Allied Healthcare Professional Revenue and ROI Report
MORE ALLIED RADIOLOGY PROFESSIONALS NEEDED
Among allied professionals, radiology professionals in various modalities are in particularly high demand, with many positions going unfilled. The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Radiologic Science Staffing and Workplace Survey showed a 2023 imaging technology vacancy rate of 18.1%, as reported by radiology department heads nationwide. This is up from 6.2% in 2021 and is an all-time high since the survey was first conducted in 2001. The survey found the following increases in vacancy rates in various imaging modalities compared with 2021:
2021
2023
7.1%
18.6%
8.7%
17.7%
6.9%
16.7%
8.7%
16.2%
4.2%
14.5%
4.3%
13.6%
3.8%
6.9%
Cardiovascular interventional technology
Computed tomography
Sonography
Magnetic resonance imaging
Nuclear medicine
Mammography
Bone densitometry
The survey also noted that survey respondents work in:
13.7%
9.6%
53%
imaging centers
physician's offices
hospitals
Demand for imaging technologists is exceeding supply for a number of reasons, a primary one being population aging. Older people generate a proportionately higher percent of imaging tests than younger people, creating more demand for diagnostic images than there are technologists to take them.
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