Practice Management

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

AI reveals crucial community factors influencing cancer screening rates
Neiman researchers recently scoured for factors that might impact screening rates across cancers of the colon/rectum, lung, breast and prostate, using nationwide Medicare data.
Mammography false positive rates rising, driven by a few key factors
The number of women who had a screening mammogram miss cancer leapt from less than 1 per 1,000 women in 2010 up to as high as 2.5 by 2022.
Anthem threatens hospitals who use out-of-network radiology providers
“When you thought insurers couldn’t get more evil, they come up with something even worse than you anticipated,” one physician said.
UnitedHealthcare cutting radiology group pay rates in bid to preserve affordability
“Rapidly rising healthcare costs continue to be a top concern for members and their employers," the nation's largest commercial insurer wrote in a recent letter to an unidentified imaging group.
‘Direct-to-patient’ digital prompt boosts CT lung cancer screening uptake
Researchers with two academic health systems recently tried a new approach to increase LDCT uptake, reaching patients electronically outside of a regular appointment and asking them to request a screening.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

Is it time to redefine ‘overdiagnosis’?

As overdiagnosis is increasingly recognized in the realm of cancer care, the term itself might benefit from a simpler, standardized definition, a group of researchers argue in an Annals of Internal Medicine editorial published this June.

Surprising number of childhood cancer survivors not concerned about their future health

Many adult survivors of childhood cancer are not concerned about their future health or developing new cancers, according to a new study published in Cancer.

Practice Management

AI reveals crucial community factors influencing cancer screening rates

Mammography false positive rates rising, driven by a few key factors

Anthem threatens hospitals who use out-of-network radiology providers

UnitedHealthcare cutting radiology group pay rates in bid to preserve affordability

‘Direct-to-patient’ digital prompt boosts CT lung cancer screening uptake