Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
Such “scanxiety” can have a detrimental effect on exam quality, delay care and necessitate additional imaging, experts write in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.
About 12% of the U.S. population, or 35 million individuals, are hospitalized each year, with caregivers collecting critical information that could facilitate imaging.
Judge Ada Brown contends that the commission lacked evidence on why such a "sweeping ban" was necessary, rather than “targeting specific, harmful noncompetes.”
“Disability rights are human rights, and every policy is a disability policy issue," U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said in a statement after the announcement.
The cyberattack impacted patient information including dates of birth, driver’s license and Social Security numbers, medical records, and health insurance details.
This isn't the doctor's first run in with the law. In 2019, he was arrested for his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring, though those charges were eventually dropped.
During an initial three-month intervention period, one health system estimates that its saved nearly 750,000 mL of contrast. Now, experts from the organization are sharing whether those changes stuck after the shortage ended.