Practice Management

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

Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg Ranks Among Largest Radiology Practices for 2nd Consecutive Year

Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) has been recognized as one of the 100 largest privately owned radiology practices in the U.S. for the second consecutive year by Radiology Business Journal. 

Study: How does imaging utilization compare between Magnet hospitals, non-Magnet hospitals?

Magnet hospitals that are larger in size, serve patients with more severe conditions, and use more advanced technology show higher utilization of diagnostic imaging services than similar non-Magnet hospitals.

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Notes from the Weissleder Lab: Exploring the Frontier of Precision Imaging for Nanotherapeutics

Over the course of his career, Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD, has blazed trails from macroscopic to microscopic imaging and back in pursuit of better imaging methods for nanotherapeutics

Study examines performance of rads, residents in interpreting low-dose appendiceal CT

Radiologists require years of training and clinical experience to significantly improve at interpreting low-dose appendiceal CT, according to a recent study published by the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Lexmark Healthcare, CDI partner to create new medical image exchange

Lexmark Healthcare and Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) have partnered to announce the availability of the National Image Exchange, which allows healthcare organizations to exchange medical images and content both with each other and with organizations outside of the CDI network. 

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Four Areas Where Radiology Can Improve Cancer Care

Sponsored by Sectra

Modern cancer care urgently demands new approaches. Lives are at risk, and an ever increasing number of cancer patients and complex examinations constitute more of the radiologist's workload than ever before.

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St. Joseph’s/Candler: Outstanding CT images with generous helping of Southern-style support

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

With a single-vendor CT fleet many years in service, Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph’s/Candler (SJ/C) health system was a model of customer loyalty.

Memorial Hermann, MD Anderson Cancer Center opening four screening centers around Houston

Memorial Hermann Health System, a nonprofit Houston-based hospital system, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, also based out of Houston, are opening four new breast cancer screening centers around the metropolitan Houston area, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle. 

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Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.

“Before these CPT codes there was no real acknowledgment of the additional burden borne by the providers who accepted these patients."

The new images were captured at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography. One specialist called them "Google Earth for the human heart." 

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