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.

Radiologist earns White House Leadership Fellowship

Michelle Dorsey, MD, the chief of radiology at the Phoenix VA Health System in Arizona, has been awarded a White House Leadership Fellowship. Dorsey is the first Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) physician and radiologist to earn the fellowship. She will join the White House Office of Management and Budget for the Customer Experience Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal.

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Arizona US House candidate comments on historic primary win for radiology

Receiving 59 percent of votes, Steve Ferrara, MD, made history as the first radiologist in the United States to win a contested primary race. Ferrara secured the GOP nomination for the open U.S. House seat in Arizona’s Phoenix-based 9th Congressional District, which is expected to be a high-profile race in November.

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3D-printed endoscopic models help interventional radiology trainees

Using 3D-printed endoscopic models can help trainees grow more comfortable performing interventional radiology procedures, according to a new study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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Shift in culture key to removing barriers to radiology research

Diagnostic radiology residents report limited time, interest and mentor opportunities as barriers to research, according to a new study in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal.

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Arizona radiologist wins GOP primary for US House

Radiologist Steve Ferrara, MD, won the Republican primary for the open U.S. House seat in Arizona’s Phoenix-based 9th Congressional District. If elected, Ferrara will be the first radiologist to serve in Congress.

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China responsible for 17% of pirated downloads of radiology journal articles

Copyright-infringing downloads of radiology journal articles impact nearly all top journals, with a majority of activity coming from China, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Chinese Journal of Academic Radiology to launch in November

The Chinese Journal of Academic Radiology, a new peer-reviewed journal published by Springer, will launch in November alongside the 2018 Chinese Congress of Radiology (CCR) in Beijing. The journal is the first English-language publication to address general radiology in China.

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RACC accepting nominations for its public commissioner

The Radiology Administration Certification Commission (RACC) is now accepting nominations for its public commissioner position, which will be a three-year term and a maximum of two terms.

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.