VIDEO: How to address staffing shortages in cardiac CT

The healthcare industry, like many others, is facing the challenges of staffing shortages amid what has been termed the "great resignation." This phenomenon has had a significant impact on hospitals and clinics across the country, including the field of cardiac CT. This issues was addressed at the 2023 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting.

Former SCCT president Eric Williamson, MD, vice chair of radiology informatics and AI at Mayo Clinic, presented during the session on staffing challenges. He provided insights into recruitment and retention strategies for physicians and technologists in the field.

"I did not get involved in this career to be running a business office or trying to figure out any sort of business or financial plans," Williamson explained. "But the reality of what happens to people when they go into clinical practice is that they have to run a service, and it's very easy to think about your technology resource of the space you need. But what we frequently neglect is, what's the human resource that's going to be required to run that service and run it effectively?"