Practice Management

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

StatRad Expands RadConnect Image Sharing Platform to Offer Radiology Second Opinion Service for Patients and Radiologists

Technology innovator, StatRad, announced the continued enhancement of its medical image sharing platform, RadConnect. RadConnect is now offering second opinion reports for radiology exams. Through an affiliation with University of California, San Diego, RadConnect users can receive second opinions from the school’s world-renowned faculty.

April 28, 2014
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vRad and E-Techco Partnership Creates First Direct-to-Patient Remote Radiology Services in China

MINNEAPOLIS, MN AND SHENZHEN, CHINA — (April 18, 2014) vRad (Virtual Radiologic), the nation’s largest telemedicine company and radiology practice with over 450 physicians, today announced it completed a strategic partnership with E-Techco Information Technologies Co., Ltd. (E-Techco), a leader in consumer telehealth solutions. The partnership names vRad as E-Techco’s exclusive agent for remote professional radiology interpretations in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau beginning in May 2014. This partnership marks vRad’s first significant international market expansion into the Chinese market. Financial terms were not disclosed.

April 18, 2014

RadNet and Kennedy Health System Announce Multi-faceted Agreement for Radiology Services in Southern New Jersey

LOS ANGELES, California, April 9, 2014 - RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT) and the Kennedy Health System today announced a multi-faceted agreement to provide radiology services throughout southern New Jersey.

April 10, 2014

Raleigh Radiology Bridges Language Gap With Affordable Solution

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Language AccessNetwork (LAN) has partnered with Raleigh Radiology in providing a firstof its kind, affordable solution geared toward non-acute care medicalfacilities.

March 25, 2014

Zotec Partners Amplifies its “University” Training Program with New Facilities, Equips Staff to Better Service RCM Clients

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 25, 2014) – Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in hospital-based physician billing and practice management services, has resumed its “Zotec Partners University” program this week in its new state-of-the-art training facility. 

February 25, 2014
Radiologists need to stop using ther term "Clinically Correlate" and be more specific in reports. This term has become a joke among clinicians who see it as clinically meaningless.

If Clinically Indicated, Clinically Correlate

Radiologists are clinicians consultants. We direct clinical management based on our expert interpretation of patient images. Yet, in many cases, radiology reports may not reflect our clinical expertise. Common problems include overuse of vague terminology and omission of the impression. Addressing these flaws can go a long way toward meeting clinicians needs and improving patient care.

December 15, 2011
A cardiac CT scan being performed at Duly Healthcare in suburban Chicago in the spring of 2022. This is one of the first outpatient cardiology clinics in the U.S. to implement a CCTA program for screening non-acute chest pain patients and for structural heart evaluations. This applies to CCTA, CTA, Cardiac CT, and CT angiography and coronary CT angiography.

Be Mindful of the Stark Law in CCTA Alliances

Numerous radiology groups are currently discussing arrangements whereby cardiologists and the radiologists would essentially split the responsibilities for reading coronary CT angiography (CCTA) studies. Most commonly, as proposed, the cardiologists would read and generate a signed interpretation report, but limited to the cardiac portion of the

October 16, 2006

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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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