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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s not every day that imaging equipment is used to scan a 68-million-year-old dinosaur skull, but that’s exactly what happened at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
A high body mass index (BMI) may be associated with a reduced risk of premenopausal breast cancer, according to new research published in JAMA Oncology.
Radiology Partners announced Wednesday, June 27, that the research sector of its practice, Radiology Partners Research Institute (RPRI), “has seen early success in its scholarly efforts” since launching back in January.
Authors of a June 26 editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine advocated for a standard definition of "overdiagnosis" regarding cancer screenings, arguing poor understanding of the term is a threat that exposes patients to unnecessary treatments.
Women with dense breasts see higher cancer rates than their non-dense breast counterparts, suggesting additional screening might be beneficial, a nationwide study out of Norway has found.