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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Technologist in England fired, removed from official register for drinking on the job

After making mistakes under the influence of alcohol, a technologist at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, has been fired and had her name removed from the country’s official register.

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Zimbabwe opens 1st imaging center in country where radiologists are ‘an endangered species’

Zimbabwe’s first-ever radiology center has opened in the country’s capital, Harare, local outlet Bulawayo 24 News reported this week.

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Radiology employee loses file with data of 26 patients

An employee from Pacific Radiology’s Dunedin Hospital in New Zealand lost a physical paper file that held personal information of 26 breast cancer patients, according to an Otago Daily Times report.

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Researchers ask: Which interventional radiology procedures involve highest radiation exposure?

Researchers set out to determine the dosimetry levels of commonly performed interventional radiology procedures and compared those doses to commonly accepted reference levels in a July 3 Journal of the American College of Radiology study.

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'Incremental innovation' may increase value, growth for radiology practices

As medical imaging progresses amid technological advancements and developing research, incremental innovation may add substantial value and growth to radiology practices.

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Cardiac hybrid imaging can help specialists predict heart attacks

Cardiac hybrid imaging with single photon emission tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is an effective predictor of adverse cardiac events, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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This common food could become a popular contrast agent

Researchers have determined that barley could be used as a contrast agent in photoacoustic imaging, sharing their findings in a new study for Biomaterials.

University of Minnesota devotes $2M to reduce MRI wait times

A $2 million investment for a third MRI scanner at the University of Minnesota’s Clinics and Surgery Center aims to cut into the typical two- or three-week wait time for patients.