As changes in healthcare reimbursement took hold, the hospital administrators exerted enormous pressure on the radiology department to stop the hemorrhaging of money. Curtis dutifully explained the problem to his nursing staff, who told him the fault lay with the schedulers, who explained to him that the physicians were the ones to blame.The doctors indignantly asserted that the problems were due to the impossibly slow pace of the technicians operating the equipment. When approached, the clinical technicians(techs) pointed their fingers at the nurses, claiming they were slow prepping the patients.