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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Same-day results could increase breast cancer screening compliance, study shows

Many women who receive their mammogram results on the same day as their exam report feeling better about their overall experience. 

August 18, 2022
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'Scientific misconduct' cited in more than half of retracted radiology publications

Experts assessed a total of 192 retracted publications—a number that the authors of the study conceded appeared to be growing in more recent years. 

August 17, 2022

How do radiologists really feel about adopting AI? New data offer insight

Up to 60% of radiologists have intentions of adopting artificial intelligence tools into clinical practice in the near future. 

August 15, 2022
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Urgent care centers save hospital systems hundreds of thousands in imaging costs

Having cervical spine radiographs completed at an urgent care rather than a cervical CT scan in the emergency department, one hospital system saved an estimated $437,928 in healthcare costs in one year.

August 11, 2022

Fanning the flames—how burnout initiatives are failing radiologists, according to new survey data

Initiatives aiming to blunt the effects of burnout are plentiful. However, few efforts have been made to understand whether these initiatives have conjured any positive changes on employee well-being. 

August 10, 2022
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How 'bunker shifts' increase radiologist productivity and decrease long-list anxiety

After day shifts began bleeding into night shifts at frustratingly frequent rates, one radiology practice in Kentucky devised a plan to get its lengthy worklists back on track—enter the “bunker shift.”

August 9, 2022
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EHR-based solutions to the iodinated contrast shortage reduce usage by 12%

This week in AJR, experts from a large, multisite health system detailed their efforts to preserve contrast supplies by implementing electronic health record (EHR) order entry-based interventions.

August 3, 2022
With the shortage, which pertains specifically to all formulations and concentrations of GE Healthcare’s Omnipaque (iohexol), expected to last until mid-June, several organizations have eluded that conservation efforts are of critical importance.#contrastshortage #CTcontrast #iodinatedcontrast

Have we been 'overdependent' on iodinated contrast? New paper calls into question prior practices before the shortage

"Ultimately, long-term studies are vital to parse out whether the absence of iodinated contrast media greatly affected patient outcomes or if we have been overdependent on ICM unnecessarily.” 

July 28, 2022

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Automated AI-generated measurements combined with annotated CT images can improve treatment planning and help referring physicians and patients better understand their disease, explained Sarah Jane Rinehart, MD, director of cardiac imaging with Charleston Area Medical Center.

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

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