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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Interventional radiology taking on a more prominent role in hospitals during the pandemic

That’s been the case at two academic medical centers in Chicago and Tucson, Arizona, where such physicians have accounted for a greater share of both procedural volume and gross charges.

Walmart eyes imaging, primary care expansion with new health centers

It will initially focus on building locations in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, offering many of the same services as its existing clinics and future sites in Illinois

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Experts pinpoint low-dose CT lung cancer screening fixes: ‘Radiologists must be creative and proactive’

LDCT has been a hot topic in the news lately, with U.S. lawmakers recently pushing for greater efforts to expand use of this lifesaving clinical tool. 

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4 tips to help maintain breast imaging services during local COVID flare-ups

Scientists with the Italian College of Breast Radiologists recently detailed their advice for keeping mammography safe during the pandemic in La Radiologia Medica. 

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VA clinicians order fewer inappropriate MRIs for lower back pain compared to most

That’s according to new research analyzing more than 1 million visits across over 900 VA primary care sites, published in JAMA Network Open.

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Experts cast further doubts on COVID chest CT: ‘Not much of a diagnostic role for it’

Chinese researchers detailed these latest reservations in a new retrospective study, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

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'Huge improvement': Redesigned cochlear implant allows safe, comfortable MRI in children

The revamped device also required patients to receive less sedation or anesthesia for their exam, according to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital researchers. 

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Radiology department IDs costly errors outside of interventional complications with new system

Interventional mishaps led to more significant patient harm, but diagnostic and organizational miscues must be accounted for as well, Dutch researches explained in the European Journal of Radiology.