Workforce news links from around the nation:
March 2011: Residency Match sees National Continued Growth in Primary Care - By Carolyne Krupa, American Medical News Staff
January 2011 - Delta Physician Replacement Aency report of national trends in physician recruitment for 2010
August 2010 - AAFP announces establishment of the National Health Care Workforce Commission
June 2010 - What's Keeping Us So Busy in Primary Care? A Snapshot from One Practice - Article by Richard J. Baron, M.D., published in The New England Journal of Medicine
June 2009 - Job Growth Chart - New York Times reports that home
healthcare is the fasting growing industry in New York.
1/30/2009 - News from the Federation of State Medical
Boards
New Health Workforce Information Center to Launch in
February. Beginning in February, the new Health Workforce
Information Center will provide free access to the most recent resources on
the nation's health workforce in one online location. Information available
through the center is intended to help policymakers, hospitals and schools
develop strategies to meet future workforce demands. The center will offer
up-to-date information on health workforce programs and funding sources;
workforce data, research and policy; and educational opportunities and
models.
11/3/08 - Primary Care Physician Supply, Physician Compensation,
and Medicare Fees: What Is the Connection?
8/5/08 - PHI Real Wages Falling for Personal and Home Care Aides,
PHI Chartbook Shows National, State-by-State Data
4/14/08 - The National Academies, Advisors to the Nation on
Science, Engineering and Medicine - Health Care Work Force Too Small, Unprepared
For Aging Baby Boomers; Higher Pay, More Training, And Changes In Care Delivery
Needed To Avert Crisis
12/10/07 - Association of American Medical Colleges - 2007 State
Physician Workforce Data Book, November 2007
12/6/07 - Newsletter of The Greater Medical Center Group, Atlanta,
Georgia - On the U.S. Physicians Shortage
9/17/07 - PRESS RELEASE: Washington, D.C. Durban's Troops to Nurse
Teachers Program Wins Senate Approval
5/7/07 - Workforce Management News - Making a Career U-Turn by
Jessica Marquez. Displaced workers from Michigan's automotive industry may turn
to health career fields for employment as part of a national industrial
downsizing trend.
11/8/06 -
Newswise.Com Article: Allied Health Professions Week Highlights Workforce
Shortage Crisis.
10/11/06 - PR Newswire: Health Care Organizations Still Struggling
to Attract, Retain Workers, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds.