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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Surging demand prompts school to resurrect long-dormant radiologic technologist program

Midland College discontinued its rad tech offerings more than a decade ago amid declining enrollment and increasing costs.  

Imaging vendor Nanox says it will pay $650,000 in civil penalties to settle SEC investigation

The Israel-based company said it also has entered an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit for another $8 million. 

Vanderbilt Health breaks ground on 6,000-square-foot new imaging facility

The facility is located on a 0.55-acre site in Nashville and plans to offer services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, X-ray and mammography. 

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‘Alarming’ study results show uneven distribution of radiologists in 1 state

There is 1 radiologist for every 5,861 residents in the wealthiest counties versus 1 for every 7,861 in the poorest, researchers wrote in Cureus.

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Private equity-backed US Radiology Specialists launches daytime teleradiology practice to recruit physicians seeking flexibility

Connexia aims to address growing demand for outpatient imaging, along with shifting desires from some radiologists, USRS said.

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The ‘Kennedys of Italy’ buy $2.8B stake in imaging giant Royal Philips

Exor NV, the investment arm of the prominent Agnelli family, has the option to increase its stake to a maximum of 20%, leaders said Monday. 

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Radiology the 3rd most sought-after specialty among healthcare employers

AMN Healthcare received 155 search requests for such specialists, behind only family medicine (279) and NPs (420), according to a recently released report.

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Diagnostic errors occur mostly when radiologists exceed their average daily production

It may be necessary to monitor physicians' average daily productivity numbers over more extended periods of time to address this issue. 

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.