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.

American Board of Radiology mulling vacation and family leave limits during residency

Parent org the American Board of Medical Specialties has mandated that its 24 member groups enact such a policy, and ABR is seeking feedback. 

March 23, 2021
Clinician and physician burnout is fueling the large numbers of resignations in healthcare, which are fueled by a handful of factors, including adequate staffing and being bogged down in non-clinical work, especially with inefficient EMRs.

Major predictors of burnout among radiology residents in each year of training

Experts interviewed nearly 500 rad residents representing years 1-4 for the survey, sharing their findings in the Journal of the American College of Radiology

March 23, 2021
Coronavirus

Noted radiology department denounces recent violence against Asians: ‘Another stark reminder’

University of California, San Francisco, imaging professionals are urging the specialty to lend its support amid a recent COVID-related uptick in violence. 

March 19, 2021
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Healthcare mourns unexpected death of 36-year-old Minnesota radiologist

Gretchen Butler, MD, a breast imaging specialist and mother of three, died March 5 by suicide, according to published reports. 

March 17, 2021
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American Board of Radiology to require side-view cameras for future remote exams

To help defray the cost, the Tucson, Arizona-based doc-certification group is crediting candidates $40 toward future fees. 

March 16, 2021
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100-year-old radiologist dies from COVID-19

Kenneth Kaess' career spanned decades and took him to all corners of the country, according to a death notice published in local newspapers. 

March 11, 2021
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American Board of Radiology warns of phone scam targeting test takers

ABR emphasized Wednesday that it will never call diplomates asking for payment on the spot. 

March 11, 2021
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Imaging provider Solis Mammography enters 10th major market with latest partnership

The Addison, Texas-based radiology firm now operates more than 85 imaging centers, both wholly owned and via hospital joint ventures. 

March 10, 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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