These referrer check-ins can serve as a major source of workflow interruption and inefficiency, experts write in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Higher burden of medical debt is associated with significantly increased incidence of late-stage lung, colorectal, cervical, skin, kidney, bladder, and head/neck cancer, new research shows.
Jardine Matheson has closed its purchase of the I-Med Radiology Network, which operates 215 clinics and handles 7 million studies annually, also operating the StatRad teleradiology firm in the U.S.
Compared with postoperative stereotactic radiation therapy, an investigational intraoperative RT approach could significantly reduce local tumor recurrence and improve survival in patients with newly diagnosed operable brain metastases.
Researchers theorized that owning the imaging machine—allowing practices to collect the “technical component” of reimbursement, in addition to the “professional” fee for reading the scans—could shelter groups from market forces.
Many know Sol Radiology as the Southern California-based practice that, in this decade, grew from three radiologists to 45 in only three years. But other key indicators of Sol’s development might be the pieces from which presently small practices stand to learn the most.
