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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AMA: Why radiology is ‘making a comeback’ and now among most requested specialties

“We knew imaging would come back because there’s virtually nothing in health care that can happen without an image anymore,” Travis Singleton, senior vice president of marketing and sales at Merritt Hawkins, told the American Medical Association (AMA).

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False-positive mammograms increase a woman’s breast cancer risk

Women who experience false-positive mammograms are at an increased risk of breast cancer for more than a decade, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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Technologist in Texas charged with sexual abuse of a child

A technologist in Richmond, Texas, has been charged with the continuous sexual abuse of a minor. As a result, he has been suspended until further notice.

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Depression, history of prior injury make young football players more likely to sustain a concussion

More than five percent of young football players sustain a concussion while playing or practicing the sport, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Experiencing a prior concussion and a history of depression were both associated with a greater risk of sustaining a concussion.

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UK woman sentenced to prison after scan revealed she lied about brain cancer

A U.K. woman created messages from a fake doctor to convince people she had brain cancer in an effort to steal money designated for her supposed treatment costs, according to BBC News reporting.

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Mumbai hospital tells patients to wait until 2020 for MRI

Patients wanting an MRI scan done at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, may have to wait until the year 2020 due to the hospital having only one MRI machine in combination with an already long waiting list, according to an article published Dec. 14 by the Hindustan Times.

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Communications training helps obstetric sonographers beat back burnout

Getting trained in how best to deliver bad ultrasound news to obstetrics patients helps sonographers improve their skills and beat back burnout, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in Ultrasound, the journal of the British Medical Ultrasound Society.

Former radiologist receives 2 years in prison for pill scheme

The former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) radiologist convicted of writing prescriptions for non-medical reasons has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.