama administration will extend the March 31 open enrollment deadline for people who say they tried to sign-up for coverage on the new healthcare exchanges but failed to complete the process on time. 

Digital mammography brightens outlook for 2014 capital budgets

In a new report from research firm MedPanel, capital spending is expected to slow in 2014, with just 30 percent of hospitals planning to increase capital expenditures and 18 percent planning a decrease. The firm surveyed US hospital CEOs and CFOs to understand capital expenditure trends in the market as reimbursement rates continue to be cut and uncertainty stemming from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) affect the market.

Raleigh Radiology Bridges Language Gap With Affordable Solution

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Language AccessNetwork (LAN) has partnered with Raleigh Radiology in providing a firstof its kind, affordable solution geared toward non-acute care medicalfacilities.

Shimadzu receives FDA clearance for three digital angiography systems

TORRANCE, CA – March 24, 2014 – Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has announced that a new digital angiography system family has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These are the ceiling-mounted Trinias, the floor-mounted Trinias, and the Biplane models.

Big data, healthcare and ethics—if I could just have more data…

If you think we are living in a world that runs on gasoline, or natural resources, you’re wrong. We run on information. Companies today collect all kinds of information, for B2B purposes, and more importantly, for consumer marketing purposes. Retailers know what we buy, what we like to eat, when we go out, and where are real-time, when we check in on facebook or foursquare. Now they want even more. In a Wall Street Journal Report on “Big Data”, experts took a look at what information companies don’t have, but would like to.  And healthcare providers weighed in on what they want—a real-time rundown on their patients’ vital statistics to get an early warning about potential health problems. 

Prescription-data firm nears IPO

According to a write up in the Wall Street Journal, IMS Health Holdings, Inc. is in the final stages of preparation before its initial public offering.