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 »
Posts Tagged: healthcare staffing
Despite Declining Hiring Demands, Healthcare Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill
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 »
Can Mobile Technology Replace Primary Care Physicians?
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 »
Is This the Right Time to Expand Your Medical Practice?
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 »
Why Are Local Hospitals Becoming For-Profit – And What Are The Consequences?
Most U.S. hospitals have been run as non-profit organizations for the last 30 years, but there is a new and growing trend toward hospitals becoming for-profit entities. Is this a positive move, or a bad idea? Voices on both sides of the debate have been loud and clear. Those who support the for-profit delivery model… Read more »
New Bill Introduced to Improve Patient Care & Curtail Nurse Shortage
This June, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced legislation that would establish a federal minimum of nurse-to-patient ratios at all hospitals and offer whistleblower protection, giving nurses the right to seek enforcement of staffing standards. Aimed at decreasing mortality rates and preventing medical errors, the legislation would require that hospitals and direct care nurses work together… Read more »
Labor Costs Comparable for Temporary and Permanent Nurses
Hospital executives constantly face the challenge of managing labor costs and fluctuating levels of available clinical personnel while managing patient care. KPMG LLP’s Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals division recently conducted a study that addressed hospitals’ views on quality of patient care, direct employee labor costs, and temporary nurse usage. The 2011 U.S. Hospital Nursing Labor Costs… Read more »
Improving ER Patient Flow
Patients aren’t the only ones who worry that their hospital’s emergency room (ER) is too busy to deliver reliable, prompt care. A majority of hospital leaders worry about the same thing. In a recent survey conducted by the American College of Emergency Physicians, most administrators named overcrowding in the ER as one of their top… Read more »
EHRs – The New Threat to HIPAA
What would you do if you discovered an employee in your organization was violating your patients’ privacy rights? It’s happening more frequently, as the portability and availability of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have made it easier for medical professionals and staff to violate HIPAA laws. Despite legally mandated protections of patient information, there has been… Read more »