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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Seetharam (Ram) Chadalavada, MD, MS, Vice Chair of Radiology – Informatics, University of Cincinnati, UC Health, Associate Professor of Radiology Surgery, and Director of Interventional Radiology Medical Student Education, explains considerations radiology trainees should think about when they negotiate an employment contract.

Key points of contract negotiations for radiology trainees

Rads should learn more about employment negotiations before signing a contract, says Seetharam Chadalavada, MD, vice chair of radiology informatics at the University of Cincinnati.

March 20, 2024
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.

Burnout remains high among radiology residents years after COVID-19 hit

The most commonly suggested remedies include lessening their work burden, providing more programmatic support and offering “protected wellness time.” 

March 20, 2024
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Radiologists say it’s time to rethink their involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings

Six subspecialized physicians documented their contributions to these meetings over the course of two years and found very little benefit from the sizable time investment. 

March 18, 2024
How radiology should prepare for AUC clinical decision support reporting requirements. CMS to require AUC CDS January 1, 2023.

Match Day sees historic interest, stiff competition in diagnostic and interventional radiology

DR and IR were 2 of 13 specialties that had increases of more than 10% in the number of positions filled by U.S. MD seniors. 

March 15, 2024
With a growing shortage of cardiologists in the U.S., there is growing interest recruiting more clinicians from overseas. But there are barriers to this, approach explained Abdel Almanfi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, a structural heart interventional cardiologist at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He spoke with Cardiovascular Business and shared his journey from Libya to the United States, shedding light on the challenges foreign doctors face in realizing their dreams of practicing in America.

Cardiologist shares his long journey from Libya to United States

Abdel Almanfi, MD, went through years of training in Libya, but then he had to start over once he landed in the United States. 

March 15, 2024
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60% of radiologists would accept lower pay for better work-life balance

The finding comes as some radiologists struggle meeting the demands of both family and their profession, Medscape reported. 

March 11, 2024

Neuroradiologists support bipartisan bill that would tap foreign physicians to relieve staffing shortages

The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would recapture 15,000 unused immigrant visas, previously authorized by Congress, for overseas medical doctors.

March 8, 2024

Grappling with imaging backlogs, RadNet eyes relief through AI, ‘aggressive talent acquisition’

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator has deployed "super techs," overseeing multiple CT or MR exams remotely with the help of aids. 

March 7, 2024
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