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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Fail Thee Well

Although there is no shortage of maxims, axioms and old adages supporting the wisdom to be found in failure, few organizations succeed in mining a flop for the value it confers.

Infographic: 5 tips for making RSNA 2015 the best conference ever

Get excited! RSNA 2015 is right around the corner. Here are a few ways to make sure you get the most out of it.

Is it time for a reduction in radiology residency positions?

According to a recent study in Academic Radiology, supply in the radiology job market significantly outweighs demand, and residency positions should be reduced as a result.

Alan Davison, MIT professor and nuclear cardiology pioneer, dies at 79

Alan Davison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor emeritus of chemistry and fellow of the Royal Society, died on Nov. 14 after a long illness. He was 79 years old.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A. expands executive leadership team

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A. has added Chief Operating Officer Johann Fernando, PhD, and Chief Medical Officer Diku Mandavia, MD, to the company’s executive leadership team. 

Driver in fatal crash that killed radiologist pleads no contest

The driver who struck and killed radiologist Kenneth E. Najarian, MD, in June has pleaded no contest to drunken driving, according to reporting by the Burlington Free Press. 

RSNA 2015 checklist: 6 can’t-miss sessions about leadership and management

A total of 21 presentations scheduled for RSNA 2015 in Chicago fall under the conference’s “Leadership/Management” category. Attending each and every one would be impossible, but catching at least one a day? No sweat! Here’s one presentation you won’t want to miss for each day of RSNA 2015.

ACR names Chatfield vice president for quality and safety after Wilcox retires

Mythreyi Bhargavan Chatfield, PhD, is the new American College of Radiology (ACR) executive vice president for quality and safety, the ACR announced this week. Chatfield is currently serving as the organization’s senior director for data registries. 

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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.