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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Beverly G. Coleman receives SRU Distinguished Service Award

Beverly G. Coleman, MD, a radiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), is the 2018 recipient of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) Distinguished Service Award.

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SBI, Oxford University Press partner to publish new peer-reviewed breast imaging journal

The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and Oxford University Press (OUP) announced Wednesday, Oct. 10, that they are partnering to publish a new peer-reviewed journal focused on breast imaging, the Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI).

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Charles Apgar named EVP of ACR Center for Research and Innovation

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced Monday, Oct. 8, that Charles Apgar has been named executive vice president (EVP) of the ACR Center for Research and Innovation.

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ACR names 2019 Gold Medalists, other award winners

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors announced the selection of three individuals as 2019 Gold Medalists for their “extraordinary service to the ACR or radiology.”