Breast Imaging Staffing Shortages: Defining the Problem and Addressing Root Causes
Most breast imaging radiologists perceive their current breast imaging practices to be short-staffed for radiologists, mammography technologists, US technologists, and support staff. Understanding contributing factors is crucial to addressing root causes and mitigating impact on patient care and burnout across breast imaging team members.
Authors
- Brittany Z. Dashevsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-5165)
- Brian N. Dontchos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-2218)
- Lars J. Grimm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-3352)
- Lisa A. Mullen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3191-2865)
- Beatriu Reig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-8601)
- Kristen Coffey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-8349)
- Sonya Bhole
- Katerina Dodelzon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9138-4385)
- Colin Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8049-0414)
- Jay R. Parikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5949-9171)
- Sarah Jacobs
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- New Ulm Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (US)
- Kalamazoo College (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Breast Imaging
- Published
- 2025-06-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jbi/wbaf031
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Radiology practices and education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.72