Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
Boston Medical Center has sought to have patients self-identify for lung cancer screening, administering multilingual surveys while they wait for imaging appointments.
As organizations turn to external services for help, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders to evaluate how this practice impacts patient care and the bottom line.
This practice ensures patients undergo imaging that is appropriate for their clinical indication and reduces the likelihood of unnecessary exams being completed.
Participation in contrast reaction management simulations can help radiology residents provide better patient care, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology.
Florida’s Orange County is investing half a million dollars in a CT scanner for its local morgue, a move expected to speed up the autopsy process and facilitate criminal investigations without cutting into victims’ bodies, WFTV reported this week.
Subspecialization may be growing in radiology, but generalists are still responsible for the majority of invasive procedures performed by radiologists, according to new research published in Radiology.
Radiologists with less than a decade’s worth of experience and lower annual reading volumes are more likely to have higher mammography recall rates, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Male breast cancer is rare, making up less than 1 percent of all breast cancers. However, radiologists and all imaging professionals must have as much up-to-date information on the detection and treatment of male breast cancer as possible.
Lung cancer mortality rates among women around the world could increase by 40 percent by 2030, according to a new study published in Cancer Research. Breast cancer mortality rates, meanwhile, are expected to decrease by 9 percent.
Radiology has undergone large-scale subspecialization, causing some experts to question how the shift has impacted patient access to both basic and invasive procedures.
Changes to brain tissue due to “heading” a soccer ball are more damaging for female athletes than male counterparts, according to a new study published in Radiology.