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.

Physician compensation in 2025 report released
Growing physician shortages have spurred rising salaries as health systems and practices attempt to attract or retain staff. The survey data from over 37,000 physicians shows the average physician pay in the U.S. increased 3.7% from 2023 to 2024 but is lower than the prior year.
ARRT is rolling out a new imaging assistant credential for MRI settings
The American Registry Of Radiologic Technologists says the new offering addresses growing demand for magnetic resonance imaging.
Multiple imaging modalities face rising shortage of qualified technologists
New survey results from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists reveal that the vacancy rates in some modalities are nearing all-time highs.
Private radiology practices offer 4 tips for navigating work-from-home challenges
Four imaging leaders recently shared their advice on dealing with radiologists who refuse to work on-site at a hospital after growing comfortable taking shifts at home.
HHS formally lays off thousands of employees following SCOTUS ruling
After the Supreme Court lifted a lower court injunction, approximately 10,000 employees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were officially terminated.

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Radiologist is the highest paying job in these 4 states

Those include the nation’s most populace state, which employs 1,700 members of the specialty earning $339,140 annually.

American College of Radiology, AMA partner to fight nonphysician scope creep

ACR recently highlighted the collaboration, labeling scope of practice as “one of the leading issues that are addressed by state legislatures.”

‘Learning analytics’ provides more comprehensive means to assess novice radiologists’ skills

Traditional approaches don’t allow for the collection of structured data to gauge progress, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.

Ascension nurses prepare to go on strike

As the largest nurses strike in Texas history looms, Ascension threatens to lock out participants

Nurses at three Ascension hospitals in Austin, Texas, and Wichita, Kansas, were initially prepared to participate in a one-day strike in protest of contract disputes.

Eyeing overutilization, health system schools fledgling internists in Imaging Wisely

Following the intervention, learners demonstrated improved and sustained knowledge about high-value image ordering, experts wrote in JACR.

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US Radiology Specialists expanding its pipeline for attracting and retaining technologists

Private equity-backed USRS plans to extend the reach of its Technologist Advancement Academy across all 180 of its imaging centers.

State abortion restrictions do not appear to impact radiology residency applications

Radiologists have expressed concern that the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would exacerbate physician shortages.

‘It was killing some of these radiology departments’: State grapples with long licensing delays

Some rad techs have waited upward of four months to receive their credentials, with it taking days prior to COVID.

Staffing

Physician compensation in 2025 report released

ARRT is rolling out a new imaging assistant credential for MRI settings

Multiple imaging modalities face rising shortage of qualified technologists

Private radiology practices offer 4 tips for navigating work-from-home challenges

HHS formally lays off thousands of employees following SCOTUS ruling