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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The ‘reclusive radiologist’: Imaging-led rounds key to cross-specialty collaboration, patient care

These radiology resident-led interactions improve patient care, image ordering and relationships with other providers, experts wrote recently in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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Amid widespread protests, radiology groups stand in support of ‘victims of senseless violence’

"The unjust treatment of people of color must stop," the Radiological Society of North America said in a recent tweet. 

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State board suspends doctor’s license following accusations of misreading mammograms

The Virginia Board of Medicine labeled Michael Bigg “incompetent to practice medicine and surgery" in its 61-page report issued earlier this month.

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Abdominal imaging rates declined over recent years, stemming steady period of growth

Much of the drop is due to radiologists forgoing abdominal radiography, gastrointestinal fluoroscopy, and nuclear imaging, experts reported Tuesday.

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Radiologists see positives with ‘remote readouts’ and potential staying power in post-COVID future

Radiology trainees and attendings found relocating workspaces into reading "pods" overwhelmingly positive, and some aspects may be in place for the long-term.

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Most general radiologists are also multispecialists—ensuring access to wide-ranging care

A majority of research has been focused on subspecialists, but generalists are key to facilitating patient access to a number of radiology subspecialities.

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3 pointers to avoid transmitting COVID-19 in emergency oral radiology

As dental and oral-surgery offices begin to reopen in the U.S. on a state-by-state basis, oral-radiology experts in hard-hit Iran are offering tips from their experience with COVID-19.

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5 essential organizing elements for COVID-facing radiology orgs

The urban island nation of Singapore had the second highest count of COVID-19 cases outside of China by early February. Two radiologists and an infectious-disease specialist living and working there share what they’ve learned so far.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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.

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.