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.

HHS to cut 10,000 jobs during 'dramatic restructuring'
The agency said it plans to reduce staff by 25% and consolidate 28 divisions into 15. However, it said Medicare and Medicaid will remain operational.
Trump selects GOP general counsel for HHS Inspector General
Thomas March Bell has been officially nominated and now faces the Senate for confirmation. Bell has a decades-long history working as a Republican staffer.
Highlights from the 1st day of RBMA's annual meeting
Radiology Business Management Association Co-executive Directors Linda Wilgus and Jessica Struve share some of the highlights from the first day of the organization's annual meeting.
AI accurately routes interventional radiology procedure requests at pennies apiece
Duke University scientists are testing LLMs' ability to aid in this task—with the models able to recognize requests and generate responses.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift injunctions, approve DOGE firings
The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a lower court’s ruling that would see 16,000 federal employees return to work, including many from Veterans Affairs.

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Despite AI, burnout continues to dog radiologists

Wasn’t radiology the fastest medical specialty to embrace and adopt AI? And yet burnout continues to afflict many if not most radiologists.

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The US physician shortage shows no signs of stopping—what can cardiology leaders do?

The physician shortage that U.S. hospitals and health systems have been dreading is here—and its impact on cardiology could be quite significant.

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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Texas cardiologist

Two hospitals had accused the interventional cardiologist of working with other healthcare providers to interfere with recruitment efforts.

Radiology provider LucidHealth names new chief financial, strategy officers

Jim Moake is joining the Columbus, Ohio-based provider group as CFO while Jason Mullis, MBA, is the company's new CSO, both effective Jan. 1.

Private equity-backed teleradiology group offers insights from global survey of 700 rads

Everlight Radiology recently hired research Censuswide to poll members of the specialty, sharing 5 key findings from the survey on Monday.

How 1 radiology department cut its mammography turnaround times by 39%

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Medicine saw its peak processing of breast images climb to 198 hours or about 8.25 days, necessitating changes.

Radiology "maestro" addresses department workflow hiccups.

'Ad hoc' shifts and radiology 'maestros': How one department addressed its workflow hiccups

The radiologist maestro assesses colleagues' needs in real-time and makes decisions accordingly at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

State lawmaker wants increased scrutiny around Rad Partners affiliate Jefferson Radiology

Republican Sen. Jeffrey Gordon, MD, said Wednesday that he has heard from a dozen constituents about the issue and also discussed it with his physician colleagues.

Staffing

HHS to cut 10,000 jobs during 'dramatic restructuring'

Trump selects GOP general counsel for HHS Inspector General

Highlights from the 1st day of RBMA's annual meeting

AI accurately routes interventional radiology procedure requests at pennies apiece

DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift injunctions, approve DOGE firings