Practice Management

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

Hunger, recent travel and occupational exhaustion significantly impact radiologists’ breast imaging reads
These findings signal the “urgent need” for interventions to address workload management, provide adequate resources and promote rad well-being.
Radiologists’ inpatient workload increases significantly despite dip in disease severity
“Substantial” growth in CT and MRI is replacing lower-cost modalities such as X-ray and ultrasound, experts write in JACR.
Same-day breast biopsy program reduces patient wait times by 73%
A multidisciplinary team of breast radiologists, nurses, patient navigators, medical assistants and technologists worked to implement the program at Denver Health.
3 wise cybersecurity investments for private radiology practices
Technology leaders with Radiology Associates of North Texas shared their advice in an opinion piece published by JACR.
ACR updates guidance for managing and preventing contrast media reactions
The new recommendations address discordance between the college and other organizations’ prior guidelines on the use of premedication.

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves

This finding underlines the need for interventions to increase LCS awareness and address common barriers such as confusing eligibility criteria.

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Stark Law loophole allows ordering physicians to self-interpret hundreds of thousands of images each year

Experts believe their findings signal the need for potential policy reform in Washington to address perceived conflicts of interest.

Radiologists say paid family and medical leave a key factor when choosing a practice

Respondents in academic practices were more likely to report a paid-leave policy when compared to others working in hospitals or private practice.

Unnecessary imaging wastes $12B a year and uses enough electricity to power a small town

Between 2017 and 2021, all inappropriate imaging generated upward of 129.2 kilotons per year, with CT and MRI accounting for the largest portion.

SimonMed Imaging gives official notice of cyberattack weeks after initial reports

The Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice issued a notice to impacted parties on March 28 after reports of the hack first started surfacing in mid-February.

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4 takeaways from a survey of hundreds of referrers on their radiology report preferences

Surgeons and internists have different preferences compared to general practitioners, but most said they want more collaboration with radiologists.

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AI accurately routes interventional radiology procedure requests at pennies apiece

Duke University scientists are testing LLMs' ability to aid in this task—with the models able to recognize requests and generate responses.

Radiology groups urge prominent medical journal to retract ‘flawed’ research on interventional procedures

Over 30 medical societies recently wrote a response to the BMJ, criticizing a meta-analysis on IR treatments for chronic spine pain.

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MRI projectile incident likely to result in a 'seven-figure sum' repair bill for hospital

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

Health Imaging

American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

Health Imaging

AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

Practice Management

Hunger, recent travel and occupational exhaustion significantly impact radiologists’ breast imaging reads

Radiologists’ inpatient workload increases significantly despite dip in disease severity

Same-day breast biopsy program reduces patient wait times by 73%

3 wise cybersecurity investments for private radiology practices

ACR updates guidance for managing and preventing contrast media reactions

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