Practice Management

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

Practices must address on-call disparities between diagnostic and interventional radiologists, experts charge
Amid work-from-home disparities between interventional and diagnostic rads, researchers recently interviewed hundreds of IRs to learn about the landscape.
Connecticut radiology group expands joint venture partnership with local hospital system
Norwalk Radiology Consultants and Stamford Health recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their renovated joint venture location in Norwalk.
Radiologists and cardiologists at odds over who handles heart imaging interpretations
Many cardiologists overseas contend they should be the ones reading these exams, citing radiologists’ lack of clinical context as a key factor, especially for remote reads.
The Certified Radiology Administrator exam is getting an update
The exam has been reworked to better reflect the challenges today’s imaging leaders face.
Less than 25% of radiology-related NIH grants have been awarded to female researchers
New findings highlight the lingering issue of gender inequity in the field, the effects of which extend well beyond career growth for women.

Patients sue West Coast private radiology practice over recent cyber incident

Attorneys are targeting Northwest Radiologists and the related Mount Baker Imaging, who allegedly failed to protect patient info before a January data breach.

Health system harnesses Epic EHR tool to bolster breast imaging uptake

“Epic Campaigns offers an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform to reach patients for preventive screening," researchers detailed Tuesday in JACR.

Certificate-of-need exemption fuels hospital’s outpatient imaging expansion in growing market

West Virginia carved out a CON concession for certain diagnostic imaging services in 2023, with Valley Health capitalizing on the law change.

Envision Healthcare exits imaging, with its 400 radiologists joining Rad Partners

The nation’s largest radiology practice—now with 4,000 physicians—also has inked a “transition agreement," offering Envision's 95 imaging clients the option to continue with RP.

Raj Kedar, MD, MBBS, FACR, vice chair of radiology and the University of South Florida, and chief of radiology at Tampa General Hospital, discusses how radiology and the hospital planned to continue operations, despite likely being cut off due to flooding and outside power loss during hurricanes Helene and Milton in the fall of 2024.

Tampa General radiology rides out 2 hurricanes with strategic disaster preparedness

Raj Kedar, MD, chief of imaging, discusses how the hospital planned to continue operations last fall when faced with hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Which cities offer the best pay for radiologists?

Radiology recently rose to the second highest paid specialty in medicine, but new data reveals that readers in some cities enjoy significantly higher compensation.

Coroner sounds alarm on impact of radiologist shortage after teen's death

The coroner recently authored a report questioning how the availability of radiologists in the region could be impacting patient outcomes.

5 EHR-based strategies to reduce CT turnaround times

Simple practice changes have helped Denver Health cut the time from exam order placement to initiation by about 47%.

Practice Management

Practices must address on-call disparities between diagnostic and interventional radiologists, experts charge

Connecticut radiology group expands joint venture partnership with local hospital system

Radiologists and cardiologists at odds over who handles heart imaging interpretations

The Certified Radiology Administrator exam is getting an update

Less than 25% of radiology-related NIH grants have been awarded to female researchers