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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Generalists still perform the majority of invasive procedures in radiology

Subspecialization may be growing in radiology, but generalists are still responsible for the majority of invasive procedures performed by radiologists, according to new research published in Radiology.

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How do experience, annual reading volumes impact mammography recall rates?

Radiologists with less than a decade’s worth of experience and lower annual reading volumes are more likely to have higher mammography recall rates, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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4 things every radiologist should know about male breast disease

Male breast cancer is rare, making up less than 1 percent of all breast cancers. However, radiologists and all imaging professionals must have as much up-to-date information on the detection and treatment of male breast cancer as possible.

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Lung cancer deaths among women expected to rise 40% by 2030—breast cancer deaths to drop

Lung cancer mortality rates among women around the world could increase by 40 percent by 2030, according to a new study published in Cancer Research. Breast cancer mortality rates, meanwhile, are expected to decrease by 9 percent.

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New research suggests playing soccer may be riskier for female players

Changes to brain tissue due to “heading” a soccer ball are more damaging for female athletes than male counterparts, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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Novel ‘ARFI’ imaging succeeds as method for evaluating liver fibrosis

A novel ultrasound technique known as acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging has proved useful in evaluating liver fibrosis, opening the field to a more universal method for measuring tissue repair, according to a Radiology study of 500 hepatitis B patients in Taiwan.

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Why failure rates of randomized clinical trials in radiation oncology are increasing

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in oncology have been trending more toward failure than success in recent years, according to research out of Ontario, Canada. But behavioral radiation therapy studies are more likely to succeed than those with one or more surgical arms, which fail around 75 percent of the time.

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Man impersonated breast cancer screening program employee to trick women

A 28-year-old nightclub employee in Singapore has been fined and sentenced to 41 months in prison for impersonating a breast cancer screening service employee to get women to send him photos of themselves.

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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.

After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk. 

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