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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Radiologists must play central role in improving the patient experience. Experts offer tips

There are numerous ways members of the specialty can go above and beyond to "wow" the healthcare consumer, ACR experts say. 

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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. 

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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.  

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‘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

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

Around the web

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.

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.

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