Practice Management

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

Santa Fe Imaging’s new MRI improves patient experience

Santa Fe Imaging’s new $2.2 million 3 Tesla MRI is the first in the New Mexico city and is already improving care for patients and providers, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

September 11, 2018
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Troubled Ireland hospital cites radiology department as a source of concern

A group of radiology consultants to University Hospital Kerry (UHK) in southwest Ireland say the hospital is in danger of losing its level three designation due to lack of resources and equipment, citing its radiology department as a central point of concern, the Irish Examiner reported.

September 10, 2018

Australian university launches $8.5M biomedical imaging training center

The University of Queensland in Australia has opened its $8.5 million biomedical imaging center designed to tackle key questions related to treatment and prevention of diseases, according to the university.

September 7, 2018

8 keys for radiology to embrace the value-based era

It’s a great time to be a radiologist. Imaging technology is advancing, jobs are plentiful and wages are healthy, wrote a pair of radiologists in a Sept. 4 Radiology commentary. At the same time, costs are rapidly increasing.

September 5, 2018
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Back to school: What radiologists can learn from bipedal evolution

The ability to walk upright on two feet required millions of years of evolution, and even today humans are not perfectly adapted to bipedalism, argued authors in a recent Academic Radiology perspective.

September 4, 2018

Why perception makes or breaks radiology education programs, clinical practices

In a Sept. 3 editorial in Academic Radiology, Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, and Parth Patel, from the Indiana University School of Medicine, discussed how radiologists may find more joy in their work and improve their clinical performance if they develop a deeper understanding of perception.

September 4, 2018

3D-printed endoscopic model boosts trainee comfort with IR procedures

Using a 3D-printed endoscopic training model increased the comfort level of trainees during interventional radiology (IR) procedures, reported authors of an Aug. 29 study in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

August 31, 2018

How imaging departments can reduce MRI-related accidents, increase safety

Most accidents in MR suites are related to issues with the magnetic field, but researchers from the department of radiology at the University of Washington have a few real-world approaches to boost safety.

August 29, 2018

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

"I see, at least for the next decade, this being a SPECT and PET world, not one or the other," explained Tim Bateman, MD.

The FDA-approved technology developed by HeartFlow can predict a patient's long-term risk of target vessel failure as well as more invasive treatments performed inside a cath lab. 

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