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.

IU Health: Using Workflow-centered Cardiology PACS for Improved Care

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Named as one of the best US hospitals by US News & World Report for 5 years, Indiana University Health (IU Health), Indianapolis, aims to provide a unified standard of preeminent, patient-centered care in partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine. Strategies for attaining such a goal include the deployment of increasingly

Nevada Governor Signs Breast Density Law

The law will take effect on January 1, 2014, and makes Nevada the 10th state where mammography providers are legally obligated to inform patients about their breast density score

SIIM News: New Support Packages for Sony Monitors

Sony Electronics’ Medical Systems Division is expanding its “Hot Swap Service Program” with two new support offerings in case of product malfunctions

SIIM News: Fujifilm Demos Latest PACS, RIS and VNA

To get the attention of Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) attendees, Stamford, Conn.-based Fujifilm Medical demonstrated its latest version of Synapse PACs and Synapse RIS at the conference in Grapevine-Dallas, Texas, from June 6-9.

ACR Stresses Value of Care Over Cost in Response to NYT Cover Story

A prominent New York Times article might lead some people to skip needed colon cancer screening warns the ACR in a response that also reminds the public and policy makers that for most patients CT colonography is as effective and costs less

Siemens Raises Resolution Bar in PET-, SPECT-CT

Today, Siemens Healthcare announced the development of two new hybrid scanners—one FDA approved, one pending 510K approval—that could potentially put to rest forever the “abominable-snowman” aspect of nuclear imaging.

Agfa Introduces New Version of ICIS Viewer

At the 2013 meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, Agfa HealthCare will introduce version 3.0 of its ICIS View enterprise imaging viewer.

Tennessee and Alabama Enact Breast Density Laws

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Alabama Governor Robert Bentley each signed breast density inform legislation into law last month