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.

Q&A: Amy Patel details her experiences providing breast imaging services in urban, rural areas

Amy Patel, MD, recently transitioned from practicing at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to overseeing a total of seven rural and community hospitals, including one in an urban setting, in Missouri.

Why radiology educators should embrace new teaching methods

When it comes to radiology education, as the old song goes, the times they are a-changin’. But is the industry ready to adapt to these changes?

DenseBreast-info.org launches patient education videos

DenseBreast-info.org has announced the availability of a series of three informational videos on YouTube designed to educate women about breast density.

Could the 'flipped classroom' approach work for radiology education?

The “flipped classroom” learning methodology proved to be a positive experience for fourth-year medical students at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Is social media an educational tool in radiology departments outside the US?

Social media is used by radiologists at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia less as a tool for educational purposes and professional issues and more as a way to communicate with friends and family, according to the authors of new study published in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare.

Gender disparity: Women underrepresented in radiology journal editorial boards

There is a gender gap in the editorial boards of radiology journals, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

ECR 2019 receives record number of abstract submissions

The European Society of Radiology announced that abstract submissions for the 2019 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria, have increased by 18 percent compared to 2018's meeting.

Radiologist honored by National Academy of Medicine for strong leadership

Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, chair of the department of radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, received the David Rall Medal from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) on Monday, Oct. 15.

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