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Nursing Shortage Makes RN Most In-Demand Job In U.S.
Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital was $5.3 million over budget in June, a consequence of fewer births, more charity care, and a nursing shortage that is forcing one of the largest public hospitals in...
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Disconnect Apparent Over Role HR Plays In Patient Care
Human resource professionals who work in healthcare say what they do makes a difference in the quality of care employees provide. In an online survey completed by 516 healthcare industry professionals,...
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Nurse, Truck Driver, IT, Supervisor Jobs Stay Posted Longest
Based entirely on how long a job stays online, truck drivers and nurses are the toughest jobs in the nation to fill. The latter is not much of a surprise. Newspapers, blogs and healthcare networks are...
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FDA Gets Recommendation to Regulate Some Health IT
The Food and Drug Administration should not regulate healthcare IT the way it does traditional medical devices. However, some technology — for instance, that which monitors patient condition and makes...
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Making Healthcare HR More Efficient Is Key Goal
Streamlining their own processes is the first choice of HR healthcare professionals when it comes to reducing costs. More than planning for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and even more...
View ArticleStudy Out On “Moral Distress” Among Burn Unit Nurses
It’s been known for many years now that healthcare workers experience a sense of “moral distress” over the ethical choices they face daily between what they may believe is the right thing to do and...
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RN Jobs: Still the Most Advertised Position Online
Registered Nurse is the most commonly advertised job title in the U.S., a distinction the profession has held on and off (but never out of the top 10) for years. According to Wanted Analytics, there...
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Obamacare Plays Role In Medical Jobs Boom
Whatever you may think of the new Affordable Care Act it’s already creating new healthcare jobs, and increasing demand for nurse practitioners and physician assistants. “Nurse practitioners and...
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Study Says FDA Has ‘Flexible Standards’ For Drug Approvals
A study this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association says the FDA has “flexible standards” for approving new drug therapies. Drawing on data in the FDA drug database, researchers said...
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The Top Healthcare Jobs For 2014
Notwithstanding December’s rare decline in the nation’s healthcare jobs, the sector is expected to be one of the strongest areas of employment growth through 2014 and beyond. Healthcare has been...
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Experience, Education Hiring Trends for RNs
Junior Registered Nurse – fewer than 2 years experience – is the most in-demand experience level, based on an examination of online job postings. Junior RNs also have the largest candidate supply....
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Tech, Healthcare At Top Of ’100 Best Jobs’ List
Tech and healthcare jobs are tops for 2014 says U.S. News. Widely consulted for its top 100 lists, the publication recently announced its “100 Best Jobs,” and at the very top was software developer....
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Healthcare IT Hiring Crunch
There’s a little less competition for IT professionals in the healthcare sector this month. Based on a count of the online job postings for tech workers by healthcare providers and health insurers,...
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Jeopardy Winner Takes On Brain Cancer
In 20111, it beat two Jeopardy champions to win a million dollars. Now, Watson, IBM”s supercomputer that speaks plain English, will attempt to beat brain cancer. Partnering with the New York Genome...
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Chewing Gum Can Reduce Your Stress at Work
Back in 3rd grade, when Mrs. Greenstein caught us chewing gum, she made us deposit in the trash. Then we had to write, “I will not chew gum in class,” on the board while everyone else enjoyed recess....
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Study: Healthcare Usage Up For First Time In Three Years
Patients made more use of the nation’s healthcare system in 2013, increasing their spending on drugs and making more visits to specialists and hospitals for outpatient treatment. It’s the first time in...
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Jobs Are Booming For Medical Scribes
New opportunities are opening up for administrative assistants and other office support staff in, of all things, healthcare. Hospitals and clinics, and increasingly now that electronic medical records...
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National Nurses Week: Celebrating the Professionals in the Hardest to Fill Job
With National Nurses Week beginning today, Wanted Analytics took a fresh look at the hiring demand for nurses and found, to the surprise of no one who recruits and hires these professionals, that the...
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Best Paid Docs Not Sure They Would Do It Again
Orthopedists are the highest paid doctors, earning an average $413,000 annually. Those specializing in the treatment of AIDS and HIV are the lowest paid at an average of $174,000. Male doctors earn...
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Healthcare Workers Restless As Hiring Demand Grows
Glassdoor has some sobering statistics for healthcare employers: 75% of workers say salary and comp is the primary driver for them to look for a new job; 42% say their relationship with their boss is...
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