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.

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Adds Regulatory Affairs and Engineering Leaders to its Management Team

BELOIT, Wis. – NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC has hired James Brodack, Ph.D. as vice president of regulatory affairs/quality assurance and Rim Milunas as vice president of engineering. 

iCAD Announces Management Transition

NASHUA, N.H., Sept. 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iCAD (Nasdaq:ICAD), an industry-leading provider of advanced image analysis, workflow solutions and radiation therapy for the early identification and treatment of cancer, today announced that Kevin Burns, President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, is resigning from the Company effective September 23, 2016. Mr. Burns’ resignation is a result of a new career opportunity and is not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to the Company's accounting practices or financial statements.

Radiology Partners Launches Physician Boards to Drive Input Across Key National Practice Functions

El Segundo, Calif. (September 7, 2016) – Radiology Partners (RP), the fastest growing and largest physician-led, on-site radiology group in the United States, today announced the creation of internal physician leadership boards that will help drive strategy and decisions around national support functions. Nine physician leaders were appointed for two-year terms in the following areas: human resources, radiology service coordinators and RP University.

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Radiology journals benefit from using Twitter

In case imaging leaders needed yet another reason to take advantage of social media, radiology journals with an active Twitter presence have much higher Impact Factors than those without one, according to a recent study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Cardiovascular societies recommend myocardial perfusion PET

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and thje Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging jointly released a position statement encouraging the use of myocardial perfusion PET in certain clinical situations.

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Millennials, older generations can't let differences get in way of patient care

This much is crystal clear: a cultural divide exists between Millennials and their coworkers from older generations. Different generations have always had their disagreements, but this current clash is just a little more explosive than those of the past, and it spells trouble for both patient care and workplace chemistry.

Generational differences: 4 things to consider when teaching or working with Millennials

It is common in today’s imaging industry to hear or read the complaints of more experienced physicians and technologists who dislike the way Millennials—most commonly referred to as individuals born between 1980 and 2000—carry themselves on the job. According to a recent article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, it is perfectly normal for such differences to exist between generations; what’s truly important is working to improve these professional relationships moving forward. 

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The New Player

Added resources will be required in the new order—enter private equity.

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.