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.

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.
Is the job market for health execs about to undergo a shakeout?
Among healthcare organizations sweating the possible passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” few have more to worry about than nonprofit hospitals and health systems that compete with privately held or publicly traded rivals for executive talent.

80-year-old practice joins Strategic Radiology’s growing coalition of independent providers

Radiology Associates is based in Corpus Christi, Texas, and employs 18 physicians working across 5 outpatient imaging centers.

Radiology Partners’ employee relief fund raises nearly $2M, doling out $450K since last year

The El Segundo, California-based imaging giant first launched its RP One Fund to help partner practice employees hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 key challenges radiology faces following the COVID-19 pandemic

The Association of University Radiologists recently held its fifth annual roundtable for leaders in academia and the vendor space, with several important themes emerging.

Hospital system switches from Radiology Partners to LucidHealth for outsourced imaging services

Genesis Healthcare System had worked with Radiology Associates of Southeastern Ohio for about 20 years, with the practice joining Rad Partners in 2016.

Radiology records smallest gain in Black faculty among medical specialties over past 30 years

This 0.32 percentage-point change since 1990 placed imaging last among 16 specialties, tied with emergency medicine, experts detailed in JAMA.

RSNA 2021 in Chicago to require COVID-19 vaccination, masks

For those who cannot comply, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based professional society said it’s offering a “robust” virtual component for its popular annual meeting that kicks off Nov. 28.

As delta variant surges, imaging giant RadNet preparing for possibility of further stay-at-home orders

Despite rising COVID concerns, the Los Angeles-based outpatient operator logged “record” numbers during 2021's second quarter, officials said.

Medical school prestige could gain ‘outsized influence’ on radiology resident selection after upcoming change

U.S. Medical Licensing Examination organizers are shifting to a pass-fail system for the Step 1 exam, and rads are concerned this will only create a new set of problems.

Leadership

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

Is the job market for health execs about to undergo a shakeout?