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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Company developing PET imaging agent to help radiologists visualize, measure pain

Expesicor has scored a $408,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel method of measuring pain. 

Retina imaging could provide early Alzheimer’s detection, potentially adding years of productivity to patients’ lives

University of Minnesota scientists believe they have found a measurable indicator of early Alzheimer’s using a retinal hyperspectral imaging technique

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Hospital giant Intermountain releases best practices to help diagnose, treat vaping-related lung disease

Providers at the Salt Lake City, Utah-based institution have already treated dozens of patients with the condition across its 24 hospitals.

Coalition of lung care advocates, radiologists urging all smokers to get low-dose CT screenings

The National Lung Cancer Roundtable made the call to action last week to coincide with the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

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Scientists develop algorithm to help diagnose vaping-related lung injury as deaths continue to mount

As of Thursday, Nov. 7, more than 2,050 individuals had been stricken by electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in 49 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

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Nonradiologist physicians aren’t qualified to perform advanced clinical image interpretations, study finds

No medical specialty outside of radiology and cardiology educate their trainees in image interpretation enough to justify nonradiologist physicians reading studies in the clinical setting, according to new research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Researchers use imaging tags, PET/CT scanner to better track cancer therapies

University of Pennsylvania scientists are piloting the use of special imaging markers to track the movement of CAR T cells within the body. 
 

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Beyond imaging: 3 ways radiologists can improve care for patients with dementia

Radiologists should expect to see more dementia cases in the near future, but in order to properly care for these patients they must take steps to better understand the condition.