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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3D mammography may shake ‘routine’ out of architectural distortion surgery

When counseling patients with architectural distortion on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) but no signs of malignancy on biopsy, mammographers should raise imaging alone as a sound option for surveillance.

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Industry leader rips into 'disastrous' proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts

“CMS couldn’t have picked a worse time to cut Medicare payments to physicians,” said RBMA Executive Director Bob Still.

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Intermountain Healthcare names new chief digital officer

The appointment comes as Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based nonprofit system of 33 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and medical groups, completed its merger with SCL Health.

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Abortion care still protected in emergency situations for all Americans, Biden administration clarifies

The Biden administration has seemingly found a way to federally protect abortion care services in all states in some circumstances.

‘AJR’ enjoys substantial increase in impact factor

Another of the top peer-reviewed journals serving radiology is experiencing a time of peak influence.

7 points of light for new radiologists weighing subspecialist vs. generalist paths

To subspecialize or not to subspecialize? That’s a crucial question for radiology trainees who are finishing their residency but have yet to settle on a lifelong career path.

FDA gives nod to MRI acceleration software equipped with AI

A medical imaging OEM has been cleared to market MRI image reconstruction software that, according to the company, sacrifices nothing in image quality despite allowing patients to be scanned up to three times faster than conventional methods. 

Biden signs executive order on reproductive healthcare

While the president does not have the authority to overturn a Supreme Court decision, the move could improve pathways to access for reproductive care.