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.
Radiology staffing shortages are hitting Waikato Hospital in New Zealand. Its workforce problem led a department of health board executive to label the unit as “vulnerable” and has prompted the hospital to look for imaging specialist overseas, according to an April 5 article in Stuff.
Sarcopenia, or low muscle mass, occurs in more than one-third of newly diagnosed nonmetastatic breast cancer patients and is associated with higher overall mortality, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology.
Utah is among the five lowest states in the U.S. for mammography screening rates, Brigham Young University’s newspaper, The Daily Universe, reported this week.
The most common patient complaints related to medical imaging deal with quality of care, patient safety and patient communication, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Most patients were satisfied with how their complaints were resolved.
Stanford pediatric radiologist Heike Daldrup-Link, MD, believes radiology has a diversity problem and is spearheading a long-term approach within the university’s own department and across the entire field.
Recent research published in JAMA Psychiatry is shedding light on the neural mechanisms behind relapse of major depressive disorder (MDD) and suggesting that focusing on certain neural regions after an episode could help predict the illness’ future course.
The number of work relative value units (wRVUs) produced by radiation oncologists increased by 14 percent from 2012 to 2015, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Obese patients in the U.K. are getting too big to fit into MRI scanners, which can lead to health complications after canceled exams, according to a recent article by BBC News.