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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ZDogg is in the house! RBMA Radiology Summit begins on June 7

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) Radiology Summit is right around the corner, running June 7-10 in Las Vegas. Highlighting the event will be a special appearance by keynote speaker Zubin Damania, MD, also known to the world as ZDogg, MD, the wacky rapping internist.

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New UNM radiology chair ready to 'create meaningful change'

Gary W. Mlady, MD, is the new chair of the department of radiology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, the school has announced.

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Radiologist named president-elect of Kansas Medical Society

Robert C. Gibbs, MD, has been elected president-elect of the Kansas Medical Society, a two-year pathway to becoming the organization’s president.  

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Oklahoma physician earns American College of Radiology Gold Medal

Reston, Va. — Carl R. Bogardus, Jr., MD, FACR, Professor, Clinical Director and Vice Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Oklahoma University Medical Center, has been awarded the American College of Radiology (ACR) Gold Medal for outstanding achievement.

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Retirement plan tips for radiology practices

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When we began working with our first radiology clients well over 10 years ago, we assumed they would be similar to most other medical and law groups for which we had consulted.

After headline-making deal, vRad to stay the course

Virtual Radiologic Corporation (vRad) made headlines last week when it was acquired by MEDNAX, Inc. for $500 million. It’s big news, but according to vRad Chief Solutions Officer David Trachtenberg, the company’s outlook remains unchanged.

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Jonathan S. Lewin elected ARRS president

Leesburg, VA, May 1, 2015—Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, was elected the 115th president of ARRS at its 2015 Annual Meeting last month in Toronto. He succeeds Dr. Melissa Rosado de Christenson, who served as ARRS president from 2014 to 2015.

Levin joins Outpatient Imaging Affiliates board of directors

Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (“OIA”) announced today that world renown radiologist, David Levin, M.D., has agreed to formally join the OIA Board of Directors.

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.