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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Healthcare giant Dignity Health acquiring 70-year-old radiology practice

MD Imaging sees about 500 patients a day, but like others, has grappled with economic challenges including rising costs and decreasing reimbursement.

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AMA debates resolution seeking federal ban on corporate practice of medicine

A radiologist unaffiliated with the campaign gave an impassioned speech on the topic, appealing to have the resolution presented for debate at the interim House of Delegates. 

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RSNA honors AI research; ACR names gold medalists, plus more radiology awards news

Also, Strategic Radiology/RSNA Research Grant goes to Stanford University scientist and local magazine recognizes USRS as one of region's fastest growing companies. 

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Independent practice coalition Strategy Radiology expands to new state

Skagit Radiology is based in Mount Vernon, Washington, and includes 17 subspecialty-trained physicians, covering six hospitals across its home state and Alaska. 

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Radiology-led coalition of provider groups urges Congress to quash Medicare cut

ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology voiced their concerns in a recent letter to leaders in the U.S. House and Senate. 

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Radiology Partners reaches ‘milestone,’ deploying clinical AI across more than 20 million exams

The country's largest imaging group estimated that 2,600 of its 3,600 radiologists (or 72%) are now using at least one AI tool in their daily workflow. 

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Novel ‘next level of care’ protocol reduces wait times for follow-up services in radiology

Those involved believe the approach is “reproducible and systematic” and can potentially be applied nationally for any biopsies involving radiologists. 

Cardiologists develop new way to evaluate heart risks—kidney function, metabolic health included for first time

One key difference between this new risk calculator and previous methods is that it does not consider a patient's race or ethnicity. It does, however, consider such factors as where the patient lives, their education and their income level.