Practice Management

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

Helium prices spike as war rages on—should MRI providers be worried?
The ramifications of the conflict in the Middle East may soon extend beyond the gas pump and into the healthcare sector, experts are cautioning.
Health system touts $7M expansion of molecular imaging department, ER
Leaders at the Utah hospital are hopeful the newly updated PET offerings will help patients seek treatment locally, avoiding long travel times.
Hospital opens new $3M interventional radiology suite, the first in its region
The hope is that the new service will open the door for patients to undergo treatment and diagnostic exams locally instead of having to travel long distances.
Strategic Radiology adds its 50th member practice
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Radiology Associates LLC is the latest to join SR, bringing aboard 62 additional physicians.
Standardized reporting templates reduce residents' on-call turnaround times
There has been some debate among the imaging industry as to whether standardized templates help or hinder workflows, but these latest data suggest they may be especially beneficial for on-call residents.

Running a CT scanner at Munich’s Oktoberfest: What providers learned

Imaging experts deployed the machine at the world’s largest annual fair in 2022, recently sharing their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.

82% of CTA head and neck scans in 1 emergency department had no actionable findings

Nonphysician practitioners and ED residents also ordered a significantly greater proportion of such exams, experts detailed in JACR.

Should radiology groups share individual physicians’ productivity metrics?

Two members of the specialty attempted to answer this query, sharing dueling opinion pieces in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Community hospital scores $4M award to beef up interventional radiology services

NYC Health + Hospitals said the money will allow it to provide patients with access to a “state of the art” suite for IR procedures.

This year’s radiology match was the most competitive since 2001

More than 1 in 6 graduating U.S. MD students applying for a radiology position did not find such a match in 2023, experts detailed.

RSNA launches new tool to give business managers ‘Market Insights’ from radiologists

The Radiological Society of North America said it hopes to aid in strategic planning and help imaging leaders eliminate blind spots.

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Study unearths high rates of incidental findings on pediatric CT scans for trauma

About 10% of these cases required immediate or urgent action, researchers detailed in Clinical Imaging.

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Forcing patients to ‘opt out’ of screening mammography does not appear to impact adherence

Automatically scheduling patients for breast imaging also created a heavier administrative burden, researchers detailed Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Practice Management

Helium prices spike as war rages on—should MRI providers be worried?

Health system touts $7M expansion of molecular imaging department, ER

Hospital opens new $3M interventional radiology suite, the first in its region

Strategic Radiology adds its 50th member practice

Standardized reporting templates reduce residents' on-call turnaround times