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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Op-ed: EHRs, AI are making medicine, imaging impersonal—but physicians are to blame

In a recent editorial published in The New York Times Magazine, Abraham Verghese, MD, a professor of internal medicine at Stanford, explained that the popularity of electronic health records (EHRs) and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine may be overriding physicians' own clinical judgement more than helping to inform it.

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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.

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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.

Hospitals warn leggings may burn patients during MRI

More and more hospitals are introducing policies against common Lycra and spandex clothing in favor of traditional paper gowns or cotton T-shirts to prevent patients from being burned during MRI.

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Lawsuit: Former Colorado neurologist purposely misdiagnosed 20+ patients with MS

A former Colorado neurologist is being sued for malpractice and fraud after allegedly purposely falsely interpreting MRIs and misdiagnosing more than two dozen patients in Colorado and Florida with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to an article published May 7 by Summit Daily in Summit County, Colorado.

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Radiologists can play a crucial role in fighting the opioid epidemic

In a recent interview with the American College of Radiology Bulletin, Efren J. Flores, MD, a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, discussed the challenges and opportunities radiologists face when patients with apparent substance use disorders enter the emergency department.

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AJR: Radiologists should adopt ACR guidelines to standardize thyroid biopsy recommendations

The American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging and Reporting Data System (ACR TI-RADS) outlines risk stratification and management of thyroid nodules based on ultrasound features, but biopsy recommendations remain variable amongst radiologists.

Order entry workflow could be a prime target for automation

Radiologists or technologists who manually select protocols for commonly ordered exams rarely add value, making protocol selection a prime target for workflow automation, according to recent research.

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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.