Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Fujifilm and NBCF donate mammography system to California hospital

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. and the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) have teamed up to donate a new Aspire Cristalle mammography system to White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles.

March 25, 2016

Radiologist in Australia facing sexual assault charges in U.S. has registration cancelled

A radiologist in Australia had his medical registration canceled by the Medical Board of Australia after it was revealed he was facing sexual assault charges in the United States. 

March 23, 2016

Make it count: 5 ways to have a positive impact during brief patient encounters

Radiologists don’t always get to spend a lot of time speaking with patients. Nevertheless, according to a recent article published by Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, there are plenty of ways to make a good first impression when brief patient encounters do take place.

March 22, 2016

EVDI Medical Imaging hires 4 new radiologists

EVDI Medical Imaging, an imaging provider with six locations in the greater Phoenix area, announced this week it had added four radiologists to its team.

March 16, 2016

Physician shares concern about patients' overall happiness

A recent study determined that unhappiness was not an independent predictor of increased mortality, but one physician wrote in the New York Times that she remains concerned about her patients’ happiness and the impact it could potentially have on their health.

March 11, 2016

Most prevention and screening guidelines skirt the details on harms, benefits

Guidelines for cancer prevention and screening are “ideally suited” for explaining the benefits and harms of medical interventions, but according to a recent study published by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a majority of these statements do an insufficient job of providing such insight.

March 10, 2016

Magnetic Insight announces new collaboration with Stanford School of Medicine

Magnetic Insight, a Newark, Calif.-based diagnostic imaging technology company that specializes in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) has announced a new collaboration with the Stanford School of Medicine that will focus on developing new ways to use MPI to improve patient care.

March 10, 2016

Medical students on why they are (and are not) choosing radiology

What draws medical students to radiology? A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology examined the motivations of students who choose diagnostic radiology and those who do not, finding 7 percent said they planned on applying in diagnostic radiology.

March 7, 2016

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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