Practice Management

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

63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages
Approximately 42% of those polled aren’t confident progress will be made in the next decade to address the shortfall, Medscape found.
Hospital system no longer accepting radiology patients with out-of-network health plans
Summa Health said the change will take effect Sept. 1, with the two-hospital network ceasing scheduling of appointments for this consumer segment.
Radiology provider Akumin touts launch of its first movable PET/CT imaging centers
The Plantation, Florida, company first announced the initiative at RSNA 2024, offering clients new “relocatable and expandable” centers to be deployed across the U.S.
Private equity-backed Solis Mammography opens 3 new locations
The breast imaging group is launching two locations in Texas and marking its first foray into the Raleigh metro area, with more on the way in North Carolina.
Smartwatches reduce physician burnout while improving resilience
Radiation oncologists and other specialists wore the devices for six months at two pilot institutions, with promising initial results.

Society of Interventional Radiology publishes new IVC filter guidelines

SIR said that this is its first official clinical practice guidelines, developed using best practice methodologies from the National Academy of Medicine.

Common service costs $100K less when delivered by an interventional radiologist, underlining subspecialty’s value

Operating room and anesthesia use were the biggest drivers of this pay gap with surgeons, experts wrote in Radiology.

Hospital worker facing 83 new charges after secretly recording patients, employees in imaging room

Charges were first brought against Guy Caley in July when it was discovered he recorded five employees using a small camera facing a toilet in a unisex bathroom.

How a Texas radiology department dropped wait times for one procedure by 22%

UT Southwestern was able to vastly improve throughput for the placement of infusion ports while also increasing patient volumes.

Renowned radiologist retires, Medical center’s new imaging leader, and more people on the move

Plus, RANZCR names a new interim CEO, teleradiology provider NucleasHealth announces restructuring, and more.

Radiology can reduce CT lung cancer screening false positives by tackling these 2 factors

Harvard Medical School experts analyzed years of data to pinpoint reasons for mistakes in their own LCS program.

Radiology’s work-life balance wins over many med students, but not all are impressed

Doctors from the University of Arkansas set out to discover why some undergraduates stick with imaging while others join the field later or abandon it completely.

Hospital loses box filled with radiology images, exposing info of more than 1,000 patients

Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, said the images themselves are not viewable without special software, but related information may be at risk.

Practice Management

63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages

Hospital system no longer accepting radiology patients with out-of-network health plans

Radiology provider Akumin touts launch of its first movable PET/CT imaging centers

Private equity-backed Solis Mammography opens 3 new locations

Smartwatches reduce physician burnout while improving resilience