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An honest day’s work: pay for performance in a pediatric radiology department

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Compensation models in radiology take a variety of forms, but regardless of practice type, successful models must reward productivity, be simple, and epitomize fairness. The ideal model should also be flexible enough to transition, based upon the changing strategic goals of a department. The plan should be constructed around rewarding the behaviors that the organization values. In this minisymposium article the author presents the value of different types of compensation plans and discusses advantages and disadvantages. Finally, the author presents a pay-for-performance model that has had long-term success at a private-turned-academic practice in pediatric radiology.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Clinical Care Center, 4th floor, 6701 Fannin St., Suite 470, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    George S. Bisset III

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Bisset, G.S. An honest day’s work: pay for performance in a pediatric radiology department. Pediatr Radiol 47, 798–802 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-3824-y

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