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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What repetitive throwing can do to a baseball player’s shoulder joints

MRI scans revealed that professional baseball players experience macroscopic structural lesions in their shoulder joints due to the sport’s repetitive throwing motions, according to research published in Academic Radiology.

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Siemens Healthineers announces new strategic alliance focused on innovation, patient care

Siemens Healthineers has announced the establishment of a new strategic partnership with the University of Missouri System (UM System) and the University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care).

Rural patients have less access to CT facilities, lung cancer screening

Patients in more rural areas are required to travel greater distances to visit CT facilities, according to new research published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. This may leave certain patients eligible for lung cancer screening (LCS) at a disadvantage.

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Most patients undergoing image-guided biopsies don't feel any pain

A majority of patients don’t experience any pain during image-guided percutaneous biopsies, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. But researchers did find that certain groups report pain more often than others.

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Long imaging wait times are taking a toll on Canada

Long wait times for diagnostic imaging is hurting both patients and the country as a whole, argued Michael Barry, president of the Canadian Association of Radiologists, in a recent opinion piece published by the Journal Pioneer.

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ASRT: Gonadal, fetal shielding still necessary during x-rays

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Board of Directors announced more research is needed before recommending the removal of gonadal and fetal shielding during x-rays, despite another medical association’s call to end the practice.

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Researchers detail data on gadolinium-related adverse reactions

Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are commonly used during MRI scans, but some patients do experience adverse reactions.

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How to tackle burnout during an enterprise-wide imaging informatics project

In the first five months of the EHR, radiology information system (RIS) and PACS deployment project, Robert Paul, a radiology informatics manager at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, lost 60% of his team. He described his efforts to reduce burnout among his staff during a presentation at the SIIM annual conference.