Practice Management

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

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves
This finding underlines the need for interventions to increase LCS awareness and address common barriers such as confusing eligibility criteria.
Stark Law loophole allows ordering physicians to self-interpret hundreds of thousands of images each year
Experts believe their findings signal the need for potential policy reform in Washington to address perceived conflicts of interest.
Radiologists say paid family and medical leave a key factor when choosing a practice
Respondents in academic practices were more likely to report a paid-leave policy when compared to others working in hospitals or private practice.
Unnecessary imaging wastes $12B a year and uses enough electricity to power a small town
Between 2017 and 2021, all inappropriate imaging generated upward of 129.2 kilotons per year, with CT and MRI accounting for the largest portion.
SimonMed Imaging gives official notice of cyberattack weeks after initial reports
The Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice issued a notice to impacted parties on March 28 after reports of the hack first started surfacing in mid-February.

SIR debuts 1st virtual reality interventional radiology training video at annual meeting

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) debuted the first virtual reality 360 (VR360) training video featuring interventional radiology being performed in practice during the SIR 2018 annual meeting in Los Angeles.

5 ways to communicate the benefits, risks of radiation in pediatric radiology

Radiologists can provide significant value by communicating the benefits and risks associated with radiation to the parents or guardians of pediatric patients, and a group of researchers provided numerous strategies for such communication in a new analysis for the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Why deep learning can help cardiologists—without threatening them

Clinicians might be saved time and improve their diagnostic accuracy when deep learning is applied to echocardiography, according to a recent article from Cardiovascular Business (CVB) regarding this year's American College of Cardiology annual meeting in Orlando.

New diffusion MRI online software may fight medicine's "replication crisis"

Photo courtesy of the University of Washington.

10 cognitive biases in medical imaging and how to avoid them

Diagnostic error remains a major setback to improving the quality of radiology and overall interpretation of imaging examinations. What consistently induces diagnostic error is a radiologist's cognitive bias, according to a recent article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

JAMA: U.S. spends the most on healthcare—and imaging is a reason why

New research, published online March 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the U.S. spends twice as much on healthcare as any other high-income country in the world. Heavy utilization of imaging technology was a contributing factor.

58% of radiologists don't report brain deposition of gadolinium

A worldwide study, published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, revealed wide inconsistencies in reporting brain gadolinium deposition (GD) based on a lack of understanding and an effort to minimize anxiety in patients.

High-Performance Radiology Practices Turn Endless Pressure Into Staying Power

Practice Management

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves

Stark Law loophole allows ordering physicians to self-interpret hundreds of thousands of images each year

Radiologists say paid family and medical leave a key factor when choosing a practice

Unnecessary imaging wastes $12B a year and uses enough electricity to power a small town

SimonMed Imaging gives official notice of cyberattack weeks after initial reports