Staffing

This channel provides news on management of staff and proper staffing levels for safe, high-quality healthcare system. Physician and clinician workforce shortages have become growing challenge for hospitals, with burnout also now affecting nearly all medical workers. Topics include medical staffing issues, statistics, compensation how to improve clinician morale and the workplace environment, and ways to combat clinician burnout.

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Radiology job market update. More than two years after the onset of the pandemic, changes in COVID-related policies and postures — as well as accompanying cultural shifts in the workplace — continue to drive trends in the job market for radiologists. In 2022, things look markedly different than during the early stages of the pandemic and it’s clear that radiologist job seekers now have many options and greater workplace flexibility.

Fewer than 1 in 6 radiologists are highly likely to seek new employment in the near future

Most practices surveyed said they hired radiologists in 2021 with similar plans in 2022, focused on breast and body imaging as top needs. 

October 10, 2023
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), a related organization of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), this week released a statement on the criminalization of medical errors. The APSF said criminal prosecution is unjust and counterproductive is healthcare organizations want to find ways to mitigate errors by understanding how they happen and create protocols or IT systems can can help prevent future errors. The criminal trial of nurse RaDonda Vaught was counterproductive to safety.

Physician burnout in the US is rising, presenting ‘potential threat’ to healthcare system, study asserts

That's according to three surveys of a multispecialty group of physicians (including radiologists), conducted during a five-year period.

October 9, 2023
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The 6 factors that most commonly fuel breast radiologists’ desire to leave a job

"The survey created here can be administered by radiology practices to predict when breast radiologists are vulnerable to quitting,” researchers detailed in JACR. 

October 9, 2023

Radiology impacted by tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health workers on strike

The picket includes nearly 75,000 individuals, among them, ultrasound sonographers, radiologic technologists, home health aides and licensed vocational nurses. 

October 6, 2023
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Employing a full-time reading room coordinator boosts radiologist efficiency, reduces turnaround times

Few level 1 trauma centers employ such a position, typically tasked with fielding phone calls from referrers, triaging requests to residents and relaying critical results. 

September 29, 2023
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56% of new physicians say they’ve received 100-plus job solicitations during training

“Physicians coming out of training are being recruited like blue chip athletes,” said AMN Healthcare's Leah Grant. 

September 27, 2023
Diversity

Radiology has made diversity strides over the past decade relative to other specialties

While the numbers remain low, researchers believe they represent progress, especially when compared to other areas of medicine. 

September 25, 2023
Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule. 

Residents across radiology and other specialties earning an average of $67,400 in 2023

“Some can’t even afford to live in the cities they work in. Such a system can feel deeply unjust," one resident told Medscape. 

September 14, 2023
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