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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Female radiologists earn about 81% of what their male counterparts collect

Women also worked an average of 8% fewer days per year, which does not fully account for the gender pay gap, experts wrote recently.

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42 imaging journal editors hand in resignation over 'extreme' fees

In the same statement announcing their resignation, the editorial board also detailed plans to start a new nonprofit, open access journal.

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Medtronic laying off undisclosed number of employees to reduce costs

“These decisions are never easy, and we’re taking great care to treat all impacted employees with dignity and respect," the company told Cardiovascular Business in a statement.

Radiology among the most male-dominated specialties, but pay gap may be narrowing

Male specialists earned an average of 27% more than their female colleagues, according to Medscape's new physician compensation survey.

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‘Dangerous’ scope-of-practice bills fail, while ACR joins Puerto Rican radiologists in another fight

Radiology societies said they were "deeply concerned" a proposed legislation would eliminate physician-led teams. 

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Experts call for better radiation protection for female healthcare workers

Authors of a new editorial recently highlighted the increased risk of developing breast cancer that female healthcare workers face due to their routine exposure to ionizing radiation.

29 radiology societies met to discuss the specialty’s most pressing problems: 8 takeaways

“Of these, the mismatch between the clinical workload and the available radiologist workforce was foremost," experts wrote in JACR. 

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Bill would boost the number of residency slots in radiology and other specialties

The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act would add another 14,000 Medicare-supported medical residency positions over a seven-year period.
 

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