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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Eyeing overutilization, health system schools fledgling internists in Imaging Wisely

Following the intervention, learners demonstrated improved and sustained knowledge about high-value image ordering, experts wrote in JACR. 

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Hospital system joint venture will launch 1 of state’s largest new imaging facilities

The 22,632 square-foot center will include four wide-bore MRIs and upgraded PET and CT scanners, leaders announced recently. 

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University of Chicago startup scores $1M to help commercialize interventional radiology product

Co-founded by radiologist Osmanuddin Ahmed, MD, Flow Medical is creating a first-of-its-kind product for treating pulmonary embolism. 

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Black patients face 34% lower odds of completing lung cancer screening after a referral

The disparity persisted even when adjusting for demographic and socioeconomic factors, experts reported Friday in JAMA Network Open. 

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US Radiology Specialists expanding its pipeline for attracting and retaining technologists

Private equity-backed USRS plans to extend the reach of its Technologist Advancement Academy across all 180 of its imaging centers.  

Prompting primary care physicians in the EHR helps boost use of CT for lung cancer screening

Rutgers University has seen significant increases in the number of fully filled out patient records, individuals eligible for screening, and completed LDCT orders. 

Publicly traded radiology provider Akumin taps Philips veteran for C-suite role

Krishna Kumar, MBA, assumed the role of president and chief operating officer on June 16

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US Radiology Specialists hires executive from its private equity backer to fill out C-suite

Paul Taheri, MD, MBA, will serve as chief clinical officer following his time as clinical partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. 

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

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GE HealthCare moves PET/CT scanner production to United States

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.