Practice Management

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

AI reveals crucial community factors influencing cancer screening rates
Neiman researchers recently scoured for factors that might impact screening rates across cancers of the colon/rectum, lung, breast and prostate, using nationwide Medicare data.
Mammography false positive rates rising, driven by a few key factors
The number of women who had a screening mammogram miss cancer leapt from less than 1 per 1,000 women in 2010 up to as high as 2.5 by 2022.
Anthem threatens hospitals who use out-of-network radiology providers
“When you thought insurers couldn’t get more evil, they come up with something even worse than you anticipated,” one physician said.
UnitedHealthcare cutting radiology group pay rates in bid to preserve affordability
“Rapidly rising healthcare costs continue to be a top concern for members and their employers," the nation's largest commercial insurer wrote in a recent letter to an unidentified imaging group.
‘Direct-to-patient’ digital prompt boosts CT lung cancer screening uptake
Researchers with two academic health systems recently tried a new approach to increase LDCT uptake, reaching patients electronically outside of a regular appointment and asking them to request a screening.

Radiologic technologists suffering from lower morale, happiness during pandemic

Workers also reported an in-depth knowledge of best practices for imaging COVID-19 patients and institutional safety plans.

Hopkins radiologists warn of unsuspected COVID-19 pneumonia during routine outpatient imaging

Experts with the noted Baltimore institution believe the specialty must remain hyper-vigilant as it works through the pandemic-induced backlog of exams.

On-call workloads skyrocketed by nearly 300% over past 15 years, with CT a top culprit

Dutch researchers warned hospitals must help stem this trend in order to combat the rising burnout rates threatening patient safety.

Patient experience, human design thinking crucial for radiologists seeking normalcy amid pandemic

RSNA's COVID-19 Task Force is now looking to better understand the factors that go into patients’ decisions to seek, or delay, imaging care.

6 benefits of having medical students interview potential radiology faculty members

Vanderbilt University Medical Center trainees shared their experience with the program, which has been running successfully for six years, in JACR.

94% of patients at high risk for lung cancer failed to undergo LDCT screening

Out of about 8 million Americans in this patient population, only 5.7% underwent low-dose computed tomography in 2019, according to a new analysis.

Low-dose CT lung cancer screening adherence rates may be even worse than reported

Rates varied dramatically, falling as low as 12% and high as 91%, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Pulmonary nodules following a lung transplant require ‘aggressive’ diagnostic evaluation, experts caution

Henry Ford providers recently detailed the rare case of a 70-year-old woman who developed a large nodule four years after the procedure.

Practice Management

AI reveals crucial community factors influencing cancer screening rates

Mammography false positive rates rising, driven by a few key factors

Anthem threatens hospitals who use out-of-network radiology providers

UnitedHealthcare cutting radiology group pay rates in bid to preserve affordability

‘Direct-to-patient’ digital prompt boosts CT lung cancer screening uptake