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.

Hospitals pilot policies to test older radiologists’ mental and physical fitness
About 5% of U.S. healthcare organizations have now implemented such competency testing, with about 13% of physicians deemed unfit for the job.
Radiology vendor Agfa to cut nearly $53M in costs as medical film business dwindles
Up to 530 positions in Mortsel, Belgium, could be affected by the reductions, including blue- and white-collar employees and management.
Atrium Health to train Ukrainian clinicians at Charlotte hospital
Atrium Health Carolina Rehabilitation is partnering with Unbroken, an organization working to improve rehabilitation services in war-torn Ukraine. The series of visits to North Carolina will begin next year.
Private equity firm to buy Summa Health for $485M
HATco, part of General Catalyst, is set to purchase the Ohio-based health system, which currently has roughly $850 million in debt on its balance sheet.
Clinical staffing once again at pre-COVID levels, survey finds
However, increases in the demand for patient care may be eating away at gains.

Female radiology leaders offer 6 tips for navigating parental leave

Addressing microaggressions head-on is among the many pointed pieces of advice for those planning extended time away from work.

November 8, 2021

The top 12 radiology schools in the world, according to US News and World Report

Harvard University took the top spot in the Best Universities for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging category, with Stanford coming in second.

October 28, 2021

With radiologist workforce shortages looming, one subspecialty faces ‘severe’ declines

A group of top rads called on their colleagues to reach out to residents, medical students and premedical students to help drum up interest.

September 21, 2021

Radiologists among the most in-demand health workers, earning No. 5 highest starting salary

The specialty came in just below non-interventional cardiologists' $446K average and well-behind invasive heart docs' whopping $611K.

August 11, 2021

COVID-19 coronavirus burnout depression pandemic

Radiologists who use ‘dysfunctional’ coping strategies increase risk of experiencing anxiety by 125%

"Behavioral disengagement" produced the greatest uptick at 169%, according to international survey results shared June 8 in Academic Radiology.

June 10, 2021

Radiologists must ditch ‘illusion’ of handling all POCUS exams, work with clinicians on path forward

Growing imaging workloads and clear patient benefits should encourage rads to see this as an opportunity rather than a turf threat, two experts argued in a new editorial.

March 31, 2021

Number of interventional, vascular radiologists outpacing overall physician growth in U.S.

Diagnostic radiologists trailed both, growing by 0.06% per year between 2015 and 2019, according to a new workforce analysis.

March 23, 2021

Radiology’s average salary ranks 10th among specialties, with overall physician compensation holding steady

San Francisco-based Doximity surveyed nearly 44,000 U.S. doctors between 2019 and 2020 for its fourth annual Physician Compensation Report.

October 29, 2020

Staffing

Hospitals pilot policies to test older radiologists’ mental and physical fitness

Radiology vendor Agfa to cut nearly $53M in costs as medical film business dwindles

Atrium Health to train Ukrainian clinicians at Charlotte hospital

Private equity firm to buy Summa Health for $485M

Clinical staffing once again at pre-COVID levels, survey finds