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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Radiologist shortage will persist into 2055 without counteraction

In the next 30 years, the supply of radiologists is expected to grow by nearly 26%, assuming no increases in the number of new residents, experts wrote in JACR

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Interventional heart failure: An evolving cardiology subspecialty with a bright future

IHF cardiologists can come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all share the same goal: to ensure complex heart failure patients receive the best care possible. 

A graphic released by the AMA showing that cumulative Medicare payment cuts to physicians between 2001-2025 has resulted in a 33% cuts, which medical societies and numerous physicians in Congress says is not sustainable without Medicare patients losing access to care.

Congressional bill could reverse Medicare cuts and increase physician pay

A bill in Congress would reverse the 2025 Medicare cuts and increase physician pay, but a March deadline looms to make this happen.

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Academic practices may be losing radiologists to more flexible competitors, data show

The number of part-time academic radiology faculty fell by near 11% between 2015 to 2024, according to new research published in JACR

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Report: Incoming Trump executive order to eliminate ‘thousands’ of jobs at HHS

According to coverage in the Wall Street Journal, leadership at HHS has been told to rank probationary workers as the Trump Administration prepares to announce cuts. The White House denies the claim. 

PHOTO GALLERY: The Epic intergalactic headquarters art collection

EHR company Epic is known for its large, eclectic art collection and its unique corporate headquarters buildings that look like movie sets. Here is a virtual tour inside.

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State senator wants task force to study private equity’s impact on radiology

Connecticut Sen. Saud Anwar, MD, proposed Bill No. 489 last month amid concerns about care delays at Hartford-based Jefferson Radiology, an affiliate of Rad Partners. 
 

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TAVR patients admitted on weekend face greater risk of death, complications

The so-called "weekend effect" seen with other cardiovascular diseases appears to exist for patients with severe aortic stenosis as well.