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.

ASRT supports new licensure bill in Pennsylvania

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has announced its support of a new licensure bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

September 13, 2019
Sanj Katyal, MD

Don’t Just Cope and Coast: Reach for More, Radiologist

As radiologists, are we working hard to improve our accuracy and service each day to help our patients and referring colleagues—or just coasting on autopilot until our next vacation or retirement?

November 30, 2018

Report: Radiologists offered average $371K base salary, rank 5th as most requested medical specialty

National healthcare search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins released its 2018 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives, which listed radiology as the fifth most requested medical specialty searched in fiscal year 2017-2018, up from 10th in the previous year's report.

July 27, 2018

Under pressure: 3 key takeaways from a new survey on burnout in radiology

Burnout is found in all healthcare specialties, but what about radiology specifically? Jeffrey P. Guenette, MD, and Stacy E. Smith, MD, of the department of radiology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, surveyed resident members of the New England Roentgen Ray Society to explore the seriousness of burnout in radiology.

June 28, 2017

Inc. Magazine Unveils 35th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000

NEW YORK, August 17, 2016 – Inc. magazine today ranked Direct Radiology No. 581 on its 35th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The company is the only radiology practice recognized with this prestigious honor and also received recognition as the No. 4 honoree in the state of Idaho. 

August 25, 2016

RedRick Technologies to Continue the Ergonomic Reading Room Discussion at Upcoming SIIM 2016 Annual Meeting

Mount Brydges, ON Canada, June 15, 2016 - RedRick Technologies, a provider of ergonomic radiology furniture, monitor mounting solutions and reading room design guidance, is looking forward to continuing the conversation about the importance of good ergonomics in the radiology reading room at the upcoming Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting in Portland, OR, June 29 - July 1. RedRick Technologies will be in booth #216-218.

June 16, 2016

Build Lung Cancer Screening Programs That Grow, Evolve

Washington, DC (March 23, 2016) — Radiologists can get “the right stuff” to build effective multidisciplinary teams and to advance the quality and effectiveness of lung cancer screening programs at ACR 2016 —The Crossroads of Radiology®. 

March 23, 2016

IAC Research Award Program 2016 Call for Proposals

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Research Committee seeks to support innovative and meritorious research relevant to accreditation and quality improvement through its annual IAC Research Award Program.

December 8, 2015

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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