In today’s economy, many workers in tons of industries are experiencing layoffs, pay cuts and overall difficulty finding work. Luckily, the best time to shift careers and get into a new line of work is during a recession. With tons of industries booming and growing in today’s world of advanced technology and larger populations, it’s a perfect time to transition into a more fulfilling career in the health care industry. Health care jobs exist for every line of work, ranging from administrative jobs to physician’s assistants. Many people are finding current times to be a great opportunity to train for a surgical technician career. A surgical technician career can seem daunting and like it requires extensive training, but the reality is many surgical technician training programs can be completed in 9 to 24 months.
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Colorado Medical Jobs in Schools Supported through Funding
Friday, April 9th, 2010Many Colorado medical jobs in schools will be supported through a new round of funding.
Gov. Bill Ritter recently announced that Colorado will be included among 10 states to receive $100 million in federal funding for improvements in healthcare quality and delivery systems for children receiving care in school-based health centers.
The funding in Colorado will be received through a joint project with New Mexico. All of the grants are being funded by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.
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San Diego Medical Jobs
Thursday, February 25th, 2010There are plenty of hospitals where those looking for San Diego medical jobs may be able to find work.
The healthcare industry as a whole has remained stable – continually adding jobs and growing in popularity and necessity – despite the economic recession. Although San Diego’s healthcare industry has lost some workers on a yearly basis, it has been growing month-to-month.
The San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area’s education and health services industry employed 137,200 workers during December 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 137,000 workers during November, but a .4 percent decrease from December 2008.
Dallas Medical Jobs
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Anyone looking for a career in the healthcare industry could benefit from obtaining Dallas medical jobs.
The healthcare industry is one of the few that has remained stable across the board despite the economic recession. During December 2009, the healthcare industry throughout the nation employed 16.4 million people and had an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent.
The Dallas-Plano-Irving area’s education and health services industry employed 255,500 workers during November 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 254,900 workers during October and a 9 percent increase from November 2008.
Austin Medical Jobs, Teaching Jobs See Biggest Yearly Gain
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010As the city’s unemployment rate declined and more jobs were added during November 2009, Austin medical jobs and teaching jobs saw the biggest yearly increase in employment.
From August through October, the Austin-Round Rock area’s unemployment rate remained at 7.2 percent, but during November, that rate decreased to 6.9 percent. That places the city well below the national unemployment rate of 10 percent.
The Austin area had a total non-farm employment of 780,900 workers during November, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 778,500 workers during October and only a .5 percent decrease from the previous year.
Portland Medical Jobs to See Biggest Growth
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Portland medical jobs and healthcare positions throughout the State of Oregon will account for the majority of employment growth through 2018.
The Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton area’s education and health services industry employed 137,100 workers during October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 134,100 workers during September and a .6 percent increase from last year.
According to the Oregon Employment Department, the state as a whole is expected to add more than 160,000 jobs between 2008 and 2018, accounting for an increase of 9 percent. This is similar to the 165,000 jobs, or 10 percent, growth seen during the previous decade.
Healthcare Technology Jobs Are Here to Stay
Thursday, March 19th, 2009With the promotion of information technology in healthcare, the industry is all set for the revolution. The healthcare and IT industries will see a major boom in the coming years — translating into an influx of jobs in healthcare.
The $19 billion economic stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama will give a much needed boost to the healthcare information technology sector. This will promote the use of healthcare technology in a big way and will also create a safety revolution in the healthcare sector.
This will encourage e-prescribing in a big way. According to Reuters, as many as 75 percent of US doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within the next five years and 90 percent will be e-prescribing by 2018. E-prescribing will help prevent medical errors and also would save the US government $22 billion over the next decade according to the report prepared by the healthcare research firm Visante. ”Greater use of e-prescribing also will prevent 3.5 million medication errors and 585,000 hospitalizations by 2018”, as predicted by the Visante report.
”The growth in e-prescription will result in a surge in the demand for healthcare technology professionals. Healthcare technology jobs are becoming increasingly popular, and InformationTechnologyCrossing has already started adding thousands of such jobs to its niche job site,” says A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing.
InformationTechnologyCrossing searches, organizes, and displays every information technology job it can find on the Internet. It is a private website, and only members have access to its job-opening research.
Jobs in Healthcare May Be Slashed in New York
Saturday, December 20th, 2008Despite bad economic conditions over the last year, jobs in healthcare have seemed immune to the problems other areas of employment have been faced with. In most states, this industry showed the most or only job growth each month that the U.S. Labor Bureau Statistics reported. Now the recession may be catching up with medical jobs in some areas, according to new data.
The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) released a survey they recently complied which showed that 80 percent of hospitals in the state are having money trouble. This has caused them to have to look into the possibility of slashing the services they provide, laying off workers or delaying large scale improvement projects they have planned.“Hospital balance sheets have gone from bad to catastrophic,” said Daniel Sisto, HANYS’ President. “The national and state economic crises and repeated governmental cuts to health care have devastated the most important services our communities need.”
This has resulted in the state’s hospitals, which received the second worst operating margin in the country last year, to see themselves fall even further behind. Now medical facilities in the area have reported an average decrease to minus 1 percent.
Over half (68 percent) of participating hospitals reported that they are currently scaling back their improvement projects. At this time, 51 percent are in thinking about the possibility of a hiring freeze. Another 30 percent said that they might cut existing services. Only 18 percent reported that they may do away with healthcare jobs. Out of the 80 percent that feels they need to take one measure or another, 75 percent said that they might have to find more than one solution to fix their problems.
