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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6 pointers to make sure the hospital legal team is appropriately engaged in AI governance, oversight

Legal and compliance teams have to serve as sentinels sizing up potential legal exposure points without turning into needlers who only slow down clinical innovation.

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President Trump nominates radiologist to serve as surgeon general

UPDATED: He’s picking Nicole B. Saphier, MD, a board-certified breast specialist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox News contributor, to fill the key role. 

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GE HealthCare imaging CEO steps down amid mixed earnings results

Corresponding with the change, the Chicago-based imaging manufacturer is combing two of its radiology-related business lines into a new segment worth $14.6 billion.    

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Radiology department says simple, low-cost strategy can bolster workplace cohesion

Chicago imaging leaders have sought to address isolation and its ill effects through the implementation of daily “happy birthday” emails to department employees. 

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is entering a new chapter as Dawn Abbott, MD, MSCAI, who assumeed the presidency this week with a focus on strengthening the future of interventional cardiology through workforce development, expanded training pathways and continued efforts to broaden inclusion in the specialty. #SCAI2026 #SCAI26

New SCAI President Dawn Abbott outlines workforce training and inclusion priorities

SCAI President Dawn Abbott, MD, MSCAI, aims to turn attention toward the long-term sustainability of the interventional cardiology field.

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Radiologists among docs most optimistic about profession’s short-term future

However, radiology dropped to 18th on the list of specialists when asked how they feel about their profession’s long-term future, according to new survey data from Medscape. 

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‘Father of modern cardiology’ Eugene Braunwald dies at 96

Colleagues from all over the world have shared loving tributes to Braunwald. ESC President Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, called him "the pioneering cardiologist of his time."

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Trump administration moves to speed up Medicare coverage for breakthrough cardiology devices

CMS and the FDA say the goal is to improve patient access to medical devices that address an unmet need.