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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Mesa Biotech creates infectious disease initiative advisory board

Mesa Biotech, a San Diego-based molecular diagnostic company, has formed a scientific advisory board to oversee the development and commercialization of the company’s infectious disease initiatives.

American and European firms team up to improve breast cancer imaging

Two healthcare technology companies have struck up a transatlantic partnership in an effort to improve breast cancer diagnostic imaging in Europe. U.S.-based Visiopharm said in a statement it will combine its analysis software with Netherlands-based Royal Philips’ imaging programs with the aim to “boost breast cancer diagnosis objectivity.” 

Internal Association of HealthCare Professionals adds two radiologists

The Internal Association of HealthCare Professionals added two radiologists to its organization last week.

Managing radiology’s ‘complex, demanding and disruptive’ work environment

A study revealed that non-image-interpretive tasks (NITs) such as phone calls and meetings take up a significant amount of time and divert attention away from image-interpretive tasks (IIT), which could negatively affect quality metrics.

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What would you do? Imaging leaders share how to manage a delicate situation

Imagine that you are managing a group of radiologists, and your oldest employee is working part-time. Other employees share their concern that the quality of this employee’s reports is lacking, potentially due to “cognitive decline.” How do you proceed? Two doctors presented four different imaging leaders with this hypothetical situation, asking each one what they would do.

Radiology Partners appoints Joseph C. Mello to its board of directors

Radiology Partners announced this week that Joseph C. Mello had been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Mello currently works with HealthCare Partners, a division of DaVita Healthcare Partners, as chief operating officer. 

Radiologist honored with Tulane lifetime achievement award

Joseph F. Sackett, MD, has been honored with the Tulane Medical Alumni Association’s Lifetime Achievement award. Sackett, who graduated from the university's School of Medicine in 1966, received the award during a May ceremony celebrating the 50-year reunion of his medical school class.

Med students respond better to spaced out education strategy for image interpretation

Education can be accomplished in a number of ways. One popular method of teaching is through sheer repetition (the massed method), while others use a learning process spaced out over time (the interleaved method). But which is the most effective for radiologists?

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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.