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.

Private radiology practices offer 4 tips for navigating work-from-home challenges
Four imaging leaders recently shared their advice on dealing with radiologists who refuse to work on-site at a hospital after growing comfortable taking shifts at home.
Radiology among top 3 specialties with highest intent to leave current job
Findings are from a survey of 18,000 physicians across 43 states and working at over 100 healthcare organizations, who participated in the AMA Organizational Biopsy.
Medscape drops radiology to 3rd highest paid specialty after scrubbing salary survey data
In April, the news website had declared radiology the No. 2 highest paid specialty, but it's now revising the numbers to correct inaccuracies in the statistical model.
Many radiology program directors see resident unions as 'problematic'
Though trainees may have legitimate reasons to organize, imaging leaders believe the move could pose harm for both programs and residents themselves.
Radiologists increasingly affiliating with multiple practices, a trend most pronounced among young rads
Early adoption of multiple practice affiliations signals this trend "will become the norm rather than an exception," experts write in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Private radiology practices offer 4 tips for navigating work-from-home challenges

Four imaging leaders recently shared their advice on dealing with radiologists who refuse to work on-site at a hospital after growing comfortable taking shifts at home.

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Radiology among top 3 specialties with highest intent to leave current job

Findings are from a survey of 18,000 physicians across 43 states and working at over 100 healthcare organizations, who participated in the AMA Organizational Biopsy.

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Medscape drops radiology to 3rd highest paid specialty after scrubbing salary survey data

In April, the news website had declared radiology the No. 2 highest paid specialty, but it's now revising the numbers to correct inaccuracies in the statistical model.

Many radiology program directors see resident unions as 'problematic'

Though trainees may have legitimate reasons to organize, imaging leaders believe the move could pose harm for both programs and residents themselves.

Radiologists increasingly affiliating with multiple practices, a trend most pronounced among young rads

Early adoption of multiple practice affiliations signals this trend "will become the norm rather than an exception," experts write in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Radiologist says moral distress has made her contemplate suicide

Indiana University radiologist Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD, shared the story of an anonymous colleague's moral distress, hoping to humanize this issue.

State briefly bans university from issuing new radiologic technologist licenses, leaving hundreds ‘in limbo’

However, those fighting the decision declared victory Monday after filing a lawsuit against the New York Department of Health.

Radiologists say Senate budget changes ‘threaten’ access to medical education

The American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and over 50 other medical societies expressed their concern to Senate committee leaders in a letter sent June 24.

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FDA-cleared software increases throughput for flurpiridaz back-to-back rest-stress imaging

The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

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MRI projectile incident likely to result in a 'seven-figure sum' repair bill for hospital

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

Health Imaging

American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.