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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Exploring the costs, volume and takeaways from delivering imaging at a student-run free clinic

Four years of running the imaging portion of the program cost nearly $158,000, experts wrote in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

Multispecialty physician groups oppose FTC proposal to ban noncompete clauses

Meanwhile, the commission called such agreements an “exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation, and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses."

Radiology provider Akumin hampered by ‘unprecedented’ cost inflation, clinical labor shortages

“Despite these challenges, we were able to deliver solid performance and have positioned the business for strong organic growth," said CEO Riadh Zine. 

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State radiological society earns $20,000 grant to help fight ‘harmful’ scope-of-practice bills

The American College of Radiology Association announced the news Friday, with the money coming from its special fund established in 2021. 

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Another ‘record’ Match Day, with strong interest in diagnostic and interventional radiology

A total of 42,952 applicants certified a rank-order list in 2023, marking the largest match in the National Resident Matching Program's 70-year history.

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Medtronic, Edwards among the healthcare organizations chosen as World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2023

The annual list, now in its 17th year, was designed to celebrate companies that make ethical business practices a high priority. 

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Radiologists’ perspective sorely lacking in media coverage of lung cancer screening programs

Less than 10% of news articles published during a 12-year period mentioned the specialty and its role in LCS, experts wrote in AJR. 

The American College of Radiology is seeking input on new MRI safety guidelines

The most recent updates contain “substantial new content and safety recommendations," the ACR reported recently. 

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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.