Practice Management

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

Rad reports should not include 'cannot exclude'

Radiologists need to stop writing “cannot exclude” in their reports, according to a recent commentary in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Smoke out the misperceptions: 5 things lung cancer screening participants believed to be true

Participants in a new lung cancer screening program held a series of common misperceptions about the program’s impact and their own health, according to recent research published by JAMA Internal Medicine. The authors believe that healthcare providers should remain aware of these misperceptions, because they could prove to be potentially harmful to the participants. 

vRad and MetaMind collaborate on workflows powered by deep learning

vRad (Virtual Radiologic), the nation’s leading telemedicine company and radiology practice, and MetaMind, Inc., a provider of state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions powered by “deep learning,” announced a partnership to improve the speed, accuracy and quality of radiology diagnostics for a series of potentially life-threatening conditions, the first of which will be intracranial hemorrhaging (IH).

21st Century Oncology partners with University of Arizona’s Center for Applied Nanobioscience and Medicine in Phoenix to advance cancer research

PHOENIX – June 15, 2015 – 21st Century Oncology, the nation’s premier cancer treatment network, has entered a new research partnership agreement with the University of Arizona’s Center for Applied Nanobioscience and Medicine at the College of Medicine in Phoenix.

Rome Radiology Group aligns with the Strategic Radiology® national coalition

Strategic Radiology (SR) announced today that Rome Radiology Group (RRG) of Rome, GA has joined forces with the SR coalition of progressive, independent radiology groups geographically dispersed throughout the US.

XIFIN acquires image management company VisualShare

XIFIN, Inc. announced the acquisition of VisualShare, a Salt Lake City-based medical informatics company specializing in diagnostic image management. 

Viztek introduces new U-arm system

Viztek announced the availability of the Basic U-Arm, a new U-arm digital x-ray system.

Strategic Radiology takes unified stance against new USPSTF guidelines

In response to the proposed mammography guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Strategic Radiology® (SR®) recommends regular screening mammography for women beginning at age 40 in order to reduce breast cancer mortality.

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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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