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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Combining DXA, quantitative CT makes for most effective osteoporosis diagnosis

Combining a traditional approach to osteoporosis screening with quantitative CT starting at age 55 could reduce a woman’s lifetime risk of hip fracture while offering a cost-effective route for prevention, according to a virtual study published in Radiology this month.

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TAILORx: 50% of women with early-stage breast cancer can bypass chemo

The majority of women with early-stage breast cancer and a mid-range score on a 21-tumor gene expression test see no added benefit from undergoing chemotherapy alongside hormone therapy during treatment, researchers reported this month at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

Volumetric software helps researchers diagnose patients with memory loss

Researchers from the UCLA Medical Center found that new FDA-approved volumetric software can help clinicians determine when memory loss is caused by issues other than Alzheimer’s disease, according to research presented at the 2018 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting in Los Angeles.

5 ways radiologists can better understand and respect transgender patients

When it comes to transgender patients, radiologists can be confused due to unfamiliarity with specific preferences or needs, a pair of researchers with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada said this month in Radiography. Taking those patients’ unique considerations to heart and educating radiology staff about transgender realities can make a big difference in how the population receives medical care.

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When interpreting the same trauma patient, body radiologists miss more acute spinal fractures than neuroradiologists

When CT is utilized to image a trauma patient, two subspecialty radiologists—neuroradiologists and body radiologists—often interpret the patient’s thoracic and lumbar spine. The two subspecialists don’t always agree on the presence of an unequivocal acute fracture.

How circulating tumor cells could help clinicians treat metastatic breast cancer

Clinicians may be able to use circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to develop a staging system that helps the treatment of metastatic breast cancer (MBC), according to research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting June 1-5 in Chicago.

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Technical glitch in UK breast screening program may have affected 50,000 more women than previously thought

Less than a month after British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that up to 270 women may have died of breast cancer after a technical error neglected to send 450,000 invites for final routine mammograms, one doctor is warning the number of failed invites may have been closer to 500,000, The Independent reports.

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Younger women getting lung cancer more than men, but smoking habits don’t explain the difference

Lung cancer rates among white and Hispanic women born since the 1960s are on the rise, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Why these rates are climbing faster among women than men, however, remains unclear.

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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.