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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ACR highlights importance of medical imaging, CDS

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has shared a statement on new research that found imaging utilization is on the rise.

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Radiologists ready to speak with patients about breast density, supplemental screening

Many radiologists believe patient-provider discussions about screening mammography and supplemental screening are inadequate, according to findings published in the Journal of Breast Imaging. The specialty appears ready to step up and take a more visible role in patient education.

How to predict, prevent allergic reactions to CT contrast agents

Patients with a family or personal history of allergic reactions to contrast agents are at risk of experiencing similar reactions in the future, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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Imaging helps researchers ID a new predictor of heart attacks, heart failure

Left-ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, or an increase in the heart’s left ventricular mass, is an effective predictor of cardiovascular-related death, according to new findings published in Radiology.

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Radiology, psychiatry researchers collaborate to study opioid use disorders

Researchers from the fields of psychiatry and radiology at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia are working together to launch the Penn PET Addiction Center of Excellence (PACE).

Blood test detects brain injuries in patients with negative CT scans

A new type of blood test can detect mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) completely missed by CT scans, according to new research published in Lancet Neurology.

What radiologists should know about 3 common gender affirmation surgeries

Gender incongruence, defined in the International Classification of Diseases as “a marked and persistent incongruence between an individual's experienced gender and the assigned sex,” is now recognized as a sexual health condition and not a mental illness.

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Mammography utilization rates highest in New England cities

Cities in the New England area have the highest screening mammography utilization rates in the United States, according to new findings published in Radiology.

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.