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More than a dozen new mental health professionals have recently started their work in new positions throughout the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System as part of a nationwide goal to improve veterans’ access to mental health care.
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Employment at the nation’s hospitals fell by 0.12% in May to a seasonally adjusted 4,829,900 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That’s 5,900 fewer people than in April but 48,800 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment
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A new report from Burning Glass Technologies shows that the health informatics sector continues to produce jobs. Since 2007, postings for health informatics jobs have increased 10 times faster than healthcare jobs overall, according to Burning Glass.
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Hospital systems’ interest in acquiring physician practices is only growing more intense, but they’re not buying indiscriminately. Hospitals are looking at physicians who can meet their goals of raising quality while keeping a hold on costs
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Job search website CareerCast has ranked the top 12 health care jobs using a combination of five criteria: work environment, stress level, physical demands, median salary and projected job outlook by 2020. It culls its data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Amber Tench did her homework before deciding to enter a two-year nursing program last year. She talked with nurses, met with career counselors and searched the Internet.
Read more at Georgia Health News.
Employment at the nation’s hospitals rose by 0.06% in April to a seasonally adjusted 4,836,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That’s 2,700 more people than in March and 57,700 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment
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More than a third (34 percent) of healthcare workers plan to look for a new job in 2013, up from 24 percent last year. Nearly half (45 percent) plan to look for a new job over the next two years. Eighty-two percent said that while they are not
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Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review have announced their annual list of “100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.” The 2013 list was developed through nominations and editorial research, and the following organizations were chosen for
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CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. recently released a list of 20 metropolitan areas with greatest projected growth in temporary jobs through 2014. According to the study, Raleigh-Cary, N.C. is projected to have the most growth, with a
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Job growth in the healthcare industry continued its climb as winter turned to spring. The industry added jobs again in March 2013, increasing employment by 23,400 positions.
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In March, the healthcare sector represented one out of every nine U.S. jobs, an all-time high of 10.74 percent, according to a report from the Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
Read more at Becker’s Hospital Review.
Solid job growth in the healthcare sector in March continued to prop up national job creation numbers during an otherwise anemic month. Healthcare accounted for 23,400 of the 88,000 new jobs created in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Employment at the nation’s hospitals rose by 0.16% in March to a seasonally adjusted 4,837,600 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That’s 7,900 more people than in February and 61,400 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment
Read more at AHA.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, trying to cope with a surge in psychological needs of veterans, has vowed to hire 1,600 additional mental health care professionals by the end of June, but some experts say the pool of qualified candidates is
Read more at MedCity News.