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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Changes in Radiology Partners’ Office of the Chief Medical Officer

The El Segundo, California, industry giant created the office in 2021 after the departure of its first-ever CMO, Jay Bronner, MD. 

‘Dramatic’ rise in image-guided procedures performed by NPs and PAs rather than radiologists

The specialty has still performed the lion's share of thoracentesis and paracentesis, but advanced practice providers are making steady inroads, experts wrote in JACR. 

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Regardless of specialty, female physicians spend more time in the EHR than men

“Our findings provide a potential mechanism for the gender gap in burnout, which has implications for workforce mental health and physician retention,” experts wrote Thursday. 

COVID-19 coronavirus burnout depression pandemic

Nearly 30% of interventional radiologists experienced significant stress amid pandemic, new survey finds

The results could indicate increased vulnerability to burnout and anxiety among the subspecialty, experts wrote in the journal of CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 

Richard Duszak

Richard Duszak, MD, appointed as University of Mississippi Medical Center's chair of radiology

A noted member of the specialty, Duszak was the founding CEO of the Neiman Health Policy Institute and has authored more than 200 articles, among other accomplishments. 

Imaging center operator Akumin announces CEO’s departure following board of directors vote

After closing its purchase of Alliance Healthcare, the company had deployed two chief executives, but ended the arrangement March 18.

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‘Record’ 2022 Match Day, with applicants showing strong interest in radiology

Both diagnostic and interventional radiology were among specialties with 30 or more slots that filled all available positions, the NRMP reported. 

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Strategic Radiology adds one of its largest members to date with 214-doc private practice

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Advanced Radiology Services was one of the founding members of SR and is now rejoining the consortium, leaders said.

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