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.

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Anchorage Alaska

Strategic Radiology expands to 25th state with addition of Alaska Imaging

Based in Anchorage, the state’s largest community, the 25-year-old practice employs 20 board-certified radiologists delivering diagnostic and interventional services. 

Steven Montner, MD, University of Chicago

University of Chicago names radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from Cleerly, ASTRO

Other imaging organizations making recent executive changes included Columbia University, Rad AI, Harrison.ai, Lane Regional Medical Center and AHRA.   

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Formerly bankrupt hospital partners with private radiology practice to provide imaging services

Watsonville Community Hospital in Santa Cruz County, California, is teaming with Radiology Diagnostic Services, appointing one of its rads as medical director. 

Richard Duszak, MD

Richard Duszak, MD, stepping down as University of Mississippi radiology chair

Robert W. Morris, MD, MBA, will take over the title beginning on Jan. 1, having served on the UMMC faculty since 2016. 

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Major association of physicians presents itself as a go-to alternative vs. the government on vaccine expertise

One of the most formidable societies of medical professionals in the U.S. is going toe-to-toe with Robert F. Kennedy’s HHS over changing vaccination recommendations. 

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Radiologists call for action on lack of 24/7 interventional services

Workforce solutions could include regional on-call pools serving multiple facilities and cross-training vascular surgeons and interventional cardiologists on select procedures.
 

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Radiologist suggests 3 ways to avoid ‘malpractice stress syndrome’

Jonathan L. Mezrich, MD, JD, MBA, a Yale emergency imaging specialist, detailed his advice Wednesday in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

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9 trends to watch in diagnostic imaging

Consulting firm Vizient is forecasting continued growth in the specialty, driven by shifts in where patients receive care, new therapies that require imaging and a rapidly aging population. 

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA-cleared software increases throughput for flurpiridaz back-to-back rest-stress imaging

The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

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.