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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Lawmakers propose radiologist-supported bill to relieve shortages via foreign-born physicians

The Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act is endorsed by the ACR, AMA and the American Hospital Association. 

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Most stock photos fail to accurately portray the work of radiologists

Only about 9% of images examined presented a “realistic view of a radiologist’s job," according to new research out of Belgium. 

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UC San Diego names new radiology chair, GE CEO change, plus more leadership moves

Also, AI vendor Lunit hires a new CEO for subsidiary Volpara, Vanderbilt picks a vice chair of community radiology, and Sirona Medical selects its next chief. 

7 ways to ease the pipeline for foreign-trained radiologists in the US

“Acquiring and retaining IMG radiologists calls for the collaborative action of various radiologic societies and other stakeholders," experts write in RSNA's Radiology

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Radiologists skeptical of projections that rad shortages will persist into 2055

The ACR's Neiman Policy Institute believes residency slot increases and reductions in inappropriate imaging orders are needed to counter these trends. 

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What radiology leaders can learn from the world’s ‘Blue Zones,’ where people live significantly longer

“Radiology, by nature, presents a unique challenge to physician well-being,” Cody R. Johnson, MD, and colleagues write in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

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East Coast health system launches radiology residency program to combat ‘critical shortage’

Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday that it has received initial accreditation from the ACGME. 

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4 factors driving diagnostic radiology profession’s ‘popularity surge’

The specialty has seen a “notable rise” in applications among aspiring radiology residents and a corresponding uptick in competitiveness, experts write in Academic Radiology

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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.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.