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.

Aidoc Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

Radiology vendor Aidoc hires former AMA president as chief medical officer

A practicing anesthesiologist and clinical informaticist, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, will aid hospital systems in adopting AI tools from the New York-based technology firm. 

Joshua J. Cooper ACR American College of Radiology

American College of Radiology appoints new head of advocacy

Joshua J. Cooper brings 30 years of experience as the new ACR executive VP of government relations, economics and health policy.  

Cardiac surgeon and innovator Thomas Fogerty, MD, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Technology.

Cardiology pioneer Thomas Fogarty dies as 91

Fogarty created many inventions that fundamentally changed cardiac surgical practice. He also received the Presidential Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama in 2014.

Is RFK Jr. really conducting an ‘assault on vaccines’? And more high-level news notes

The CDC has gone ahead and changed its recommendations for childhood immunizations. The gnashing of teeth has only just begun. 

Lady Justice

High-level briefing: Regional merger scrapped | Provider chain denied | Holiday inspiration appreciated | more

The biggest investor in a nursing home chain can run but not hide from comeuppance for the chain’s alleged role in harms—including deaths—done to hundreds of patients.

Lumexa Caitlin Zulla

Lumexa Imaging refinances debts, fills out board of directors

Effective Dec. 10, Brett Brodnax, Bridget Karlin, Matthew Lungren, MD, and Robert Mittl, MD, joined Lumexa’s board of directors. 

American College of Radiology ACR

American College of Radiology’s longtime head of advocacy to retire

Cynthia R. Moran joined the organization in 2003 after previously spending a decade as director of government relations with the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Clouds over Congress

In brief: Dems and GOPers both wrong about healthcare | Physician trainees literally going hungry | Uplifting points of 2025 light

Democrats want to keep Obamacare going. Republicans want to replace it, ideally with health savings accounts. Regardless of which approach holds sway this week—or whenever—either one would be woefully shortsighted.