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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Higher-dose radiation therapy improves biochemical control, reduces metastasis in prostate cancer patients

High-dose radiotherapy doesn’t improve survival in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, but it can improve biochemical control and rates of tumor metastasis, researchers reported of the first large-scale study to examine whether hiked radiation doses are linked to improved survival.

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Small Investments, Significant Gains: The Key to Advancing Value-Based Healthcare is Leveraging Web-Based Diagnostic Reporting

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Six years ago, the non-invasive cardiovascular lab (NICL) at 540-bed St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, faced something of an uncertain future. The rules for maintaining accreditation, set by intersocietal accreditation commissions, require that all vascular exams get interpreted within 48 hours of image acquisition. For cardiac exams, the read must wait no longer than 24 hours.

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Imaging sheds light on mechanisms behind autistic behavior

Chinese researchers announced this week that, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), they have been able to identify abnormal connections between brain networks in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 

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How can radiologists improve low public awareness of interventional radiology?

Patient and public awareness of interventional radiology (IR) remains low, according to a study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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Wearable MEG scanner allows patients to move freely during brain exams

A nontraditional magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner is offering patients a wearable option that would allow them to stretch, drink tea or even play table tennis during a brain scan, according to research from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

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How does not having a breast screening program affect a country’s radiologists?

There are large differences in the mammographic performance of radiologists from countries with breast cancer screening programs and countries without such programs, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology.

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New research finds 1 in 3 women in rural India have never heard of breast cancer

Most women in rural India are unaware of how to examine themselves for breast cancer, and one in three have never heard of breast cancer at all, according to a dissertation delivered at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden.

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2 ways urban radiologists can extend their reach to rural areas

Barely a tenth of U.S. physicians practice in rural locations, but up to 60 million patients live in those areas.

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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.