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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Radiologist asks: Why do young docs lack interest in high-paying extra shifts?

X.com user "RJ" (who tweets under the handle @northwoods1980) shared his thoughts on the social media website Aug. 16, calling the trend “somewhat unusual.” 

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Radiologist teams with students to address healthcare staffing shortage

The Hawaii-based imaging specialist has been working with high school students to bring greater awareness to the multitude of career options in the industry. 

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Rad tech advocates submit 42,000 comments to feds in push to gain ‘professional’ status

Every 10 years, the Office of Management and Budget reclassifies jobs as either “technical” or “professional,” with the window now open. 

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Women in interventional cardiology much more likely to leave practice than men

Why are so many female interventional cardiologists saying goodbye to the specialty? Researchers explored this troubling trend in JAMA Cardiology.

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Does radiology have a ‘woke’ problem? ‘Disturbing’ results show bias against conservative trainees

Journal of the American College of Radiology analysis explores how bias might shape faculty decisions to select certain potential residents.

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‘Hungry judge effect’: How time of day can impact radiologists’ MRI reads

"Understanding these influences may contribute to optimizing work schedules and decreasing variability," NYU experts wrote in the European Journal of Radiology

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Radiologist launches independent job board to combat ‘disingenuous’ postings

Ben White, MD, recently soft-launched the service on his blog, highlighting 10 private practices that are hiring around the U.S.

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Radiology among the 6 most-requested talent searches by specialty, staffing firm says

For the fourth year in a row, nurse practitioners are the most in-demand provider position, according to new research from AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins).