Practice Management

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

Novel CT power-save mode could cut per-scanner costs by $1.5M annually
Investigators with University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, recently explored the use of a “promising” new option that reduces energy consumption during brief, inter-examination idle intervals.
Practice rename's radiology suite after retiring long-time rad tech
The technologist received the news during her Oct. 31 retirement reception dedicated to her decades of contributions to the practice.
Fewer radiologists are interpreting breast imaging exams, with key workforce implications
From 2013 to 2022, the percentage of rads submitting breast care claims to Medicare dropped from about 47% down to 34%.
Rural hospitals band together to offer MRI services
Five Northern California critical access hospitals are banding together to share a mobile MRI unit across three counties.
NYC Health + Hospitals investing $20M to expand radiology services across city
The country’s largest municipal healthcare system aims to bring imaging services "directly into the community" to eliminate barriers to care, reduce wait times and detect diseases earlier.

Hospital creates 'virtual reality technologist' role to support patients during interventional procedures

The technologist guides patients through procedure-specific VR games designed to ease anxiety and discomfort during their treatment.

Telehealth visits not to blame for uptick in imaging orders, study shows

Despite some assumptions that telehealth visits increase the unnecessary utilization of diagnostic services, new data suggest the opposite may be true.

Radiologists chart ‘alarming’ uptick in late-stage breast cancer diagnoses across all age groups

Between 2004 to 2021, the biggest annual percentage increase in incidence of metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis was among women ages 20-39 (up 2.9%).

Clinical decision support significantly reduces use of CT for pulmonary embolism

Across 340,000 hospital admissions, there was a 7.4% decrease in CTPA use after referrers started consulting CDS, experts write in JACR.

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has helped cardiologists, radiologists, nurses and other healthcare providers embrace precision medicine in a way that ensures more heart patients are receiving personalized care.

Up to half of medical organizations either already using or preparing to implement AI

With the number of FDA approved AI-enabled applications nearing 1,000, it’s clear the healthcare industry is ready to embrace the evolving technology.

Radiology practice produces as much greenhouse gases as 1,100 cars

The findings are from a 10-year study of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's energy consumption, recently published in RSNA's Radiology.

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85% of radiation oncologists surveyed say the burden of prior authorization is worsening

Another 94% believe that this utilization-management tactic, deployed by health payers, exacerbates burnout among their staff, ASTRO reported Wednesday.

Radiologists say novel interventional procedure relieves knee arthritis

Experts hope their findings will encourage IR practices and hospital departments to pursue greater adoption of genicular artery embolization.

Practice Management

Novel CT power-save mode could cut per-scanner costs by $1.5M annually

Practice rename's radiology suite after retiring long-time rad tech

Fewer radiologists are interpreting breast imaging exams, with key workforce implications

Rural hospitals band together to offer MRI services

NYC Health + Hospitals investing $20M to expand radiology services across city