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.

Mark Kalmar

Texas Radiology Associates creates new CEO role, picks veteran administrator

Former RBMA President Mark Kalmar, MBA, longtime leader of Corvallis Radiology, recently took on the new title for TRA. 

December 13, 2023
Employee retention staffing hiring

8 practical strategies to retain radiologists

Jay R. Parikh, MD, and Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, offered their insights in a new pre-proof opinion piece published in JACR.  

December 13, 2023
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Only 9% of practices list pediatric radiology as a top 3 hiring need, survey finds

The results are from the latest American College of Radiology/Radiology Business Management Association Workforce Survey, published in JACR

December 13, 2023
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Rad tech relief coming? Field reports educational program enrollment increases

Program directors have seen year-over-year upticks in students studying radiography, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine, according to ASRT. 

December 13, 2023
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Radiology provider LucidHealth hires former GoHealth Urgent Care exec to oversee imaging center strategy

Kirsten P. Jones will serve as regional VP of imaging centers, championing the company’s development and management of such locations. 

December 12, 2023

Implementation of AI-based detection aid has no impact on radiologists’ workload, stress

UPDATED: Numerous studies have explored artificial intelligence's use in imaging, but researchers rarely take radiology’s complex work environment into account, experts noted.

December 11, 2023
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Large volume of radiologist reporting-backlogs an ‘urgent global issue’

Anecdotal reports indicate that radiologists are struggling to keep up with rising demand, but researchers sought to better quantify this crisis. 

December 8, 2023
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Moody’s upgrades outlook for US Radiology Specialists amid improved operating performance

Credit analysts switched their forecast from “negative” to “stable,” highlighting both higher patient volumes and revenue per unit. 

December 7, 2023

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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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