Hawkins J
Hawkins & Associates, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Radiol Manage. 2001 Jul-Aug;23(4):26-8.
In a survey of 254 hospital radiology departments conducted last year, Dallas-based U.S. Radiology Partners (USRP), a radiology management firm, found that 45 percent of hospitals are understaffed in radiology. Fifty-six percent of hospital radiology department heads surveyed by USRP indicated that staffing shortages were diminishing the quality of care their departments are able to provide. Moreover, staffing shortages are occurring at a time when radiology volume generally is increasing. There are various underlying reasons why the supply of radiologists and other physicians is insufficient to meet demand in many areas, including institutional misdiagnosis, graduate medical education, patient preferences, the economy, restrictions on international medical graduates, practice patterns, patient and physician demographics and new technology. Given current physician supply and demand trends, a strategic radiology staffing plan is needed. Such a plan would include the following elements: retention, candidate parameters, contracts and incentives, sourcing, screening, interviewing, responsiveness and decisiveness.
去年，总部位于达拉斯的放射学管理公司美国放射学合作伙伴（USRP）对254家医院放射科进行了一项调查，发现45%的医院放射科人员配备不足。接受USRP调查的医院放射科主任中有56%表示，人员短缺正在降低其科室能够提供的护理质量。此外，人员短缺发生在放射检查量普遍增加的时候。在许多地区，放射科医生和其他医生的供应不足以满足需求，有各种潜在原因，包括机构误诊、毕业后医学教育、患者偏好、经济、对国际医学毕业生的限制、执业模式、患者和医生人口统计学以及新技术。鉴于目前医生供需趋势，需要制定一项战略性放射科人员配备计划。这样的计划将包括以下要素：留用、候选人参数、合同与激励措施、招聘渠道、筛选、面试、响应能力和决策能力。
