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.

Real-world use of generative AI boosts radiologist productivity by up to 40%
“For me and my colleagues, it’s not an exaggeration to say that it doubled our efficiency," says radiologist Samir F. Abboud, MD, chief of emergency radiology at Northwestern.
ACR ‘extremely disappointed’ after legislature overrides governor’s veto of ‘harmful’ scope-of-practice bills
Republican Gov. J. Kevin Stitt had recently quashed the two measures, which will give greater practice authority to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Female representation in radiology continues to trend upward, new residency data show
Women accounted for 36.6% of diagnostic radiology applicants this year, up 10.1 percentage points since 2022.
Leaked: UnitedHealth's 'talking points' to appease worried investors
STAT said it was sent an internal memo by accident, wherein UnitedHealth Group leadership outlines its messaging to navigate disgruntled investors upset with the direction of the company.
Fired federal workers file class action lawsuit naming HHS, DOGE
Staff purged from the Department of Health and Human Services by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency claim their termination notices contained bogus information and other inaccuracies that were cited as justifications for performance-based firings. The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages.

Moral distress is ‘pervasive’ in radiology, with 4 primary causes

Common drivers include performing an unsafe number of studies, lack of administrative support and pressure to conduct unnecessary imaging.

Female Medical Research Scientist Working with Brain Scans

Female radiologists scoring promotions at higher rate than male colleagues

Imaging experts speculated that the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors may be helping to improve gender disparities across the profession.

Nurses developing mysterious brain tumors

While the tumors are all benign, five nurses working on the same maternity ward have now fallen ill, spurring an investigation into a possible cause.

Supreme Court lifts Ninth Circuit order that reinstated federal workers

Among the agencies impacted is the Department of Veterans Affairs, which released thousands of probationary workers as part of a staffing purge conducted by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Most radiology residents support unionizing the profession, survey finds

Trainees have shown growing interest in unionization, with the Committee of Interns and Residents reporting 32,000 members as of last May, a doubling of membership since 2019.

ACR urges Trump administration to exempt VA teleradiologists from return-to-office mandate

The college's concerns relate to the National Teleradiology Program, which employs over 200 rads providing reads to 130-plus healthcare facilities.

ER takes page from Uber, using ‘surge’ teleradiology staffing during peak demand

Nonscheduled radiologists are able to log in for voluntary 5-minute increments during busy periods, earning pay based on the time of day.

Q&A: Rising cancer rates in young people exacerbated by provider shortage

In exclusive interviews, HealthExec spoke with the American Cancer Society about rising cancer rates, and a virtual provider service that's working to bolster struggling oncology staff.

Staffing

Real-world use of generative AI boosts radiologist productivity by up to 40%

ACR ‘extremely disappointed’ after legislature overrides governor’s veto of ‘harmful’ scope-of-practice bills

Female representation in radiology continues to trend upward, new residency data show

Leaked: UnitedHealth's 'talking points' to appease worried investors

Fired federal workers file class action lawsuit naming HHS, DOGE