Practice Management

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

Premenopausal women at disproportionately high risk of radiation exposure, uptake

Updated radiotracers marketed for use in cancer diagnosis and targeted therapies could carry substantial health risks for premenopausal women that aren’t echoed in men, three New York physicians reported in a Radiology editorial this month.

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Acupuncture can reduce treatment-related joint pain in breast cancer patients

Acupuncture treatments reduce joint pain in women with early-stage breast cancer, according to a new study published in JAMA, though its clinical importance remains unclear.

Study demonstrates the value of lung cancer screening after previous screening with negative results

High-risk patients with negative findings at low-dose CT lung cancer screening are still at a high risk of developing lung cancer later in life, according to a new study published in Radiology. The authors added that screening should continue after more than three years.

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Genetics-based breast cancer screening: Are lower costs worth ‘the horrendous psychological toll’?

After a recent JAMA Oncology study suggested around a third of women might benefit from avoiding breast cancer screening altogether, one Guardian editorialist is warning women of the psychological toll that can come hand-in-hand with genetic screening.

FDA approves minimally invasive, cheaper option for prostate surgery

Men who suffer from benign prostatic hyperplasia have a new treatment option, University of California, San Diego researchers announced this July—and it’s one that involves minimal operative pain, fewer out-of-pocket dollars and no hospital stay.

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56% of NCI-recommended cancer websites lack adequate info about PSA screening

National Cancer Institute-designated websites publish lower-quality information about prostate cancer screenings than sites run by major allied organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Prostate Cancer Foundation, according to a report published this month in Practical Radiation Oncology.

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Risk standardization finds 1 in 3 emergency physicians utilizing CT imaging belong to different performance decile

Machine learning-based risk standardization can impact variation in CT use and emergency physician profiling. Additionally, it may accurately assess physician imaging performance and improve emergency care value, according to research published July 5 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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New Zealand authorities ‘mortified’ after radiology employee misplaces patient info for 26 women

A confidential medical file containing the names, hometowns and histories of 26 breast cancer patients was misplaced in a south New Zealand town this week, the Otago Daily Times has reported.