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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‘The physician workforce is vanishing’: State goes to desperate measures to recruit radiologists

The Physician Workforce Act aims to bolster recruitment of out-of-state physicians and accelerate licensure for international medical grads. 

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Florida-based network of outpatient vascular centers partners with 2 private equity investment firms

American Vascular Associates believes the new investments from Petra Capital Partners and Canopy Capital Partners should help it keep up with the rising demand of outpatient treatment options. 

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‘Healthcare administration, leadership and management’ to be recognized as new subspecialty in radiology

The designation will cover clinical medicine alongside different principles in health system science, the American Board of Medical Specialties announced. 

AI specialists focused on cardiology bring in industry veteran to be executive chairman of the board

Scott Huennekens, who has more than 25 years of experience in the medical device industry, is the second addition Elucid has made to its board of directors in the last six months. 

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Ultrasound-maker Butterfly Network hires former telemedicine exec as new CEO at $875,000 base salary

Joseph M. DeVivo also is eligible for an annual bonus at 125% of that amount, along with a monthly housing allowance of nearly $17,000

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Female radiologists earn about 81% of what their male counterparts collect

Women also worked an average of 8% fewer days per year, which does not fully account for the gender pay gap, experts wrote recently.

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42 imaging journal editors hand in resignation over 'extreme' fees

In the same statement announcing their resignation, the editorial board also detailed plans to start a new nonprofit, open access journal.

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Medtronic laying off undisclosed number of employees to reduce costs

“These decisions are never easy, and we’re taking great care to treat all impacted employees with dignity and respect," the company told Cardiovascular Business in a statement.