Good sonographers are hard to find -- and even harder to keep. If your facility is plagued by high sonographer turnover, then you might want to check out an article that we're featuring this week in our Ultrasound Digital Community.
Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Good sonographers are hard to find -- and even harder to keep. If your facility is plagued by high sonographer turnover, then you might want to check out an article that we're featuring this week in our Ultrasound Digital Community.
In the story, staff writer Erik L. Ridley describes the experiences of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, which in the early 1990s developed a plan that dramatically improved sonographer retention in order to stem a high rate of employee turnover.
The plan addressed some of the biggest pet peeves among sonographers, such as pay and the overuse of call, and issues like working conditions and quality of life. The plan paid off, with sonographer turnover plummeting as sonographers viewed Johns Hopkins as a better place to work than competing hospitals in the community.
Find out how Johns Hopkins solved the problem of sonographer retention by clicking here.
In other news in the community, a patent dispute is heating up between SonoSite of Bothell, WA, and GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., with SonoSite filing a countersuit against GE. Get that story by clicking here, or visit our Ultrasound Digital Community at ultrasound.auntminnie.com.
