Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
With the growing demand for virtual care and an increasingly mobile population, the need to improve communication with non-English-speaking patients is immense.
“With this signal about the public’s preference for notification, the question for health systems and policymakers is not whether to notify patients but when and how.”
In patients with suspected stroke, contrast allergies present a significant dilemma, as contrast-enhanced imaging is often used to guide treatment decisions.
Radiology can provide immense value to the healthcare system, not only through accurate diagnostic interpretations, but by helping direct the appropriate use of imaging.
Radiologists who fret about getting sued for malpractice should continue patting themselves on the back for not going into surgery, medicine, Ob/Gyn, anesthesiology, emergency or dentistry/oral surgery.
For several years, the radiology community has been trying to shed the image of physicians hidden away in a dark reading room and get more in touch with patients. One of this week’s top stories showed once again why this is important.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued its draft recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, largely staying in line with their 2008 recommendations and supporting the benefit of screening for all adults ages 50 to 75. However, the list of screening options endorsed by USPSTF includes CT colonography only as an "alternative test."
In December 2014, a tanker truck plowed through the walls of an outpatient imaging center in Cumberland County, Pa., and the center’s MRI unit created a challenge for rescuers.
CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.
Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.
