Practice Management

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

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EHR nudge helps health system drop use of unnecessary lumbar X-rays by 53%

Researchers with NYC Health + Hospitals detailed their large-scale quality improvement project in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Affiliate of private equity-backed radiology provider LucidHealth names new practice president

Michelle J. Romero, MD, is assuming the leadership role at Radiology Associates of Hartford in Connecticut. 

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AI boosts value of CT lung cancer screening by helping predict death from other diseases

Experts see great promise for improving population health outcomes with such opportunistic screening via low-dose CT, according to a study published in Radiology. 

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High rates of regret among radiologists and other physicians who delayed having kids

“Residency requires too many hours at work, which makes parenting difficult” is the No. 1 reason doctors put off starting a family. 

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Some radiologists' stress lowered during COVID, but it was short lived

Breast radiologists are known to have higher rates of burnout in comparison to many of their peers, but the beginning of the pandemic brought this group something not often encountered within the specialty—downtime. 

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Diagnostic errors linked to nearly 800,000 deaths or serious injuries per year in US alone

Five conditions—lung cancer, stroke, sepsis, pneumonia and venous thromboembolism—caused the most frequent serious harm. 

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Radiology Partners affiliate ends 57-year hospital relationship amid reported physician turnover

Desert Radiology, which joined Rad Partners in 2019, had handled a “significant” number of scans at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada annually. 

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Automatically predicting the likelihood of a screening mammogram recall using EMR data

Scientists see important implications from their work as practice leaders seek to improve efficiency and the patient experience. 

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GE HealthCare moves PET/CT scanner production to United States

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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Outdated manuals pose MRI safety risks for patients with medical implants

After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk. 

Health Imaging
What might reimbursements for proposed MRI safety CPT codes look like?

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.

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