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: Stephen Ferrara on his journey to be the first radiologist elected to Congress

Stephen Ferrara, MD, joined the Navy in 1991 and spent the next 25 years serving all over the world. Now, Ferrara—an interventional radiologist—is running for Congress as a Republican in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District.Ferrara sat down with Radiology Business to talk about his long career of service, how radiology helped prepare him for running a political campaign, and his family’s support.

RSNA R&E Foundation funds policy education overhaul among other research and education initiatives

The RSNA Research and Education (R&E) will award $4 million in grants in 2017, funding 30 percent of all grant applications. 50 institutions from across the globe will receive grants funding for a variety of research and educational objectives, including a sorely-needed overhaul to radiology policy education.

10 young rads win RLI scholarships

The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) has awarded 10 young radiologists with scholarships that will pay their way at the institute’s four-day summit in September.

GE Healthcare's Flannery to become CEO of General Electric

John Flannery, president and CEO of GE Healthcare, will become CEO of General Electric on Aug. 1 and will assume the chairman position in 2018. He will replace GE’s current CEO and chairman, Jeff Immelt, who will step down after 16 years in the leadership roles.

CurveBeam and Carestream Health Announce Collaboration to Promote Weight-Bearing CT Awareness and Research

Warrington, Penn. – June 6, 2017 – Medical device companies CurveBeam and Carestream Health announced a collaboration to support and facilitate education and research for weight-bearing computed tomography imaging.

RAD Women launches resource center for women in imaging informatics

RAD Women (RADxx), an initiative for the advancement of women in imaging fields, has launched an online resource center featuring educational content, professional development resources, and a calendar of meetings and events.

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Why radiology needs defined image storage guidelines

Cloud data storage is getting really cheap—like storing-a-500-image-CT-study-for-50-cents cheap. The sheer economy of storing images online should make it standard, but a maze of regulation and expensive penalties make it difficult for imaging providers to navigate the issue, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Richard Baron, former president of RSNA, dies

According to the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) website, immediate past-president Richard L. Baron, MD, passed away suddenly May 4.

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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.

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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.