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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Radiology experts expect virtual residency interviews to persist beyond the pandemic

Researchers recently distributed a survey to nearly 200 program directors across the U.S., hoping to gather their thoughts on remote interviewing amid the COVID crisis. 

January 7, 2022
overnight night shift attending radiologist burnout. A new policy statement from the American College of Cardiology highlights the importance of career flexibility—including the ability to change hours or work responsibilities when necessary—for cardiologists of all ages. 

Ergonomic improvements boost radiologist well-being while decreasing repetitive stress injuries

Simple changes, such as replacing busted chairs or utilizing comfier mouse pads, have produced marked gains for one imaging department, according to new survey data.

January 5, 2022
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Department-less 'hospital of the future' would cluster radiology near related services, cut patient travel 54%

Researchers utilized 3D software to simulate resulting workflows from this practice change, comparing them against a traditional hospital setting. 

December 21, 2021
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Noted radiologist urges specialty's return to days of communal eating during meal breaks

In medicine, the once-bustling break room has become a smaller, quieter, more sterile place, Richard Gunderman, MD, wrote recently. 

December 7, 2021
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Lynda Carter, TV’s original Wonder Woman, offers lessons learned for the field of radiology

The specialty needs more female role models like the famed superhero, who became a feminist icon in the 1970s, Carter wrote in JACR

December 6, 2021
How radiology should prepare for AUC clinical decision support reporting requirements. CMS to require AUC CDS January 1, 2023.

Hospital sees success deploying radiology trainees as at-home ‘teleresidents’

"Given concern over new variants, we believe that the home workstation program may continue to have a place in radiology training,” experts wrote.

December 3, 2021
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RSNA21: COVID-19 has exacerbated isolation in radiology, but offers clear paths to broaden its reach

Mary Mahoney, MD, explored these themes during her presidential address at RSNA's annual meeting. 

November 29, 2021
Cardiologists employed by a hospital appear to be more likely to pursue cardiac catheterization or angioplasty than independent cardiologists. female physician male

Parental leave policies more prevalent in radiology departments chaired by women

Female representation in such positions remains low, according to new research published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.  

November 23, 2021

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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