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.

Internal medicine physicians spend a lot of time working with heart failure patients. A new commentary in JACC: Heart Failure explored the potential impact of providing IM trainees with special training so that they can deliver additional value.

A possible remedy for cardiology’s staffing shortages: heart failure internists

Internal medicine physicians spend a lot of time working with heart failure patients. A new commentary in JACC: Heart Failure explored the potential impact of providing IM trainees with special training so that they can deliver additional value.

March 21, 2024
With a growing shortage of cardiologists in the U.S., there is growing interest recruiting more clinicians from overseas. But there are barriers to this, approach explained Abdel Almanfi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, a structural heart interventional cardiologist at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He spoke with Cardiovascular Business and shared his journey from Libya to the United States, shedding light on the challenges foreign doctors face in realizing their dreams of practicing in America.

Cardiologist shares his long journey from Libya to United States

Abdel Almanfi, MD, went through years of training in Libya, but then he had to start over once he landed in the United States. 

March 15, 2024
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Cardiologist at heart of TAVR controversy loses hospital privileges due to ‘disruptive,’ ‘inexplicable’ behavior

The doctor appealed the hospital's decision in hopes of returning to work, but that appeal was ultimately denied. 

February 28, 2024
João Cavalcante, MD, Minneapolis Heart Institute, spoke at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2023 meeting to try and get more radiologists interested in cardiac imaging to help fill the rising need for cardiac imagers on structural heart teams and a growing number of other types of heart and acute care teams.

Filling the crucial role of multimodality imagers on the heart team

João Cavalcante, MD, spoke at RSNA 2023 about key topics and tried to get more radiologists interested in cardiac imaging.

December 15, 2023
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Cardiologists, other physicians say the shift from private practice to corporate ownership is bad for patients

How do changes in ownership impact patient care? That was one of the many topics explored in a new survey of U.S. physicians.

December 5, 2023
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Cardiologist in Israel suspended for alleged support of Hamas—doctor maintains innocence

The doctor says the social media post that led to his suspension was taken out of context. "I have not supported, do not support and will not support acts of terrorism," he said. 

October 19, 2023
Former SCCT president Eric Williamson, MD, FSCCT, vice chair for radiology informatics and AI at Mayo Clinic, presented the session one staffing challenges and provided insights into recruitment and retention strategies for physicians and technologists in the field. #SCCT #SCCT23 #SCCT2023 #cardiovascularbusiness

How to address staffing shortages in cardiac CT

Eric Williamson, MD, a former SCCT president, examined recruitment and retention strategies for physicians and technologists in the field of cardiac CT. 

October 12, 2023
Video of Ritu Thamman, MD, University of Pennsylvania, leads a Women in Echo session on workplace bulling in the cardiology workplace at ASE 2023. Photo by Dave Fornell #ASE #ASE2023 #WOMENINECHO

How to deal with workplace bullying and discrimination in cardiology

Ritu Thamman, MD, provided an in-depth look at some of the issues women still encounter in the cardiology workplace, including bullying and barriers to promotion.

August 21, 2023

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Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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