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.

Cedars-Sinai names a new CFO

Wrigley succeeds Edward M. Prunchunas, who is retiring after 41 years with Cedars-Sinai.

Ischemic stroke CT scan showing color coded blood flow for early and later arterial and venous contrast phases and areas of blocked blood flow. Image courtesy of RSNA

4 pressing ‘unknowns’ about sex, gender differences in stroke care, outcomes: American Heart/Stroke Associations

Because cerebral vessels are smaller and potentially more fragile in women than in men, future research into mechanical clot removal for stroke treatment should be “sufficiently powered to detect sex-specific differences in neuroimaging profiles and treatment techniques.”

Top 10 best children’s hospitals in the U.S.

Boston Children’s Hospital topped the charts as the best children’s hospital in the nation, according to a new ranking from U.S. News and World Report.

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New AMA president-elect chosen after annual meeting controversy

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, an anesthesiologist from Wisconsin, was voted president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) by physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.

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AI reads of neck ultrasounds could displace thyroid biopsies

Upon training a machine learning model to analyze ultrasound images of the neck, researchers tested their algorithm and have found it correctly flagged likely cancerous nodules of the thyroid gland at a 97% clip.

TikTok for radiology: Don’t knock it till you’ve truly tried it

Despite its reputation as a frivolous video app for self-styled dancers, TikTok deserves consideration as a means of educating medical students as well as the general public on all things radiology.  

HHS launches $1M competition for primary care innovation

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a competition to find new innovations in patient access to primary care––with a total of $1 million in prizes attached.

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AMA maps out 5-point ‘road to recovery’ for frazzled physicians

Supporting telehealth, reforming Medicare, fixing the prior authorization process—these are three of five goals the American Medical Association is pursuing in an expansive new program.