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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After-hours adjustments: 3 ways to help radiologists handle irregular schedules

Demand for real-time imaging services has increased over time, leading to more and more radiologists working irregular hours. A recent article in the American Journal of Roentgenology examined ways hospitals and imaging centers can minimize the potential negative side effects after-hours work can have on radiologists.

Former CEO of Siemens Healthcare North America joins Deerfield Imaging

Deerfield Management Company, a healthcare investment firm, has created a partnership with Gregory Sorensen, MD, and Deerfield Imaging. 

lifeIMAGE names new president, CEO

lifeIMAGE, a Newton, Mass.-based medical image interoperability company, has named Matthew A. Michela its new president and CEO.

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Award recipients announced for ACR 2016

Three influential radiologists have been recognized by the American College of Radiology (ACR) as recipients of the organization's 2016 Gold Medal awards.

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AHRA 2015 Virtual Fall Conference: 5 steps to turn staff into problem solvers

The AHRA 2015 Virtual Fall Conference dives into specific practices that can help leaders turn each and every person in their organization into a prepared, confident problem solver.

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2 radiologists elected to National Academy of Medicine

Two experienced radiologists—Richard L. Wahl, MD, and Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD—have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, previously known as the Institute of Medicine. 

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The Radiology 100: Grows Upward

Sponsored by Intelerad

The nation's 100 largest private radiology practices bulk up, adding radiologists but shedding employees and imaging center assets as they grow

Learning leadership at the AHRA 2015 Virtual Fall Conference

The AHRA 2015 Virtual Fall Conference kicks off this weekend, allowing attendees to experience live conferences, interactive Q&A sessions, and detailed presentations from the comfort of their own couch. 

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.