Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Poor CT planning will 'wreak havoc' on 1 of nation's busiest EDs, staff say
Residents, nurses, technologists and transporters at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, believe planned downtime will cripple an "already incredibly overstretched hospital.”
Radiology Partners affiliate inks in-network deal with Florida Blue
Jacksonville-based Mori, Bean and Brooks Inc. said the new agreement is retroactive to Nov. 1 and spans multiple years.
Multispecialty physician group expands into imaging by adding 36-rad private practice
Northern California-based Vituity, which is led and owned by doctors, said it has reached a deal to partner with Focused Medical Imaging.
Radiology provider Lumexa Imaging seeks to raise $200M through IPO
If the effort succeeds, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based imaging group would soon begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LMRI.
Interventional radiologists who neglect E&M visits risk losing more lucrative procedures
“This study affirms that when interventional radiologists are afforded the time to evaluate and follow their patients, the complexity and value of the care they provide increases," one expert notes.

Contamination confirmed following cremation of patient treated with radiopharmaceutical

The cremation of a patient who had been treated with a radiopharmaceutical a few days before his death led to radiation contamination at the crematorium, according to a new research letter published by JAMA.

Kids receive 3D printed model of their brains for study participation

A handful of children are receiving 3D printed models of their brains for taking part in an MRI study at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, according to a recent report by The Toronto Star.

New flexible pediatric MRI coil preferred by patients, clinicians

A screen-printed 12-channel pediatric MRI coil produced images with comparable quality and similar signal-to-noise ratio as those produced by a traditional 32-channel coil. Pediatric patients and their providers preferred the screen-printed coil for its flexibility and comfort.

NHS Scotland waiting times for imaging exams, treatment hit record highs

A record number of patients in Scotland are waiting more than six weeks for imaging exams and treatment, according to recent statistics obtained by Scotland’s The Herald.

Breast cancer prediction models more effective when they include family history data

Breast cancer prediction models based on family history are more effective than those that do not focus on that information, according to a new study published in The Lancet Oncology.

Only 25% of radiologists are happy at work, survey finds

Radiologists are mildly happy at work compared to other physician specialties, according to Medscape’s 2019 Radiology Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report, with only 25 percent claiming to be "very or extremely happy" in the workplace.

Philips, Microsoft unveil augmented reality concept for image-guided minimally invasive therapies

Royal Philips has revealed the augmented reality concept for image-guided minimally invasive therapies it developed with Microsoft.

Woman undergoes double mastectomy, learns years later it was unnecessary

A 23-year-old woman with a long family history of cancer underwent a double prophylactic mastectomy after a genetic test revealed she was positive for the BRCA1 mutation.

Practice Management

Poor CT planning will 'wreak havoc' on 1 of nation's busiest EDs, staff say

Radiology Partners affiliate inks in-network deal with Florida Blue

Multispecialty physician group expands into imaging by adding 36-rad private practice

Radiology provider Lumexa Imaging seeks to raise $200M through IPO

Interventional radiologists who neglect E&M visits risk losing more lucrative procedures