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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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. 

JACR examines perspective of nonradiologists

The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) and the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute have collaborated on a present for readers this holiday season: a special December issue of the JACR featuring articles by nonradiologists. 

Radiology Partners expands, partners with Radiology Associates of Canton

Radiology Partners announced this week that it has officially partnered with Canton, Ohio-based Radiology Associates of Canton (RAC). 

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA-cleared software increases throughput for flurpiridaz back-to-back rest-stress imaging

The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

Health Imaging
MRI projectile incident likely to result in a 'seven-figure sum' repair bill for hospital

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

Health Imaging
American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.