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.

White House to end civil service protections for 50,000 federal workers
President Donald Trump's administration said an executive order to implement Schedule F, to make it easier to fire federal works that don't align with its agenda of "draining the swamp," is forthcoming.
Proposed HHS budget would close NINR, cut nursing programs
The American Nurses Association is warning that eliminating support for the training and research offered by the National Institute of Nursing Research could be devastating to the public, as many programs support specialties such as maternal and mental health.
A 'very tough situation'—as Hawaii's radiologist shortage persists, imaging backlogs climb into the thousands
One organization in the state informed staff members that more than 8,000 images are currently pending review.
Radiologists call for new billing codes to reward work outside of interpreting images
Previous studies have shown rads can spend upward of 60% of workhours on such duties, including curbside consults and multidisciplinary meetings.
UCLA names new radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from SimonMed, GE HealthCare and Siemens Healthineers
Jonathan Goldin, MD, PhD, is the California institution's first new imaging chief in 20 years, replacing noted radiologist Dieter Enzmann, MD, who is stepping down.

Bayer launches new platform to address challenges in radiology

This week Bayer announced the launch of Calantic Digital Solutions, a suite of applications intended to optimize clinical workflows by triaging and prioritizing critical findings, improving disease detection and automating tasks for radiologists.

Scholars unpack the ‘Toyota Way’ to depict the radiology ideal

“More than most companies, Toyota is led from the bottom up as much as from the top down.”

Work no less burdensome for 70% of 276 radiologists using AI

Radiologists across Europe have been finding AI algorithms useful for improving efficiency at some tasks—yet, overall, few have received AI-attributable workload relief.

Issues at home, disrespectful colleagues causing burnout among cardiology fellows

The new survey, developed by the American College of Cardiology, included input from program directors throughout the United States.

Court hits technologist with monetary remedies, permanent injunction

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has won a lawsuit totaling $56,664 against a former technologist who repeatedly falsified ARRT’s trademarked credentials.

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Structured reporting templates reduce turnaround times by as much as 35 minutes

A new paper published in Academic Radiology details one institution’s transition from free text to structured reporting templates and the resultant departmental impact.

Established imaging AI developer reaches $250M funding mark

A top attractor of investors interested in medical imaging AI has drawn in a fresh $110 million.

Radiologist pay, productivity jostled by pandemic recovery, CMS coding changes

Diagnostic radiology saw its median compensation rise just 1.6% from 2020 to 2021. On the other hand, interventional radiology enjoyed a 9.9% raise.

Staffing

White House to end civil service protections for 50,000 federal workers

Proposed HHS budget would close NINR, cut nursing programs

A 'very tough situation'—as Hawaii's radiologist shortage persists, imaging backlogs climb into the thousands

Radiologists call for new billing codes to reward work outside of interpreting images

UCLA names new radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from SimonMed, GE HealthCare and Siemens Healthineers