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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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.

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Study: Radiomics enhances mammography for breast cancer diagnosis

Radiomics offers improved diagnostic performance of mammography, compared to what is observed by radiologists, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Clinicians aren’t following ACR guidelines when referring for knee MRIs

Primary care clinicians are not adhering to ACR Appropriateness Criteria when referring nontraumatic knee patients for MRI, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Childbirth increases a woman’s breast cancer risk

Women are at an increased risk for breast cancer for more than 20 years after giving birth, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This, the authors noted, means that a recent childbirth should be viewed as a risk factor for young women.

Why many IR providers do not practice in rural hospitals, smaller communities

Rural hospitals and smaller communities have a harder time recruiting and retaining interventional radiology (IR) providers, according to survey results published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Patient advocacy group shares new research on gadolinium levels in urine

Gadolinium can remain in a patient’s urine years after patients are exposed to gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), according to new research presented by the Lighthouse Project.