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.

Reaching pre-med students is crucial to the future of interventional radiology, experts say

Authors of a recent letter to the editor in Academic Radiology shared their own success with a pilot webinar program geared toward young professionals.

Radiologic technologist utilizes painting skills to illustrate frontline workers battling the pandemic

“They were fighting to do the job well, even though the conditions had become rough,” Lizzy Rainey, with Franciscan Health in Lafayette, Indiana, said Friday.

Death of healthcare worker with mysterious altered mental status highlights imaging’s COVID-19 role

Radiology experts recently detailed the case of a 50-year-old male admitted to an ED with unexplained CNS disfunction and cerebral edema.

Emergency abdominal CT scans decrease markedly during the pandemic, while prognoses worsen

The results, noted researchers with the universities of Toronto and Ottawa, could have important implications for future COVID-19 outbreaks.

Imaging call hub bolsters bonds between radiologists, community PCPs, scoring 98% ED avoidance rate

Experts believe that imaging physicians who make themselves more available to primary care can help to mitigate malpractice risks while also building better ties with patients.

Radiologists must help spot abuse as domestic violence injuries rise during the pandemic

Specialists should key in on high imaging utilization, location and imaging patterns specific to intimate partner violence, trauma experts explained in Radiology.

Intelerad’s executive announcement, new radiologic technologist trustees, and more radiology workforce moves

Plus, Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization's new president and the Center for Diagnostic Imaging restructures its leadership team.

CMS pushes imaging appropriate use criteria go-live date back a year due to pandemic

The federal agency first kicked off the educational testing period for the AUC program on Jan. 1, with full implementation slated for the same date in 2021.

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