Practice Management

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

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‘MRI’ is the most-searched medical term among patients seeking cost information

“CT scan” was the third most-searched term among healthcare consumers, and “ultrasound” was No. 4, according to Fair Health. 

February 15, 2024
Doctors have increasingly been seeing breast exams with swollen lymph nodes imitating cancer in patients who have received a vaccine, prompting Penn Medicine providers to offer up guidance. mammography mammogram breast cancer

Access isn’t enough; other unmet needs keeping patients from using screening mammography

Patients with such impediments also are more likely to present to practices with late-stage disease, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open.  

February 14, 2024
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RadNet: General radiologists achieve specialist-level performance interpreting mammograms with help from AI

The Los Angeles-based provider and its AI division, DeepHealth, recently assessed the skills of 18 physicians using their custom-built software. 

February 14, 2024
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Private equity returns plummet to lowest levels seen since 2009

Volatile markets, economic uncertainty and higher borrowing costs have combined to make it more difficult for PE firms to exit their investments. 

February 14, 2024
Starting salaries for specialist physicians have mostly increased over the last year. Demand for those specialists is also on the rise. What are doctors paid? What is the average salary of a doctor, physician?

Radiology Partners adds 650 physicians and 62 new client sites in 1 year

The figure represents Rad Partners’ “most successful recruitment effort in a single year” since its founding in 2012 and reflects the practice’s “tremendous growth.” 

February 14, 2024
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Burnout’s pronounced prevalence among radiologists underlines ‘urgent, unmet need’ for intervention

Increased workload, poor sleep quality, suboptimal working conditions and reduced job satisfaction all correlate with increased levels of professional fatigue. 

February 14, 2024
The rate of radiology reading errors has not changed in 75 years, despite technology advances, explains Michael Bruno, MD, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, who outlines the reasons why.

Error rates in radiology have not changed in 75 years

Radiology report reading errors are as prevalent as ever. Michael Bruno, MD, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center says it's time for that to change.

February 13, 2024
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Radiology practice SimonMed doubling centers offering full-body MRI scans amid ‘exponential’ demand growth

The private equity-backed provider first launched SimonOne nationwide in summer 2023, capitalizing on increased interest from startup firms and celebrities. 

February 12, 2024