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.

Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout
The problem is particularly pronounced among members of the specialty who already have a high workload or are skeptical of artificial intelligence.
Radiology Business Announces Forty Under 40 Class of 2024
We set out to find radiology and imaging up-and-comers under 40 who stand out, landing on a laudable list of radiologists, interventionalists, business leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, educators, AI developers, technologists and mentors.
Cardiologists reflect on developing primary PCI in face of criticism and pushback
SCAI celebrated cardiologists William W. O'Neill, MD, and Cindy L. Grines, MD, for the important roles they played in the development of primary PCI. “It was challenging,” Grines explained. “We had the pharmaceutical industry that was anti-primary angioplasty and we had a lot of our own colleagues that were anti-primary angioplasty."
Hospitals pilot policies to test older radiologists’ mental and physical fitness
About 5% of U.S. healthcare organizations have now implemented such competency testing, with about 13% of physicians deemed unfit for the job.
7 facts about RSNA 2024, which is less than 1 month away
The Radiological Society of North America’s 110th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting is set to begin on Dec. 1 in Chicago.

Walmart launches Healthcare Research Institute

Retail giant Walmart has launched the Healthcare Research Institute as an effort to increase access to clinical research.

October 11, 2022

Need grows for rural rads who can perform 12 low-risk, low-complexity interventional procedures

Most if not all diagnostic radiologists should be capable of performing numerous image-guided procedures, according to a task force jointly convened by the American College of Radiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology.

October 11, 2022

The 'overwhelmingly positive' impact of peer learning processes

Many radiologists have indicated they prefer peer learning methods over peer reviews.

October 10, 2022

Industry insights: 4 healthcare executives discuss the biggest challenges in cardiology today

We spoke to executives from some of healthcare's most prominent vendors to find out what challenges are on their radar in 2022 and beyond.

October 4, 2022

Healthcare groups ask DOJ for protection against violence over gender-affirming care

Three major healthcare groups are taking a stand against threats of violence over gender-affirming care by asking the Department of Justice to get involved.

October 4, 2022

Movers & Shakers: NCI names new director, NIH leader retires, Tenet chairman resigns

Check out the latest edition of Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry.

October 4, 2022

Experts offer radiologists advice for overcoming 'mid-career syndrome'

A new Academic Radiology paper offers tips for providers on renewing a sense of purpose in the medical field in the midst of a mid-career lull.

October 3, 2022

Radiation oncology relatively low in ‘hazardous attitudes,’ although ‘macho’ makes the radar

The Federal Aviation Administration assesses pilots for five “hazardous attitudes” that may forewarn of risky behaviors in the air. Therapeutic radiology researchers have adapted the FAA scale for radiation oncologists making treatment decisions.

October 2, 2022

Leadership

Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout

Radiology Business Announces Forty Under 40 Class of 2024

Cardiologists reflect on developing primary PCI in face of criticism and pushback

Hospitals pilot policies to test older radiologists’ mental and physical fitness

7 facts about RSNA 2024, which is less than 1 month away