Leadership

This news channel page highlights examples of leadership in hospital and health systems. While healthcare leadership is often seen as the positions of chief executive officers, chief clinical officers, chief of staff, and chief information officers, it also can can be other individuals or the entire healthcare system that shows unique ways to enhance patient care and manage strategies, quality, safety and revenue initiatives.

Radiology provider Akumin appoints chief medical officer
Nasir Siddiqui, MD, MBA, is taking on the role for the Plantation, Florida-based organization after previously spending nine years at Duly Health and Care.
Timothy L. Swan, MD, elected president of the American College of Radiology
“Dr. Swan is an inspiring and untiring leader who has served with distinction in his multiple ACR and professional roles," CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, said Monday.
The 4 most common communication errors in radiology, according to 1 institution
Investigators with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently aimed to understand the root causes of communication mishaps in imaging.
Tampa General radiology rides out 2 hurricanes with strategic disaster preparedness
Raj Kedar, MD, chief of imaging, discusses how the hospital planned to continue operations last fall when faced with hurricanes Helene and Milton.
5 EHR-based strategies to reduce CT turnaround times
Simple practice changes have helped Denver Health cut the time from exam order placement to initiation by about 47%.

Akumin chief medical officer CMO Nasir Siddiqui, MD, MBA

Radiology provider Akumin appoints chief medical officer

Nasir Siddiqui, MD, MBA, is taking on the role for the Plantation, Florida-based organization after previously spending nine years at Duly Health and Care.

Timothy L. Swan, MD, elected president of the American College of Radiology

“Dr. Swan is an inspiring and untiring leader who has served with distinction in his multiple ACR and professional roles," CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, said Monday.

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The 4 most common communication errors in radiology, according to 1 institution

Investigators with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently aimed to understand the root causes of communication mishaps in imaging.

Raj Kedar, MD, MBBS, FACR, vice chair of radiology and the University of South Florida, and chief of radiology at Tampa General Hospital, discusses how radiology and the hospital planned to continue operations, despite likely being cut off due to flooding and outside power loss during hurricanes Helene and Milton in the fall of 2024.

Tampa General radiology rides out 2 hurricanes with strategic disaster preparedness

Raj Kedar, MD, chief of imaging, discusses how the hospital planned to continue operations last fall when faced with hurricanes Helene and Milton.

5 EHR-based strategies to reduce CT turnaround times

Simple practice changes have helped Denver Health cut the time from exam order placement to initiation by about 47%.

Sanjaya Viswamitra University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine

University of Arkansas names new radiology chair

A professor and chief of emergency radiology for the Little Rock-based organization, Sanjaya Viswamitra, MD, has served as interim chair since August.

Top reasons for radiology workflow interruptions and how to address them

University of Wisconsin researchers analyzed over 39,000 WebEx electronic messages sent in their department in a single year, offering takeaways in Academic Radiology.

Match Day diagnostic radiology University of Arkansas

Survey explores radiology resident pay and their wish list for training programs

PGY-2 radiology residents’ stipends ranged from less than $45,000 to over $65,000, with statistically significant differences based on region, according to new survey data.

Around the web

Health Imaging

MRI projectile incident likely to result in a 'seven-figure sum' repair bill for hospital

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

Health Imaging

American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

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.

Health Imaging

AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.