Setting Up a Medical Clinical Office

ABSTRACT

The lack of clinical office space is the biggest Achilles' heel of interventional radiology and establishing an office eliminates that weakness immediately. Many interventionalists practice within a hospital setting; however, setting up a clinical office outside the hospital offers more flexibility. There are several reasons why interventionalists who set up clinical practices will succeed well into the future. Also, the American Board of Medical Specialties offers the fully trained interventional radiologist board certification in interventional disease management.

KEYWORDS

Office space - marquee - competition - patient care

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