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.

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.
Congenital heart surgeon named president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Emile Bacha, MD, is an internationally recognized leader in both pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgery.
Cardiologist became paralyzed after wearing heavy aprons in the cath lab for decades—but he fought back
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, was left paralyzed after battling severe orthopedic issues for his entire career. Back in the cath lab after a long recovery, he is now stressing the importance of workplace safety among interventional cardiologists.
HHS names interventional radiologist as next national coordinator for health IT
A physician and engineer, Thomas Keane, MD, MBA, will oversee federal policy related to interoperability, electronic health records and other medtech issues.
Experts share recipe to reduce radiologist recommendations for unnecessary extra imaging
Education and other initiatives helped cut the rate of radiologist recommendations for additional imaging by 44% compared to a control site.

‘Burnout’ is no longer enough; radiology and other specialties suffering ‘moral injury’

Oftentimes, clinicians know what their patients need, but the bureaucracy of healthcare and its drive toward profit can prevent them from doing so, experts say.

Radiology Political Action Committee watching presidential primaries ‘very closely’

Democratic contests kicked off on Feb. 3 in Iowa, with balloting to follow later this month in New Hampshire and Nevada.

A record 686 corporations made the Human Rights Campaign's 2020 Corporate Equality Index, including several big names in imaging.

Strategic Radiology adds 70-year-old North Carolina imaging practice

Gaston Radiology is the 28th provider to join with the Palmetto, Florida-headquartered coalition, adding 18 physicians into its fold.

Focusing on the ‘small things’ will cure what ails radiology, expert says

Revitalizing the specialty will require humanism, compassion and empathy, writes Boston University School of Medicine's Priscilla Slanetz, MD.

Half of radiologists say they’re burned out, placing specialty in top 5

“Too many bureaucratic tasks,” such as paperwork and charting, was the leading cause of burnout, according to the survey of more than 15,000 docs.

How a growing private practice is looking to become the ‘Amazon of radiology’

Determined to remain independent, Midstate Radiology Associates of Meriden, Connecticut, grew from 11 radiologists to more than 40 in less than five years. How did they pull it off—and what can like-minded groups do to follow suit?

Radiologists rank low among physicians with happiest marriages

The finding was part of a wide-ranging survey of doctors’ after-work habits across the U.S., gauging everything from automobile preference to pot and alcohol use.

Leadership

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

Congenital heart surgeon named president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Cardiologist became paralyzed after wearing heavy aprons in the cath lab for decades—but he fought back

HHS names interventional radiologist as next national coordinator for health IT

Experts share recipe to reduce radiologist recommendations for unnecessary extra imaging