Practice Management

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

Teen obesity may damage parts of the brain that regulates appetite, emotion

Researchers from the University of São Paulo hope this finding fuels the creation of better means to address a burgeoning epidemic.

December 2, 2019
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Vaping THC produces a pattern of ground glass opacities

Acute pulmonary injuries caused by vaped cannabinoid oils seem to have a predictable radiographic pattern on chest CT. 

November 22, 2019

American Lung Association finds ‘dramatic’ increase in lung cancer survival rates, with radiologists playing a key role

Receiving that initial lung cancer diagnosis is not the death sentence that it used to be for some Americans, with more surviving the disease than ever before. 

November 14, 2019
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Company developing PET imaging agent to help radiologists visualize, measure pain

Expesicor has scored a $408,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel method of measuring pain. 

November 13, 2019

Retina imaging could provide early Alzheimer’s detection, potentially adding years of productivity to patients’ lives

University of Minnesota scientists believe they have found a measurable indicator of early Alzheimer’s using a retinal hyperspectral imaging technique

November 13, 2019
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Hospital giant Intermountain releases best practices to help diagnose, treat vaping-related lung disease

Providers at the Salt Lake City, Utah-based institution have already treated dozens of patients with the condition across its 24 hospitals.

November 12, 2019

Coalition of lung care advocates, radiologists urging all smokers to get low-dose CT screenings

The National Lung Cancer Roundtable made the call to action last week to coincide with the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

November 11, 2019

Scientists develop algorithm to help diagnose vaping-related lung injury as deaths continue to mount

As of Thursday, Nov. 7, more than 2,050 individuals had been stricken by electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in 49 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

November 8, 2019

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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