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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Q&A: 2 ACR chairs talk burnout, support systems and the importance of protecting radiologist well-being

The American College of Radiology (ACR) developed its Radiologist Well-Being Program to help radiologists and radiology trainees who feel they may be experiencing burnout or any other issues related to self-care. Lori Deitte, MD, and Claire Bender, MD, spoke with Radiology Business about this new program. 

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French radiologists optimistic about AI's benefits, ready to learn more

A majority of French radiologists feel they don’t know enough about AI, according to a new study published in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging. But they want to learn more and sound optimistic about the technology’s many benefits.

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How to make patient consultation clinics in radiology a reality

One-on-one consultations with radiologists can lead to better overall patient care, and some healthcare providers have even launched clinics aimed at making such conversations more common.

ACR sending 10 radiology trainees to RLI Leadership Summit

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced that 10 radiology residents and fellows have been awarded scholarships to attend the 2019 Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Leadership Summit in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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What does it take to pass the ABR Core Examination on the first try?

One in 10 radiology residents fail the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Core Examination on their first try. Do residents who pass the examination have anything in common?  What about those who fail?

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Ruth Carlos named ARRS president at 2019 annual meeting

Ruth Carlos, MD, was named the 2019-2020 president of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Embracing inclusion: Why the AUR moved annual meetings out of Tennessee, Texas

The Association of University Radiologists (AUR) rescheduled its 2018 and 2019 annual meetings after learning the states they were to be held in—Tennessee and Texas, respectively—had passed legislation considered discriminatory toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals.

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Do radiology fellowships start too early in the year?

Fellowship training programs for radiologists start too early and interfere with the new fellows’ residency training, according to a new survey of radiology program directors (PDs). Most respondents said they think the specialty should consider making a change to avoid this issue going forward.

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.