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.

Jaime Warren, EdD, FACC, vice president of care transformation at MedAxiom, an ACC company, explains what is needed to address staffing shortages created by a 94% increase in cardiac CT volumes over the past 5 years.

How to address CCTA staffing shortages

Jaime Warren, EdD, FACC, vice president of care transformation at MedAxiom, an ACC company, explains what is needed to address staffing shortages created by a 94% increase in cardiac CT volumes over the past 5 years. 

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8 key considerations when weighing whether to expand a radiology department

Experts with Indiana University are urging peers to understand the motivations behind expansion and focus on cultural compatibility. 

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CDC director, chief medical officer ousted as RFK shakes up agency

CDC Director Susan Monarez, PhD, was less than a month into her role, having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30. Her lawyers said the staffing shakeup was a result of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “weaponizing public health for political gain.”

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63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages

Approximately 42% of those polled aren’t confident progress will be made in the next decade to address the shortfall, Medscape found. 

Geoffrey Rose, MD, president of Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, discusses how to manage a sustainable cardiology practice in the coming decade and what challenges are involved.

Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive

Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.

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Radiologist urges specialty to avoid temptation of tapping NPs and PAs to address imaging backlogs

Jonathan R. Medverd, MD, emphasized the valuable role such professionals play on physician-led teams, but emphasized they do not have the skills to interpret medical images. 

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UnitedHealth forms ‘public responsibility committee’ to improve its reputation

The insurance giant is charging the new board committee with monitoring company policies related to prior authorizations, claims adjudication and AI. The group is scheduled to meet four times a year.

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‘Hybrid’ AI reading strategy cuts radiologists’ mammography workload by nearly 40%

Dutch imaging experts believe this new approach—letting artificial intelligence read cases only in which it is certain—could eventually serve as a solution to workforce shortages.