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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Radiology Partners teams with nonprofit to deliver imaging services in underserved communities

The El Segundo, California-based imaging giant said it soon plans to begin working with Rad-Aid International, targeting low- and middle-income geographies that lack access to healthcare. 

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Patient shielding is no longer necessary, major radiology groups declare

The Royal College of Radiology, British Institute of Radiology and others said their guidance is based on mounds of evidence.

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Family can sue radiologist over missed brain bleed, despite now-deceased patient refusing treatment

A three-judge appeals court panel reached the determination in March, reinstating the lawsuit against Chicago-based Swedish Hospital and its providers.

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Radiology expert predicts ‘explosion’ of coronavirus cases in US: ‘The numbers may look gruesome’

Howard Forman—MD and Yale professor of radiology, biomedical imaging, economics and public health—recently shared his thoughts on the outbreak. 

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Stick to breast imaging evidence, radiologists implore: ‘Lives are at stake and compromise is unethical’

The JACR commentary is the latest in a long-running debate over when, and how frequently, women should receive mammography screenings.  

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Early onset dementia diagnoses surge 200%, with imaging playing a key part

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association reported this trend among commercially insured Americans between the ages of 30 to 64, with an average age at diagnosis of 49.

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4 key roles radiologists must fill in coronavirus outbreak—beyond the initial CT diagnosis

An imaging expert from South Korea, which recently had a spike in cases, said rads' duties are numerous.

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Saying ‘stop’ during imaging enough to withdraw consent, sue provider for battery, court rules

The Feb. 11 decision deals a blow to Brigham and Women’s Hospital while giving new life to a suit filed by one cancer patient's family. 

Around the web

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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.