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.

Money

Rural hospital system offering $20,000 sign-on bonuses to attract radiologic technologists

“It’s eye-opening, but not surprising,” one healthcare staffing expert said about the hospital system's unusual employment offer.

October 20, 2023

Private equity firm says acquisition of imaging services provider creates 2nd largest such company in the US

Atlantic Street Capital is purchasing Brown’s Medical Imaging and plans to combine the company with previously acquired Prestige Medical Imaging.  

October 19, 2023
Money court lawsuit judge ruling scales of justice

UnitedHealthcare owes Radiology Partners affiliate $153.5M in underpayment dispute, arbitration panel rules

The preliminary award includes $134M in underpayment damages, $9M in prejudgment interest, and $2.2M in attorney fees, arbitrators confirmed. 

October 18, 2023
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Private equity-backed Solis Mammography saw earnings jump 25% last year, up to $54M

The Addison, Texas-based company was founded in 1986 and in 2018 sold a majority stake to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, which has pursued rapid expansion.

October 18, 2023

Study claims high proportion of radiology researchers do not disclose industry ties

About 64% of study authors in one noted imaging journal did not disclose payments they received from industry entities, according to CMS's Open Payments database. 

October 18, 2023

Less than half of adults recognize most common symptoms associated with breast cancer, new survey finds

Few of those polled believe they are at risk of developing the disease, according to new research from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. 

October 17, 2023

Multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative significantly improves on-time starts for cardiac MRI

Such delays can result in longer patient fasts, extended wait times, and poor synchronization of anesthesia induction, researchers detailed in JACR

October 16, 2023
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American College of Radiology urges Congress to address ‘worsening’ physician shortages

Of the nearly 21,000 radiologists engaged in active patient care, 53% are age 55 or older, the college's EVP told lawmakers. 

October 13, 2023

Around the web

"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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