“Hospitals are the economic anchors of the communities they serve. As the financial condition of hospitals continues to degrade, there will be very little choice than to eliminate jobs in order to protect core services—further weakening already fragile local economies and threatening the level of care and service the public demands,” said Sisto. “For years, New York hospitals have been victims of government cut after government cut. As a result, we have the second worst operating margins in the country, and have been placed in a position to fail as we try to navigate through the worst economy in generations.”
“The warning signs are clear,” Sisto went on to say. “And policymakers should heed the alarms. The ability to continue to provide critically needed health care services in communities across the state is very much in doubt. Even in the best of times, New York ’s non-profit hospitals must scratch and claw for every dollar, just to cover basic operating costs. In this economic climate, patients’ access to care and hospitals’ ability to deliver services face the threat of being eliminated.”
New Orleans Medical Center Will Create Jobs, Aid In Rebuilding After Hurricane
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the State of Louisiana have jointly announced the selection of adjacent downtown sites for construction of their replacement medical center projects. The two projects, called the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Louisiana State University Academic Medical Center, restore greatly needed health care capability lost in New Orleans during flooding after Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005.
New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin said, “The new VA hospital in downtown New Orleans will provide needed medical care for veterans throughout the region and will serve as a key economic driver for our future. Along with the new LSU hospital, it will serve as the centerpiece of our biomedical district, generating thousands of healthcare jobs and enabling our city to compete with communities that are known for their medical services and research.”
“Restoring a full capability medical center for our veterans in New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana is one of the Secretary’s highest priorities,” said Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield.
“VA selected the downtown site because it offers the best solution for our veterans, today and into the future,” Mansfield added. “The site, located within a robust medical district with affiliate health care teaching universities, promotes long term operational synergy and efficiency. The selected site aligns with the City of New Orleans and State of Louisiana Hurricane Katrina recovery and redevelopment plans.”
An agreement between VA and the City of New Orleans obligates the city to acquire the land for the new facility, prepare the site for construction and turn over the site to VA within one year.
“Constructing this state-of-the-art medical complex near downtown New Orleans follows through on the Administration’s commitment to fully support recovery efforts,” he said.
The announcement follows a nearly one-year process of extensive study of site alternatives, including analysis of the potential impacts on the environment and historically significant structures.
“The announcement by my colleagues at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs brings to closure a collaborative and inclusive process involving Federal, state and local government, as well as stakeholders who determined the location of the new veterans hospital,” said retired Maj. Gen. Douglas O’Dell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding.
“The hospital is a key component of the city’s vision of a revitalized downtown area and a world class medical campus,” O’Dell added. “Further, this decision advances the goal President Bush and Secretary Peake established of better access to quality health care for the needs of current and future veterans.”
Dr. John Lombardi, LSU System President, said that building these hospitals in close proximity to each other assures the future of top quality health care, research, and medical education not only for the New Orleans area but for the entire state for many years to come. “This is a major milestone in constructing these joint academic medical centers that are destined to be models of health care reform for the nation in creating thousands of jobs while delivering cost-efficient medical treatment and disease management,” he said.
Healthcare Jobs Managed Through New Technology
Saturday, November 8th, 2008After a thorough search and business proposal process, 360 Healthcare Staffing (formerly Aedon Staffing) has selected BlueSky Medical Staffing Software (MSS) to assist in the management of healthcare jobs professional staffing business. BlueSky MSS is a division of Amistaff Healthcare Technology.
“360 Healthcare Staffing made the decision to use BlueSky software because it is designed to simplify many of the important functions our staff must complete every day,” said Jeanette Weinz, Vice President of 360 Healthcare Staffing. “BlueSky provides features such as scheduling, travel assignments, reports, vendor management, payroll and background screenings. The software allows for the 360 staff to be much more efficient with their medical staffing assignments.”
BlueSky MSS is an enterprise-level, Web-based software solution that helps healthcare staffing organizations to streamline their workflow and to automate their onboarding process for candidates. In addition, with BlueSky’s integration of NurseTesting.com, the leader in online clinical competency testing and most recognized by healthcare facilities across the country, 360 Healthcare Staffing can ensure that its candidates are best qualified to meet client needs.
“Having worked closely with the leaders of 360 Healthcare Staffing in the implementation of BlueSky, it was apparent they were looking for a solution that would streamline processes, enhance communication and provide credential management for their employees to assure the placement of quality healthcare professionals in their client facilities. BlueSky is the perfect solution for 360 Healthcare Staffing,” said Chris Carrington, VP Product Development for BlueSky MSS. “We look forward to a continued relationship as they accomplish their business objectives.”
360 Healthcare Staffing is a healthcare staffing company specializing in the placement of nurses, therapists, therapy assistants, nursing home administrators and allied healthcare positions in both acute care and skilled nursing facilities. 360 Healthcare Staffing’s team of staffing managers brings the strength of years of industry experience to serve its customers. They understand the critical nature of staffing shortages that healthcare facilities face every day, and the need for each healthcare professional to find the right fit — the right location, the right pay, and the right work environment. Each staffing opportunity is managed with both a sense of urgency and a focus on quality. 360 Healthcare Staffing offers the right mix of flexibility and stability to meet the needs of an ever-changing healthcare environment.