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Will the Healthcare Job Market Remain Strong in 2012?

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While the rest of the economy continues to stagnate, it looks like healthcare will be one of the most productive job-creation engines in 2012. Patient and practitioner demographics will combine with healthcare system changes to create healthcare jobs month after month. Healthcare has been a rare bright spot in the job market for the past… Read more »

What Is The “Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine” and How Will It Affect Healthcare Executives?

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A U.S. legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing has been invoked in some recent high-profile healthcare prosecutions. The “responsible corporate officer” doctrine allows for prison terms of up to one year for misdemeanor violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but in the past, defendants have received only probation…. Read more »

Despite Declining Hiring Demands, Healthcare Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill

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Healthcare professionals have been among the most in-demand this year. But, despite seeing the highest volume of job ads of any occupation in the United States, hiring demand has declined 25% over the past 6 months. In May, employers placed more than 115,000 job ads. In comparison, there were 87,000 ads placed by employers in… Read more »

Healthcare Organizations Urge Congressional Super Committee Members Not to Cut Medicaid and Medicare Funding

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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Long Term Care Workers (ULTCW) and a group of partner organizations recently sent an open letter to the members of the Congressional Super Committee working on deficit reduction, calling on Committee members to use their “conscience as their compass” when deliberating solutions to the national debt. SEIU ULTCW’s major… Read more »

Can Mobile Technology Replace Primary Care Physicians?

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With growing concerns about a healthcare workforce shortage and rising costs, hospitals and health systems are exploring ways to provide services and keep expenses down. “There is currently, and will remain until about the year 2030, a shortage of health care workers to meet the demand for care. This warrants a change in the delivery… Read more »

High Student Loans Push Doctors from Primary Care Positions

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The average college graduate owes about $24,000 in student loans, but a medical school graduate owes up to twelve times as much — about $280,000. With that much debt, many young doctors are choosing to enter more lucrative specialties like dermatology or cardiology over primary care. Why? The numbers add up better. While the average… Read more »

How Low Will Hospital Margins Fall Due To Cost-Cutting?

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Back in the early years of the current recession, evidence shows that not-for-profit hospitals and systems created stable or improved operations and kept healthy operating margins thanks to spending cuts. Some efforts made headlines, such as construction delays and layoffs. Hospitals also froze wages, cut spending on supplies and equipment and closed or cut unprofitable… Read more »

Can Wireless Medical Devices Be Hacked?

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In the next five years, the use of wearable wireless devices will increase, according to a new report from ABI Research. ABI believes applications covering heart rate monitors, blood glucose meters and tracking and monitoring services will drive the adoption of a new generation of body-worn sensors, especially when the services are connected to smartphones…. Read more »

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Is This the Right Time to Expand Your Medical Practice?

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With the economy still in disarray, interest rates are still low and overextended developers are selling land and building space at greatly reduced rates. There has actually been a boom in medical office building construction, while other sectors continue to wane. If you are thinking of expanding your medical practice, now might be a good… Read more »