Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
Such “scanxiety” can have a detrimental effect on exam quality, delay care and necessitate additional imaging, experts write in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.
"These findings underscore IR’s accelerating transition toward comprehensive patient care, with significant implications for training, practice management, and the specialty’s role within the broader healthcare landscape," experts write.
The Scottsdale, Arizona-based practice follows in the footsteps of RadNet, which has generated millions in revenue from its own artificial intelligence program.
The country's largest commercial insurer knocked the Austin, Texas, practice out of network in April 2023, after it had reportedly sought a 34% price hike over five years.
At Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, suburban screening sites have been quicker to recover than other outposts located in the city, experts write in Clinical Imaging.
Nina Kottler, MD, associate CMO for clinical AI at Radiology Partners, explains the movement toward greater regulation of artificial intelligence and the need to test for bias.
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.
