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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Half of radiologists say they’re burned out, placing specialty in top 5

“Too many bureaucratic tasks,” such as paperwork and charting, was the leading cause of burnout, according to the survey of more than 15,000 docs. 

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How a growing private practice is looking to become the ‘Amazon of radiology’

Determined to remain independent, Midstate Radiology Associates of Meriden, Connecticut, grew from 11 radiologists to more than 40 in less than five years. How did they pull it off—and what can like-minded groups do to follow suit? 

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Radiologists rank low among physicians with happiest marriages

The finding was part of a wide-ranging survey of doctors’ after-work habits across the U.S., gauging everything from automobile preference to pot and alcohol use. 

Nurse leader calls for ‘civility’ in radiology: 4 steps to get there

A medical imaging nurse manager offers care teams four easy steps to begin addressing bullying in the workplace.

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4 ways that diversifying radiology’s ranks can translate directly to the bottom line

Many radiology business leaders are not approaching this issue with the seriousness it deserves, experts argue.

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Konica Minolta announces new leaders for its precision medicine initiatives

The Tokyo-based technology and imaging company has named Jack Hoppin as president of precision medicine, while Matthew Silva will serve as CEO of Invicro.  

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How one hospital bucked the trend to bolster its ranks of female radiologists

Attracting women into the radiology profession continues to be a challenge, but one Boston-based hospital may have found the secret sauce to reversing this trend.

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3 reasons why radiology leaders need to be on Twitter or risk falling behind

Radiology program directors must build an active presence or risk putting their institutions at a “distinct disadvantage," experts wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.