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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European Society of Radiology tops 82K members worldwide

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) announced it has topped 82,000 members around the world. It hopes to reach 100,000 by the end of November.

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University of Akron to eliminate its radiology program

The University of Akron in Ohio announced its radiology program will be one of the 80 programs eliminated by the school in the coming years.

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Strategic Radiology names Sharon Fremer new VP of revenue cycle optimization

Strategic Radiology announced Wednesday, Sept. 12, that Sharon Fremer is the company’s new vice president of revenue cycle optimization.

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Alexander R. Margulis, longtime chair of radiology at UCSF, passes away

Alexander R. Margulis, MD, who served as the chair of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) department of radiology for 26 years, passed away on Sept. 7. He was 97 years old.

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Cerner president Zane Burke to leave company in November

Cerner announced Monday, Sept. 10, that its president, Zane Burke, is leaving the company. The move is effective Nov. 2.

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NEMA names new VP of government relations

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), whose members include manufacturers of medical imaging equipment, announced Philip Squair as its new vice president of government relations. He will lead the association’s advocacy and lobbying efforts, according to Sept. 6 release from NEMA.

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NIH's biomedical imaging agency chooses UC-Irvine's Tromberg as new director

Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD, has been selected as the director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), one of the 27 agencies that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Tromberg will oversee a 230-person staff and a portfolio of 800 grants dedicated to imaging and technologies to improve the detection, treatment and prevention of disease.

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CDC releases set of 19 guidelines for mTBI in children

On Tuesday, Sept. 4, the CDC released its first guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in children—the first evidence-based set of recommendations for healthcare professionals in the United States.

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

Cardiovascular Business
GE HealthCare moves PET/CT scanner production to United States

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