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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Christine E. Edmonds awarded 2018 Carestream Health/RSNA Research Scholar Grant

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research & Education Foundation awarded the $75,000 2018 Carestream Health/RSNA Research Scholar Grant to Christine E. Edmonds, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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Q&A: Amy Patel details her experiences providing breast imaging services in urban, rural areas

Amy Patel, MD, recently transitioned from practicing at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to overseeing a total of seven rural and community hospitals, including one in an urban setting, in Missouri.

Why radiology educators should embrace new teaching methods

When it comes to radiology education, as the old song goes, the times they are a-changin’. But is the industry ready to adapt to these changes?

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DenseBreast-info.org launches patient education videos

DenseBreast-info.org has announced the availability of a series of three informational videos on YouTube designed to educate women about breast density.

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Could the 'flipped classroom' approach work for radiology education?

The “flipped classroom” learning methodology proved to be a positive experience for fourth-year medical students at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Is social media an educational tool in radiology departments outside the US?

Social media is used by radiologists at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia less as a tool for educational purposes and professional issues and more as a way to communicate with friends and family, according to the authors of new study published in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare.  

Gender disparity: Women underrepresented in radiology journal editorial boards

There is a gender gap in the editorial boards of radiology journals, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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ECR 2019 receives record number of abstract submissions

The European Society of Radiology announced that abstract submissions for the 2019 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria, have increased by 18 percent compared to 2018's meeting.

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.