RadRounds Radiology Network's Blog Posts Tagged 'market' (4)

Radiographers Face Ever-Tightening Job Market



Radiography job vacancy rates have fallen for the eighth year in a row, and now stand at just 2 percent, according to a new American Society for Radiologic Technologists survey.



The vacancy rate represents the number of positions that are open and actively being recruited. While the radiographer vacancy rate this year was on a par with the 2.1 percent rate reported in the 2010 ASRT survey, the rate has steadily dropped from… Continue

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, Greg Freiherr) -- The CT marketplace in the U.S. is teetering on the edge of somnolence, a smoky gray purgatory stirred by a wafting hope of redemption but stalled in melancholy. CT has slipped into this netherworld following the manic adoption of 64-slice scanners, which has saturated the U.S. installed base with CT functionality that can meet all routine—and some extraordinary—clinical needs.…

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(NEW YORK) -- Times are changing in healthcare. Once upon a time, a severe shortage in radiology resulted in highly lucrative starting salaries and numerous job offers per resident. Residents and fellows finishing their radiology training had no problem finding the 'ideal' academic, hybrid, or private practice job with short partnership tracks, significant vacation time, and a favorable call schedule.



With the impending uncertainty related to upcoming healthcare reform in imaging… Continue

radRounds (NEW YORK) -- With talk of the stimulus package, banks going into bankruptcy, job losses daily, and jobmuch more doom and gloom in the headlines for our economy... made me wonder. Are we safe in healthcare? For that matter, is radiology safe? What does the downturn in the economy mean for radiology and radiologists?



For this article, I talked with residents, fellows, and attending level radiologists (in private and academic practices) and one thing is clear -- there is much… Continue