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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heart doctors and surgeons working together. top cardiology hospitals in the United States.

70% of radiologists and other docs surveyed say culture is as important as money

Commitment to work-life balance, physician autonomy, positive atmosphere and management that treats staff well were listed as key elements of a healthy workplace. 

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Political intervention necessary to preserve ‘vanishing’ small independent practices, experts charge

Such organizations often lack the required IT infrastructure, population health expertise and relationships to navigate value-based care models. 

Radiologists worry that anti-DEI legislative efforts could exacerbate staffing shortages

"This reduced talent pool, coupled with increasing demands in radiology, will negatively affect the quality and access to care for patients," experts wrote in JACR. 

Match Day diagnostic radiology University of Arkansas

New data show radiology program directors favoring this factor when selecting residents

The National Resident Match Program on Aug. 20 released details on the characteristics of U.S. MD seniors who matched into their preferred specialty.

Rhode Island Medical Imaging

Rhode Island Medical Imaging and its 90 physicians join Strategic Radiology

Founded in 1943, the private practice has a network of 16 diagnostic imaging facilities overseen by its staff of "deeply" subspecialized radiologists.

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6 success factors for reducing low-value medical imaging

Norway has worked to address unnecessary imaging in its public healthcare system, sharing lessons learned in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Dana Smetherman, MD, ACR CEO, explains AUC may be better than prior authorizations.

ACR CEO discusses solution to fight burdensome prior authorizations in medical imaging

Dana Smetherman, MD, MBA, outlines a possible remedy for the growing number of these roadblocks in the specialty. 

Brent Townsend, MD, president and managing partner of Wake Radiology

Wake Radiology joins independent practice coalition, announces key physician’s retirement

Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and founded in 1953, the practice is the 40th to join Strategic Radiology and seventh in the state.

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American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

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AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

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Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.