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.

Caitlin Zulla US Radiology Specialists

US Radiology Specialists names 2nd new CEO in less than 1 year

Caitlin Zulla is taking over the Raleigh, North Carolina-based imaging group’s top post after previously serving as CEO of Optum Health’s East Region. 

bethany casagranda Allegheny Health Network

14-hospital Allegheny Health Network selects radiologist as next chief medical officer

Bethany Casagranda, DO, MBA, has served as chair of AHN’s Imaging Institute since 2017, growing the network’s radiologist roster from 28 to 124.  
 

4 solutions to the biggest challenges facing remote radiologists

Researchers recently surveyed over 200 physicians about their experiences working from home, sharing the findings in Academic Radiology

Joseph C. Wright resigns from Merit Medical

President of medical device company resigns over conduct allegations after 7 months in role

Joseph C. Wright, a longtime Merit Medical employee, resigned after unspecified allegations regarding his conduct were brought to light. He was named the company's new president back in May.

Krishna Kumar Akumin Philips

Radiology CEO discusses bankruptcy and why he’s optimistic about his company’s second-chance future

Radiology Business sat down with Akumin's new CEO, Krishna Kumar, MBA, who took over the role in February, the same month the organization emerged from Chapter 11. 

Match Day diagnostic radiology University of Arkansas

Hospitals increasingly funding their own radiology residency positions

Some have suggested increasing the number of Medicare-funded GME slots to relieve staffing shortages. However, this requires convincing Congress to intervene. 

Eve Lee Society of Interventional Radiology

Society of Interventional Radiology names new CEO

Eve Lee, MBA, succeeds Keith M. Hume, who left SIR's top post in May to pursue other opportunities after three years on the job.  

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Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout

The problem is particularly pronounced among members of the specialty who already have a high workload or are skeptical of artificial intelligence. 

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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.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.