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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Q&A: Donna A. Eckstein on why radiologists should adopt healthier workplace habits

Physicians often spend so much time taking care of their patients that they forget to concentrate on their own health and well-being. And considering the sedentary nature of a radiologist’s typical work day—often sitting down to read cases at their computer for hours at a time—this can be even more problematic in radiology than other specialties.

Blended learning proves beneficial for radiology education

A combination of face-to-face and e-learning education, or blended learning, produces better results than programs with a single method, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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CTC improves surgical management plans for patients with colorectal cancer

Preoperative CT colonography (CTC) findings can improve the surgical management plan for patients with occlusive colorectal cancer (CRC) and incomplete colonoscopy (IC), according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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3 effective recruitment strategies for lung cancer screening programs

Clinical low-dose CT (LDCT) screening programs throughout the nation have struggled in recent years to significantly increase screening utilization. What can be done to finally reverse this trend?

Radiologists welcome direct interactions with patients

A majority of radiologists welcome more direct contact with patients and rarely consider patient interaction detrimental to workflow, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Do technologists influence breast cancer screening utilization?

As healthcare providers throughout the world fight to improve breast screening utilization, researchers in Australia looked into the impact individual technologists, or radiographers, can have on getting patients to return in the future.

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Radiology residency programs must improve websites or risk losing quality prospects

Radiology residency programs could potentially lose quality prospective residents because their websites don’t contain enough information, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Direct communication key to quality patient-centered care, physician satisfaction

Many radiologists want to communicate more directly with patients but feel constrained by time and their workload, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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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.