Practice Management

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

How one hospital more than doubled its lung cancer screening rate
It is estimated that less than 20% of eligible patients in the U.S. adhere to LCS recommendations, despite numerous studies highlighting the exam’s effectiveness.
State law change allows technologists to administer contrast under remote supervision
The update eliminates the requirement for a physician to be on-site and now allows techs to perform venipuncture and conduct contrast administration under remote supervision.
Private equity-backed outpatient imaging provider enters California via USC partnership
Outpatient Imaging Affiliates has inked an agreement with Keck Medicine, providing revenue cycle and imaging center management services for a facility in Pasadena.
Private equity-backed Solis Mammography enters new state with imaging center acquisition
The company now operates over 150 outpatient imaging centers across 23 major markets also including Dallas, Houston, Denver, D.C. and more.
Patients from poorer neighborhoods travel farther for MRIs, show up in worse condition
A twofold increase in distance traveled from home to an imaging center resulted in substantially higher severity in these patients’ conditions, researchers detailed in JACR.

Imaging AI vendors’ marketing hype doesn’t always match materials submitted to the FDA

About 1 in 8 were discovered to have marketing materials that made claims differing from their premarket approval.

Nonphysician practitioners' growing role in imaging interpretations

It has long been known that NPPs increase utilization of radiology services, but new data indicate that they also are increasingly taking on more imaging interpretation responsibilities.

Hiring challenges help influence hospital to hand radiology reins over to private practice

The deal covers the independent hospital's main facility, several community sites and five walk-in care centers, Commonwealth Radiology Associates announced.

New ‘second opinion platform’ allows patients to question their radiologists’ findings

MDView lets individuals upload medical images to its platform and connect with independent, subspecialized physicians for a fresh take on their results.

Self-directed triage 'phone trees' can significantly reduce disruptions in radiology workflows

Automated phone trees are a cost-effective means of reducing unnecessary interruptions and can be implemented “in an easily accessible manner,” according to experts at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

Emergency radiologists face systematic disadvantages in current promotion system

When matched by gender and career length, nonemergency rads are nearly twice as likely to be promoted to associate professor.

Women strongly prefer contrast-enhanced mammography over breast MRI for supplemental screening

The findings were reached using an analytic hierarchy process, which can help physicians review options with patients who have never experienced either exam.

Is it time for radiologists to head back to the reading room? New data reveal trends in remote radiology

Three years after the height of COVID forced a global transition to remote work, many professionals are now being called back into the office, including radiologists.

Practice Management

How one hospital more than doubled its lung cancer screening rate

State law change allows technologists to administer contrast under remote supervision

Private equity-backed outpatient imaging provider enters California via USC partnership

Private equity-backed Solis Mammography enters new state with imaging center acquisition

Patients from poorer neighborhoods travel farther for MRIs, show up in worse condition