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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Report predicts a shortage of 100,000 healthcare workers by 2028

An analysis from Mercer paints a complicated picture of healthcare labor shortages, where some states will fare far better than others. 

Elizabeth Ann Ignacio, MD, FSIR, FACR, the chair of Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Small and Rural Practices Committee, president of the Hawaii Medical Association, and a board member of the American College of Radiology, outlines the shortage of IRs outside of major cities and ways to make these positions more attractive.

How to address the shortage of interventional radiologists

Elizabeth Ann Ignacio, MD, FSIR, FACR, chair of SIR Small and Rural Practices Committee, and an ACR board member, outlines ways to make these positions outside of major cities more attractive.

Immigration attorney Kathleen Campbell Walker explains how can immigration help solve the healthcare staffing shortages.

Immigration barriers prevent solution to healthcare staffing shortages

Kathleen Campbell Walker, JD, immigration practice attorney, and past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), explains the barriers to global physician mobility amid growing shortages.

Dana Smetherman, MD, explains the ACR take on the growing radiology staffing shortage.

Radiology workforce shortage a major concern for the American College of Radiology

Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MBA, CEO of the ACR, discusses the reasons behind the worsening shortage of radiologists, along with possible solutions. 

The Texas State Capital building in Austin where 140 scope creep bills were defeated in 2024 by the Texas medical Association.

Texas legislature held ground in face of scope of practice expansion bills

The AMA applauded the Texas Medical Association for defeating dozens of scope of practice creep bills in the Texas legislature this year.

Bharath Krishnamurthy, a director of Health Policy and Analytics at the American Hospital Association (AHA), explains the financial impact of the growing healthcare staffing shortage.

Healthcare staffing shortages leading to financial instability

Bharath Krishnamurthy, a director of health policy and analytics at the American Hospital Association, explains the financial impact of current healthcare staffing shortages.

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Cardiologist files lawsuit over salary—says she earns 37% less than male colleague she trained

A veteran cardiologist in Boston has filed a new lawsuit that claims she is earning a much lower salary than a less experienced male colleague. She believes this violates the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act.

Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, the new CEO of the American College of Radiology (ACR), explains with the ongoing 2024 election, it is very unlikely there will be any serious reform to the Medicare payment system this year. She said further Medicare cuts set for 2025 also further threaten patient access to care.

Meaningful Medicare reform unlikely in 2024

New American College of Radiology CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, discusses the impact of reimbursement cuts, issues with staffing costs and prior authorization. 

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