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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Seeing clearly: Reducing reading-induced fatigue

Increasing the ambient illuminance, using an appropriate type of monitor, improving corrected visual acuity, and using contact lenses rather than glasses could help decrease reading-induced fatigue in male radiologists, according to a study published in the November issue of Academic Radiology.

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Single-lumen catheters decrease complications, increase savings

Replacing dual-lumen catheters with their single-lumen counterpart for most indications has decreased reinsertion rates and saved thousands of dollars for the McGill Health Centre (MUHC), according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Essential education: Managing dose

With increasing awareness of the harms that can accompany multidetector CT-related radiation dose, radiologists must fully understand the technology with which they constantly work. A review published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology highlights this crucial necessity, emphasizing the essentials of basic CT scan parameters, as well as how they can be manipulated to produce diagnostic images at lower radiation doses for safe imaging.

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Systematic radiation reduction possible for fluoroscopic procedures

A systematic approach to improving radiation use during fluoroscopic procedures led to a substantial and sustained reduction in risk without a cutback in benefits, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

FDA Approves New Image Gently Pediatric Fluoroscopy Modules

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for distribution three new pediatric fluoroscopy educational modules developed by an Image Gently, Society for Pediatric Radiology/Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging workgroup.

Reining in radiation risks

To discuss medical radiation risks is to walk a fine line. As more attention is paid to the topic in popular media, patients could be scared away from needed exams due to the perceived threat of diagnostic radiation.

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Opportunity Knocks: A Primer on the Primary Care Shortage

There is a primary care shortage that will continue for decades. The $64,000 question on radiologists’ minds is: where does radiology fit in?

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RSNA 2013: Tracking Trends & Building Partnerships

This year’s theme “The Power of Partnership” underscores how essential coordination will be for radiology’s continued success.

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

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FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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