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.

Cardiac imaging pioneer remembered for his joy and enthusiasm
Former American Society of Echocardiography president and well-known cardiac ultrasound pioneer Roberto Lang, MD, died at the age of 73. He helped develop 3D echo technology that is now used by care teams on a daily basis.
9 trends to watch in diagnostic imaging
Consulting firm Vizient is forecasting continued growth in the specialty, driven by shifts in where patients receive care, new therapies that require imaging and a rapidly aging population.
Veteran pediatrician urges young physicians to build relationships with radiologists
“By rebuilding the custom of frequent visits and conversations, we can get to know each other again," writes Eleanor R. Menzin, MD.
Texas medical school selects radiologist as next dean
Texas Tech Health El Paso has picked Baylor College of Medicine radiology chief Eric M. Rohren, MD, PhD, as the next leader of its Foster School of Medicine.
Rad Partners now has 200 radiology residents working across 10 programs
RP said it has two more residency program slated to launch in 2026, with its research institute developing curriculum focused on artificial intelligence and the business of imaging.

5 ways to recruit sorely needed patients for Alzheimer’s clinical trials involving therapeutics

The demand is especially great for asymptomatic individuals of all races and ethnicities.

Healthcare executive salaries up in 2022

Healthcare executives are enjoying higher compensation in 2022 thanks to an increasingly competitive job market.

Harry Lee Page, Jr., MD, a veteran cardiologist who helped pioneer many modern interventional techniques, died on August 11 after a long illness. He was 88 years old. SCAI

‘The end of an era’: Influential cardiologist, dead at 88, made a lasting impact

“We are so fortunate to have had fearless luminaries such as Harry Page at the helm of our profession,” SCAI President Sunil V. Rao, MD, said in a statement.

Fanning the flames—how burnout initiatives are failing radiologists, according to new survey data

Initiatives aiming to blunt the effects of burnout are plentiful. However, few efforts have been made to understand whether these initiatives have conjured any positive changes on employee well-being.

CEO turnover appears to be stabilizing in healthcare

So far in 2022, 832 CEOs have left their roles––and healthcare CEOs have been among the most active role departures.

Should patients—or any of 6 other stakeholder groups—get paid for AI in healthcare?

The commoditization of health data raises questions about who is owed what, and in what proportion, when artificial intelligence renders the data clinically useful and thereby financially profitable.

Movers & Shakers: Northwell Health, BayCare, ACC announce leadership appointments

Check out the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry with this week’s Movers & Shakers edition.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of monkeypox virus (orange) on the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (green). Credit: NIAID

Monkeypox declared public health emergency

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra made the announcement Aug. 4 in recognition of the continued rapid transmission of monkeypox in the U.S. and globally.

Leadership

Cardiac imaging pioneer remembered for his joy and enthusiasm

9 trends to watch in diagnostic imaging

Veteran pediatrician urges young physicians to build relationships with radiologists

Texas medical school selects radiologist as next dean

Rad Partners now has 200 radiology residents working across 10 programs