Practice Management

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

Thrombolysis with alteplase improves functional outcome in stroke patients with unknown time of onset

MRI-guided thrombolysis using intravenous alteplase could be the key to better functional outcomes in acute stroke patients whose time of onset is unknown, researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.

May 16, 2018

50% of employees don’t always report safety events at academic radiology department

Patient safety is a foremost concern for radiology departments—but current measures of a safe culture often do not account for the human factors that contribute to the nonreporting of safety issues.

May 16, 2018

Novel tech IDs false-positives in lung cancer screenings

Technology out of Vanderbilt University and Mayo Clinic could be cutting false positive rates in CT-based lung cancer screenings, researchers announced in PLOS One this week.

May 15, 2018
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Melania Trump’s successful embolization treatment casts spotlight on interventional radiology

First lady Melania Trump underwent an image-guided embolization treatment for a benign kidney condition earlier this week, casting a sudden spotlight on the world of interventional radiology.

May 15, 2018

5 alternatives to sedating children in the radiology suite

Younger patients are routinely sedated during radiologic studies, requiring some kind of restraint to avoid unclear imaging from anxious fiddling or unconscious movement, but when is sedation actually appropriate? How can clinicians avoid it?

May 14, 2018

Olympic skier pledges brain to concussion research

Kerrin Lee-Gartner, who won a gold medal in alpine skiing at the 1992 Olympics and currently works as a sports analyst, has announced she is pledging her brain to the Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) for concussion research.

May 14, 2018

NBA player and his mom to host Mother’s Day weekend event, promote breast cancer awareness

De’Aaron Fox, an NBA point guard who plays for the Sacramento Kings, and his mom, Lorraine Harris-Fox, are hosting an event May 12 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, to promote breast cancer awareness.

May 11, 2018
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Imaging appointment no-shows due to modality type, scheduling lead time

These no-shows can delay diagnosis, while medical providers lose revenue and opportunities to see more patients, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

May 11, 2018