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It is no secret that the Radiology Jobs market has undergone a significant transformation in the past eighteen months. The number of Radiology jobs currently available in 2010 has been reduced by a factor of 50-70% from previous (2007-2008) levels of comparable Radiology jobs depending on the specific geographic region and area of specialization.
Posted: 2010-03-05
Category: Careers
The need for health care will continue to grow as the population in the US ages. This one issue will make the demand for physicians to increase and if left uncorrected will lead to shortages. There are several other factors are impacting this problem, the shrinking economy, the aging population and finally the impending health care "reform".
Posted: 2010-03-04
Category: Careers
The ongoing saga of health reform having an impact on all specialties. Until it becomes clear exactly what is being changed and how that will effect each party the market will be hamstrung. Indecision effects spending on expansion and hiring at all levels of health care.
Posted: 2010-03-04
Category: Careers
Cardiology has been a prime medical specialty throughout the history of modern medicine. Cardiologists treat diseases and irregularities of the heart. A general cardiologist does not perform surgery. Physicians in the cardiology field who do perform surgeries include cardiac pulmonologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and cardiovascular surgeons.
Posted: 2010-03-04
Category: Careers
Over the past year, there has been a lot of commotion on Capitol Hill regarding healthcare and how it’s going to affect innumerable groups such as working Americans and middle class, small business owners and entrepreneurs, big businesses and insurance companies, the medical field, the underinsured, Medicare and Medicaid, the private sector and the federal budget, senior citizens and children, and many more. The outcome of this will no doubt be historical and change healthcare radically...
Posted: 2010-03-04
Category: Careers
A recently released a report showing that for the second year in a row the number of U.S. teenage girls giving birth continues to increase after a 14 year decline. An Associated Press review of birth rates starting in 1909 found the total number of U.S. births now is the highest since 1961, near the end of the baby boom.
Posted: 2010-03-04
Category: Careers
As the population ages, the need for Emergency and Urgent Care also grows. The current physician shortage in the United States is expected to worsen over time. Other issues are affecting this shortage as well, including the shrinking economy and the impending health care reform.
Posted: 2010-02-22
Category: Arts & Entertainment
In the United States, there are approximately twenty eight thousand Hospitalists practicing today. Approximately 50% of hospitals across the nation have a branch of this specialized unit. Many medical education facilities, such as colleges and universities, are beginning to develop Hospitalist-based residencies.
Posted: 2010-02-22
Category: Careers
The need for health care will continue to grow as the population in the US ages. This one issue will make the demand for physicians to increase and could lead to shortages of medical services. Other factors are impacting demand for health care, the shrinking economy and the purported health care "reform".
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Careers
There is currently concern about a growing shortage of physicians of all specialties in the US. The bulk of the population in the US is the “baby boom” generation which is now entering retirement age.
Posted: 2010-01-26
Category: Careers
The supply of Anesthesiologists may not be meeting the demand for services creating shortages. Some medical schools are increasing their enrollments based on this. Further, this shortage of personnel makes it harder for hospitals to terminate contracts with one group and replace them with another.
Posted: 2010-01-26
Category: Careers
There is particular concern about shortages in the near future as older physicians retire. Rural areas are especially vulnerable to attracting and retaining physicians.
Posted: 2010-01-21
Category: Careers
Employment of physicians and surgeons is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations. As baby boomers age and the need for health care grows the current physician shortage in the US is expected to grow.
Posted: 2010-01-05
Category: Careers
US Department of Labor, about three to four percent of all physicians (about 20,000) are specialized in orthopedic surgery. Over half of all orthopedic surgeons practice general orthopedics, while eleven percent practice spinal surgery, ten percent practice sports medicine, and the remainder specialize in other sub-specialties of Orthopedics.
Posted: 2010-01-05
Category: Careers
The United States is in the midst of a physician shortage that is expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. There are several factors that are causing this problem, the shrinking economy, the aging population and finally the impending health care “reform”.
Posted: 2009-12-28
Category: Careers
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