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.

Inland Imaging, Missoula Radiology join to form one of the largest practices in Western US

Inland Imaging and Missoula Radiology announced that they have combined their groups to serve under a single practice.

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Q&A: ACR's McGinty on differing radiology practices in U.S, England

Packing his bags and traveling to England, Senior Communications Manager of Imaging 3.0 ACR, Chris Hobson, set out to learn how radiology is practiced in the United States compared to its practice in England.

ASRT Survey Finds Slight Rise in Radiography Educational Program Enrollment

Directors of radiologic technology educational programs report that the number of students enrolling in radiography and nuclear medicine programs increased slightly in 2016, while radiation therapy programs saw a slight decline.

Seno Medical Instruments Appoints Steve Miller as SVP of Engineering

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the leader in improving the process of diagnosing breast cancer through the development of an opto-acoustic (OA/US) imaging device, today announced the appointment of Steve Miller as SVP of Engineering.

ACR Sponsorship Introduces Radiology to Medical Students

Apply for Summer Internship Program, Provided by Nth Dimensions and American College of Radiology, Through Jan. 31

The unexpected value of branding in radiology

Branding is important for imaging practices as well as individual radiologists, according to James A. Brink, MD, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital.

ACR selects Wisconsin professor as quality champion

Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD, was selected by the American College of Radiology as its “champion” in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation Choosing Wisely Champions Program.

TRA Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Northwest join forces

TRA Medical Imaging and Medical Imaging Northwest have announced a merger in an effort to provide better service to the residents of King, Pierce and Thurston county.

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.