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.

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), a related organization of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), this week released a statement on the criminalization of medical errors. The APSF said criminal prosecution is unjust and counterproductive is healthcare organizations want to find ways to mitigate errors by understanding how they happen and create protocols or IT systems can can help prevent future errors. The criminal trial of nurse RaDonda Vaught was counterproductive to safety.

Radiology practices must transform their wellness strategies to foster ‘post-traumatic growth’ after COVID

Imaging leaders must augment and transform their previous anti-burnout strategies, experts advised. 

April 15, 2021
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The COVID ‘black swan event’ and what radiology can learn from Time magazine’s pandemic pivot

Coronavirus was a "punch in the mouth" for the noted publication, but it has also offered lessons that apply in imaging, Time President Keith Grossman wrote in JACR.  

April 15, 2021

‘Long overdue’: Radiology groups urge ABR to allow 12 weeks of medical leave during residency

Doing so would establish the boards as a "trailblazer among medical specialties," dozens of docs wrote Tuesday in RSNA's Radiology

April 14, 2021
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American Board of Radiology eyeing fee reductions in 2022, changing name of MOC program

On average, docs pay nearly $15K over the course of their career on certification, one of the highest tallies among specialties. 

April 12, 2021
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Radiologists issue ‘call to action’ as ABR explores vacation and family leave limits during residency

The Association of Program Directors in Radiology’s Wellness Task Force urged the board to grant at least 6 weeks away from training for medical or parental leave.

April 7, 2021
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American College of Radiology backs bipartisan push to address ‘alarming’ resident physician shortages

Lawmakers recently introduced the Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2021 to address doc shortfalls by bolstering the number of Medicare-supported residency positions.

April 5, 2021
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4 ‘essential pro tips’ when transitioning into radiology private practice

Making the leap from training to that first job can be an “exhilarating yet challenging” phase of a physician’s career, experts detailed in JACR. 

April 5, 2021

Radiology Partners launches new Office of the Chief Medical Officer months after CMO’s departure

As part of the change, the El Segundo, California-based imaging giant promoted 13 of its top physicians to serve in new leadership roles. 

March 30, 2021

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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