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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MITA delivers statement on Senate confirming Shulkin as VA secretary

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) issued a statement from Executive Director Patrick Hope on the U.S. Senate's confirmation of David Shulkin, MD, as Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary.

Strategic Radiology appoints Rose to new CMO position

Strategic Radiology, company consisting of 25 radiology group practices across the nation, has created a Chief Medical Officer position with Radiologist Greg Rose, MD, PhD, filling the role.

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Q&A: SIR honors Riad Salem for using radioembolization to treat liver cancer

Riad Salem, MD, MBA, will be honored with the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award March 7, during the group's annual scientific meeting in Washington, D.C.

SIR takes stand against Trump's executive order on immigration

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) joined the outcry against President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, saying it will impede education, training and international care, particularly in those nations that lack healthcare resources.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Earns Top DR Customer Satisfaction Rating

MD Buyline Awards its #1 Ranking

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Q&A: Christine Hendon wins National Science Foundation award for imaging innovations

Radiology Business spoke with Christine, who not only accomplished her dreams, but excelled in her field becoming one of 102 researchers from across the nation to win a Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), the highest honor the U.S. government gives to young scientists and engineers.

5 tips: Working with millennials in radiology

As millennials enter the field of radiology, many may be feeling the generational differences influencing education and workplace interactions.

Philips announces telehealth partnership with Banner Health

Amsterdam-based Royal Philips has announced a multi-year partnership with Banner Health, a hospital network managing 28 hospitals across six U.S. states. The partnership is an extension of collaborative programs already in place, including the Intensive Ambulatory Care (IAC) pilot and telehealth solutions.

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.