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.

Ed Dalton Barham

Longtime Mississippi radiologist, health board leader and ACR honorary fellow dies from COVID-19

Ed Dalton Barham, MD, spent 35 years at Merit Health Woman’s Hospital in Flowood, serving as CMO and board chairman at the time of his death. 

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Controversial radiologist and former White House COVID-19 advisor Scott Atlas deletes Twitter account

He told reporters that the platform’s decision to purge some 70K users after Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill influenced his thinking. 

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Judge tosses doc’s second attempt at suing American Board of Radiology over MOC fees

A federal judge dismissed the suit last week, determining that attorneys failed to adequately argue that ABR violated antitrust rules. 

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Independent imaging practice coalition Strategic Radiology names new CEO

The longtime Texas neuroradiologist replaces Arl Van Moore Jr., MD, who is retiring from the post this month. 

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Radiology professionals more prepared for change than their primary care counterparts

The Veterans Health Administration is creating a LDCT lung cancer program, and recently gauged team members' readiness for the complex initiative.

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Radiology resident pay falling short of expectations, as programs overlook one key factor

While published stipends in the U.S. start at $49,547, when accounting for cost of living, pay can drop considerably, diving as low as $26,915. 

Hologic continues buying binge, acquiring molecular cancer test firm Biotheranostics for $230M

Sales of the company's COVID-19 test—pushing quarterly income to more than $1.3B last year—have helped fuel its recent M&A spree.

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Experts call for a new subspecialty in imaging—the ‘screening radiologist’

Oftentimes, it’s primary care docs and epidemiologists quarterbacking imaging care, but two MDs believe rads should have a greater say in the process. 

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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.