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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Have no fear: Radiation oncologist Beatriz E. Amendola on opening a practice

Following her presentation at RSNA, Beatriz E. Amendola, MD, founder of the Innovative Cancer Institute in South Miami, Fla., spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com about the experience of opening up a private practice.

Emory University names radiologist executive VP for health affairs

Emory University has named radiologist Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, the school’s new executive vice president for health affairs. In addition, Lewin will serve as executive director for Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center, president and CEO of Emory Healthcare, and chair of Emory Healthcare’s board of directors. 

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Lack of applicants, not bias, cited in study of low number of female radiology residents

The lack of women in diagnostic radiology residencies does not appear to be the result of any sort of discrimination or gender bias against women, at least according to a recent study of one school published in Academic Radiology. 

NEC Display Solutions of America names new VP of marketing

NEC Display Solutions of America announced this week that Jennifer Cheh is the company’s new vice president of marketing. Cheh was previously Motorola’s director of marketing operations for North America.

Rao named chair of RSNA Board of Directors

Vijay M. Rao, MD, was named chair of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors at last week’s RSNA 2016 annual meeting in Chicago. 

ACR-RBMA leadership forum coming in January 2016

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) are co-hosting the ACR-RBMA Practice Leaders Forum from Jan. 15-17, 2016. 

Former students to sue college for removing rad tech accreditation months before graduation

Recent graduates of the radiologic technology program at Orange County Community College (OCCC) in Middletown, N.Y., plan on suing the school for removing its Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) accreditation just months before graduation. 

RSNA board of directors announces new president, president-elect

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors made two big executive announcements this week at the RSNA 2015 annual meeting in Chicago, naming Richard L. Baron, MD, its newest president and Richard L. Ehman, MD, its newest president-elect. 

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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.

Cardiovascular Business
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.