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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15 men who worked near Ground Zero after 9/11 diagnosed with breast cancer

According to a new report in the New York Post, at least 15 men who were in or around New York’s Ground Zero in the aftermath of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Appointment no-shows could cost an average radiology practice $1M a year

Radiology loses more uncaptured revenue per patient visit than primary care or other practices due to patient no-shows, according to new research published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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Back to school: What radiologists can learn from bipedal evolution

The ability to walk upright on two feet required millions of years of evolution, and even today humans are not perfectly adapted to bipedalism, argued authors in a recent Academic Radiology perspective.

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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital expands interventional radiology suite

The Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Surgery and Intervention Center surgical center, the newest expansion at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California, includes six interventional treatment rooms for radiology laboratories and other service lines.

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Why perception makes or breaks radiology education programs, clinical practices

In a Sept. 3 editorial in Academic Radiology, Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, and Parth Patel, from the Indiana University School of Medicine, discussed how radiologists may find more joy in their work and improve their clinical performance if they develop a deeper understanding of perception.

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3 things to know about radiation and children with cancer predisposition syndromes

Advancements in genetic testing and how genes can lead to cancer have expanded the possibilities for personalized treatments. Radiologists, caring for patients from screening through surveillance, must be aware of radiation sensitivity. Cancer predisposition syndromes (CPS), while rare, need to be considered when developing plans for imaging of children.

Radiology nurses are integral members of the acute stroke care team

Diagnostic and interventional radiology (IR) nurses are integral members of an acute stroke care team, especially as they manage a patient's needs 24 hours post-stroke, according to a new study published in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.

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3D-printed endoscopic model boosts trainee comfort with IR procedures

Using a 3D-printed endoscopic training model increased the comfort level of trainees during interventional radiology (IR) procedures, reported authors of an Aug. 29 study in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.