Measuring and managing radiologist productivity, part 2: beyond the clinical numbers.
Radiology practices endeavoring to measure physician productivity, identify and motivate performance outliers, and develop equitable management strategies and policies often encounter numerous challenges. Nonetheless, such efforts are often necessary, in both private and academic settings, for a variety of professional, financial, and personnel reasons. Part 1 of this series detailed metrics for evaluating radiologist productivity and reviewed published benchmarks, focusing on clinical work. This segment expands that discussion to evaluating nonclinical administrative and academic efforts, along with professionalism and quality, outlining advantages and disadvantages of addressing differential productivity, and introducing potential models for practices seeking to motivate physicians on the basis of both their clinical and nonclinical endeavors.
Duszak
Richard
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Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics, Memphis, Tennessee 38120, USA. rduszak@duszak.com
Muroff
Lawrence R
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D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017748:Time Management