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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When personalized treatment plans make sense for kidney cancer patients

Personalized treatment plans can benefit early-stage kidney cancer patients, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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How imaging tissue oxygenation can improve cancer treatments

A team at Arizona State University is researching new methods for measuring tissue oxygenation using advanced 3D imaging in an effort to improve cancer treatments.

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How breast-specific gamma imaging can help assess cancer patients

Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) may be able to help specialists assess treatment response in breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Which patients are most likely to forgo follow-up imaging?

When incidental findings are detected, follow-up imaging is usually recommended. But when it comes to indeterminate abdominal findings, more than 36 percent of patients did not return for follow-up imaging, according to a single-center study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Why a freak accident in 1848 continues to interest scientists

A railroad worker who survived an astonishing accident more than 170 years ago has gone on to become one of the more fascinating medical stories of all time, inspiring imaging research to this very day.

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Radiopharmaceutical gains FDA Fast Track designation

RadioMedix and Curium announced that their diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, 64Cu-Dotatate, has received Fast Track designation from the FDA. 64Cu-Dotatate is a PET diagnostic agent being developed to detect neuroendocrine tumors.

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Hiring ED expeditor improves CT workflow, decreases turnaround times

Researchers led by Soterios Gyftopoulos, MD, radiologist at New York University’s Langone Medical Center in New York City, found that adding the role to standard ED workflow decreased CT workup time by 35 percent and completion time by 22 percent, according to findings published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Academic radiology chairs are feeling burned out

Burnout is typically characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a sense of low personal accomplishment. According to a recent Academic Radiology survey, a large portion of academic radiology department chairs are experiencing at least one or more of these symptoms.