In June 2014, America’s number crunchers helped further support what an earlier U.S. News’ article on the 100 Best Jobs of 2014 indicated; primary care positions are hot. Among the hottest are nurse practitioners, physicians and registered nurses. All three fell in the magazine’s top 10. You may ask, “How did the number wizards’ latest revelations add support to the magazine’s previous […]
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration offered America’s community health centers a chance to take advantage of $300 million in grants partially designed to increase the healthcare workforce. That grant window will be closing on July 1st. And we suspect that once it does, and the award letters are sent out,primary care job openings are likely to crop […]
The prospective nursing student wanting to get into the market for challenging and fulfilling nurse practitioner jobs must first complete nursing school. Nursing program students are understandably both eager and anxious to get their formal training under way. They have completed the difficult academics and undergone the rigorous screening. The next step is to simply surrender to […]
Americans following the bad news about the Veterans Affairs Administration are slowly starting to learn that a lack of people qualified enough to fill physician jobs is partly to blame. The list of other contributing factors includes shortages of other primary care providers, like nurse practitioners and physician assistants. And sadly, the VA is not the only organization that’s […]
As recent Associated Press, Cincinnati Business Courier and Crain’s Detroit Business’ articles have pointed out, hospitals are increasingly working towards embracing diversity. And those efforts include more than just coming up with bilingual marketing plans. Driven by America’s changing demographics and an overriding need to do away with healthcare disparities, it’s a trend that includes everything from ethnic menus to […]
Primary care physicians are retiring and medical students are focusing their career choices elsewhere. Although this doesn’t come as a surprise, it is alarming that the gap between patient needs and available providers is widening. However, this shrinking physician population has created a high number of nurse practitioner jobs putting “advanced practice registered nurses” in high demand. As […]
The country’s healthcare industry sent out the cry for more medical professionals and some very unexpected people have been answering the call. At least that’s what’s happening at one renowned, college of medicine in Pennsylvania, according to The Patriot-News reporter, David Wenner. He reported that retired, professional athletes are entering medical college in the hopes of helping to […]
Healthcare has traditionally been one of the most stable industries in the country. It has provided those who can get through the rigorous training required with profitable and stable jobs. Four of the five top 100 jobs in a recent U.S. news ranking were in the medical field. However, trends are changing, and it can be very hard […]
An analysis from HealthPocket raises the specter that individuals who obtain health coverage under expanded Medicaid starting in 2014 will have to dig to find a clinician who will treat them. At the same time that many states are increasing their Medicaid rolls under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), only 43 percent of physicians report that […]
According to a new study, an estimated 29 million people who are required by federal law to buy health insurance next year will spark a demand for more Physicians in some parts of the nation. Dr. Elbert Huang, of University of Chicago Medicine, and Howard Finegold, an analyst in the U.S. Department of Health […]