How hospitals' requirements lead to staffing shortages

Most hospitals are now also requiring fingerprinting and immunizations, with some demanding double PPDs. Extra COVID boosters and proof of previous immunization for MMR, Hepatitis B, and Varicella are now required. They require current titers. COVID cards are no longer valid and also require a printout of where you received them. Hospitals are reaching a point where they will have no one to work.

Working in credentialing now and being on this side is also frustrating. We are not allowed to pull NPDBs or DEAs to assist and streamline the credentialing process. Radiologists who read for hundreds of places are required to know every place they read for; if not, they’re denied.
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