Practice Management

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

Radiology nurse navigator helps streamline imaging for breast cancer patients
A new role at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is improving the diagnostic process for both patients and providers.
AI cuts hospital system's MRI wait times by more than 50%
The health network, which operates 37 hospitals in California, drastically reduced scheduling delays after integrating an FDA-cleared algorithm designed to speed up imaging acquisition times.
Hundreds of exams canceled as heat wave sidelines MRI scanners
High temperatures in the U.K. are putting pressure on an already strained healthcare system, with imaging equipment on the fritz due to overheating.
America's largest hospital systems still relying on CDs for image sharing
Despite the many technological advancements that have occurred in radiology, the specialty is still lagging when it comes to image and data sharing, according to new research.
Neuroimaging utilization in emergency departments has increased year-over-year for a decade
Researchers believe their new data could be used to better inform staffing coverage in modern radiology departments.

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The 6 factors that most commonly fuel breast radiologists’ desire to leave a job

"The survey created here can be administered by radiology practices to predict when breast radiologists are vulnerable to quitting,” researchers detailed in JACR.

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Clinical decision support has little impact on image-ordering behaviors, single-center study finds

CDS only added 24 seconds to ordering clinicians' workflows and rarely led to these individuals changing their radiology request, experts wrote in JACR.

Radiology impacted by tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health workers on strike

The picket includes nearly 75,000 individuals, among them, ultrasound sonographers, radiologic technologists, home health aides and licensed vocational nurses.

GE HealthCare inks 10-year strategic collaboration with 20-hospital health system

Under terms of the deal, Cleveland-based University Hospitals will add “hundreds” of new radiology systems across its enterprise.

Consumer-oriented radiology reports a ‘promising’ strategy to improve patient-centered outcomes

Such reports helped improve preparedness for appointments, enhance conversations with physicians and bolster patients' understanding of treatment recommendations, survey responses show.

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Workload, pay reassessments may be necessary to address career satisfaction gaps between academic and private practice radiology

Physicians in teaching settings reported higher monthly reading volumes alongside heavier demands for nonclinical work, according to new survey data.

Rad Partners affiliate Radiology Alliance reaches multi-year pact, restoring in-network access with BCBS

“We are pleased to have them rejoin our networks, and we appreciate their partnership in serving our members,” said BlueCross EVP Scott Pierce.

21st Century Cures Act information-blocking rule has no impact on patient complaints in radiology

That’s according to a new single-center analysis from Vanderbilt University Medical Center published in JAMA Health Forum.

Practice Management

Radiology nurse navigator helps streamline imaging for breast cancer patients

AI cuts hospital system's MRI wait times by more than 50%

Hundreds of exams canceled as heat wave sidelines MRI scanners

America's largest hospital systems still relying on CDs for image sharing

Neuroimaging utilization in emergency departments has increased year-over-year for a decade