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.

Microsoft Johns Hopkins AI partnership

7 lessons learned during joint big business/healthcare AI projects

Big Tech players have been investing in partnerships with large healthcare providers on AI endeavors for several years now. According to both sides in one such collaboration, the resulting synergy offers “immense potential” to improve patient access, care and outcomes.

Female Medical Research Scientist Working with Brain Scans

Neuroradiologists make more mistakes when facing these 3 scenarios

“These findings should be considered when designing workflow-related and other interventions seeking to reduce errors," experts wrote in AJR

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FDA approves OTC Narcan for the first time

The medication can reverse an opioid overdose and is a critical, life-saving product now able to be sold directly to consumers in places like pharmacies, convenience stores, grocers, gas stations and online, the FDA said.

 

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Radiology practices launch insurance plan to counter soaring costs, plus more company notes

Also, LucidHealth expands in Florida, New Jersey practice launches joint venture with hospital group, and US Radiology Specialists improves MRI efficiency. 

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Oscar Health taps former Aetna leader as CEO

Technology-forward health insurance company Oscar Health has named Mark Bertolini as CEO, effective April 3.

Nearly all health leaders are investing in software this year

A whopping 94% of health leaders in the survey said they plan to invest in software this year, partly to fend off clinician burnout and a looming recession.

Radiology rises into 10 highest paid specialties with average compensation of $503,564

The number represents a roughly 1.6% uptick from the radiologist salary figure recorded in the previous Doximity survey. 

Cardiologist salaries increased in 2022, but physician compensation was down overall

Both cardiology and pediatric cardiology saw bumps in pay from 2021 to 2022. For many other specialties, however, that was not the case.