Practice Management

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

CMS approves new MRI standards related to remote scanning
Accrediting body IAC said revisions help imaging facilities ensure the safe delivery of MRIs, including when key personnel are located off-site.
Radiology group cancels hospital-based business to focus on outpatient center growth
ImageCare Radiology announced the decision Nov. 21, with the practice pulling out of Atlantic Health's Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers effective the same day.
Radiology provider Akumin breaks long radio silence after emerging from bankruptcy
The Florida-based imaging and radiation therapy group is launching new “relocatable and expandable” outpatient centers to be deployed across the U.S.
Doc offices more than double use of nonphysicians for interpreting medical images
The Journal of the American College of Radiology analysis sparked a spirited discussion on social media Wednesday after it was published.
Patients frequently fail to obtain follow-up imaging. Could radiologist-referrer disagreements be to blame?
Harvard researchers recently set out to answer this question, sharing their results Friday in the Journal of the American College of Radiology

82% of CTA head and neck scans in 1 emergency department had no actionable findings

Nonphysician practitioners and ED residents also ordered a significantly greater proportion of such exams, experts detailed in JACR.

September 18, 2023

Should radiology groups share individual physicians’ productivity metrics?

Two members of the specialty attempted to answer this query, sharing dueling opinion pieces in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 15, 2023

Community hospital scores $4M award to beef up interventional radiology services

NYC Health + Hospitals said the money will allow it to provide patients with access to a “state of the art” suite for IR procedures.

September 15, 2023

This year’s radiology match was the most competitive since 2001

More than 1 in 6 graduating U.S. MD students applying for a radiology position did not find such a match in 2023, experts detailed.

September 13, 2023

RSNA launches new tool to give business managers ‘Market Insights’ from radiologists

The Radiological Society of North America said it hopes to aid in strategic planning and help imaging leaders eliminate blind spots.

September 13, 2023

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Study unearths high rates of incidental findings on pediatric CT scans for trauma

About 10% of these cases required immediate or urgent action, researchers detailed in Clinical Imaging.

September 11, 2023

breast cancer mammography screening mammogram scheduling

Forcing patients to ‘opt out’ of screening mammography does not appear to impact adherence

Automatically scheduling patients for breast imaging also created a heavier administrative burden, researchers detailed Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

September 11, 2023

Hospital pauses mammography services after radiologists resign at partner practice over ‘witch hunt’

Physicians at Northern Arizona Radiology reportedly had been forced to work long hours to re-read exams looking for missed cancers.

September 8, 2023

Practice Management

CMS approves new MRI standards related to remote scanning

Radiology group cancels hospital-based business to focus on outpatient center growth

Radiology provider Akumin breaks long radio silence after emerging from bankruptcy

Doc offices more than double use of nonphysicians for interpreting medical images

Patients frequently fail to obtain follow-up imaging. Could radiologist-referrer disagreements be to blame?