Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

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Teleradiologists recommend more follow-up imaging but with lower clinical yield

Differences in recommendation behavior could have implications for imaging utilization, especially for incidental or indeterminate findings. 

Anand Singh, MD, FACR, chair of the Radiology Partners National Quality and Safety Committee, associate director of Mosaic Clinical Technologies, said hospitals should begin by identifying the specific problems they want AI to solve rather than starting with the technology itself.

Hospitals need a management strategy for radiology AI before investing

Radiology departments need to think about long-term management of AI, not just which algorithms may help them currently.

Michael Coords, MD, FSCCT, Medical Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, RadNet, a leader with the SCCT Health Policy and Practice Committee Regulatory Task Force, and incoming co-chair of the Health Policy and Practice Committee, explains the use of the hub and spoke model to expand CCTA in emergency departments and outpatient imaging centers.

Hub-and-spoke model expands access to CCTA as the modality continues to gain momentum

“It’s not just about scanning,” one specialist explained. “You need to have everything come together.”

Mammotome expands production of breast biopsy needles

Manufacturer ramps up production of breast biopsy needles amid shortage

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signaled that the needle scarcity could persist through early 2027.

Arizona Heart Arrhythmia Associates has joined with ASC management company Regent Surgical to expand outpatient EP ablation procedures in the Phoenix area.

ASC operator Regent Surgical embraces outpatient EP ablation services after CMS policy change

This new partnership provides an early look at how the field of electrophysiology is evolving in 2026 and beyond.

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Radiologists offer a governance blueprint for hospital joint-venture partnerships

The two radiologists are warning colleagues about a common pitfall to avoid, unearthed from reviewing 30 years of joint-venture partnership research. 

the hospital, freeing hospital capacity for more complex cases while potentially reducing costs. Wilber Su, MD, FACC, FHRS, director of cardiac electrophysiology at Banner Health and a professor of medicine at the University of Arizona, said Banner has developed ASC partnerships with private physicians and more recently established an academic ASC model in which employed physicians can participate. The approach reflects a broader trend toward performing selected procedures in outpatient ASCs.

Banner Health partnering with physicians to bring more heart procedures to ASCs

Wilber Su, MD, says ASCs now offer health systems a great opportunity to perform low-acuity EP cases in a less expensive, more convenient environment.

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Reimagined night-call model boosts interventional radiologist well-being

Stanford University Medical Center has sought to alleviate burnout by rearranging its call model to minimize strain on physicians. 

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