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March 1, 2024
An Aligned Care Model to Improve Nurse Engagement?

This blog post is adapted from the article “An Aligned Care Model to Improve Nurse Engagement and Quality Outcomes” published in Radiation Oncology News for Administrators, Vol 33, No. 5.

October 24, 2022
Day 2: Roundup of SROA's 2022 Annual Meeting

SROA members began Day 2 of SROA’s 2022 Annual Meeting with a general session called, “Centering Diversity in Radiation Oncology: The What, The Why, and The How.” Dr. Parul Berry, Dr. Jerry Jaboin and Dr. Ivy Franco provided historical context about diversity and shared some of the personal challenges they have encountered as radiation oncologists from underrepresented minority groups. They offered numerous concrete suggestions on how radiation oncology departments and centers can diversify their radiation oncologist staff and improve their retention. Some suggestions include: giving less weight to test scores; exploring more deeply the reasons for lower test scores (for example, due to lack of financial resources to take test prep courses); and having standardized questions for all interviewees. The panelists also talked about ways to improve retention such as ensuring that the HR partners have the appropriate expertise for specific circumstances.

By Tammy McCausland
Tags: Diversity, Leadership, Nursing, Payer Trends, Technology, Mentoring, radiation oncology
May 2, 2022
How to Tackle Healthcare Worker Burnout

Renowned psychologist Christina Maslach, who created the Maslach Burnout Inventory, has remarked that even before the pandemic healthcare workers were at a higher risk for burnout. The pandemic has exacerbated the burnout problem as care providers and caretakers have struggled to keep pace.1 According a survey highlighted in a March 2022 HealthcareDive article, one-third of nurses plan to quit their jobs by the end of this year.2 Physician burnout increased from 42 percent in 2020 to 47 percent in 2021 according to the Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2022: Stress, Anxiety and Anger.3 The report notes that “Most physicians said that burnout permeates most aspects of their lives, with 54% indicating that the impact was strong to severe, including with their relationships.”3

Since the pandemic has worsened burnout and the coronavirus continues to stretch the country’s healthcare resources to their limits, how can healthcare leaders help their teams tackle burnout? We highlight several recent articles that offer suggestions.

By Tammy McCausland
Tags: Burnout, Nursing
April 15, 2020
Tips to Help You Reduce Nursing Turnover

A recent article* published in Radiation Oncology News for Administrators offers suggestions on how to fix a nursing turnover problem.

By Tammy McCausland
Tags: Leadership, Staffing, Nursing