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.

The FDFA has cleared tirzepatide (Mounjaro) from Eli Lilly for the treatment of diabetes.

Eli Lilly targets FDA approval for weight loss medication

Tirzepatide, sold under the name Mounjaro, is among a handful of drugs with big buzz for their weight loss results, and approval for obesity could be a huge revenue source for Eli Lilly in the future.

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‘The physician workforce is vanishing’: State goes to desperate measures to recruit radiologists

The Physician Workforce Act aims to bolster recruitment of out-of-state physicians and accelerate licensure for international medical grads. 

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‘Healthcare administration, leadership and management’ to be recognized as new subspecialty in radiology

The designation will cover clinical medicine alongside different principles in health system science, the American Board of Medical Specialties announced. 

Linda A. Wilgus receives the 2023 Calhoun Award from the RBMA.

Radiology Business Management Association names annual award winners

Linda A. Wilgus took home RBMA's Calhoun Award, given each year since 1999 to recognize an individual’s “outstanding” contributions to the specialty.

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Movers & Shakers: Kaiser Permanente, Corewell Health, Allina Health name new leadership

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry.

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Global healthcare partnership targets ‘the big catch-up’ vaccination initiative

The initiative aims to reverse the declining trend in childhood vaccination that has been recorded in more than 100 countries since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AI specialists focused on cardiology bring in industry veteran to be executive chairman of the board

Scott Huennekens, who has more than 25 years of experience in the medical device industry, is the second addition Elucid has made to its board of directors in the last six months. 

Florida surgeon general altered COVID-19 study findings

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo altered important findings in a COVID-19 study with the intent to spread misinformation about vaccine safety.