Maryland Nursing Shortage Continues To Worsen Despite Increased Salaries
The nursing shortage in Maryland continues to worsen, despite increased salaries, improved recruitment efforts and publicly funded scholarship programs.
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Colorado To Face Shortage Of Physicians
One-third of Colorado physicians are ages 55 and older, and their eventual retirements likely will lead to a provider shortage.
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Maternal, Family Care Workplace Discrimination Lawsuits Increase
There has been a "flood" of workplace discrimination lawsuits filed since the mid-1990s because of family care-giving obligations.
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Salaries For US Physicians Contribute To High Health Spending
Salaries for U.S. physicians are two to three times higher than salaries for physicians in other industrialized nations.
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Increasing Labor Shortage In Japan Prompting Companies To Provide More Benefits To Female Workers
An increasing shortage of labor in Japan is prompting companies to retain female workers with new vigor.
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Travel Nurses Gaining Acceptance
Travel nurses say they are generally accepted by managers, other nurses, physicians and patients in the work place.
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Substance Abuse And Addiction Among Most Serious Workplace Issues
A national survey shows that substance abuse and addiction are recognized as among the most serious problems faced in the workplace.
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Rising Health Care Costs Negatively Impact Economy
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to release a new report "The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey."
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Healthy Workforce Act Would Pave Way To Build Healthier Workforce
New legislation would benefit workers, lower health care costs and promote a workplace culture of health.
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Poor Employee Health Costlier Than Employers Think
U.S. employers may be significantly underestimating the overall costs of poor employee health, while failing to fully assess the diseases and health conditions that drive these costs.
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Some Professionals Choose To Enter Nursing Field As Second Career
Small but growing number of mid-career professionals are choosing to enter the nursing field as a second career.
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More Nursing School Applicants Denied Admission, Shortage Increasing
Number of applicants denied admission to nursing schools has increased sixfold since 2002.
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Nurses In Wales To Get Pay Rise In Full
Nurses will receive an unstaged pay increase of 2.5 per cent this year.
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Uncorrected Vision Problems Cost Employers Billions
Vision problems, affecting 120 million Americans, carry a hefty price tag for American businesses.
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Value-Based Medical Delivery Not Based On Cost Alone
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, MD joined a host of provider and patient advocacy organizations in the nation's capital to voice their opposition to health care that emphasizes cutting costs rather than improving patient outcomes.
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AMA Adopts Strategies To Address Rising Health Care Costs
Nation's physicians today voted to approve a set of strategies for containing health care costs and achieving even greater value for health spending.
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Global Shortage Of Health Care Workers Finally Receiving Attention
Donors and international agencies finally are addressing the shortage of health care workers in many parts of the world.
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Stressed at work? Your boss needs enlightening
In a typical office or workplace, the hours will be long, a number of people will be stressed or have taken stress leave, the staff turnover is likely to be high, and workers will be asked to do far more with far less.
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Medicaid Programs Reduce Costs With Technology
In an effort to reduce prescription drug costs, several states are working with Epocrates to make their preferred drug lists available to physicians online or via mobile devices.
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Extra Pay Does Not Improve Hospital Performance
Paying hospitals extra money does not appear to significantly improve the way they treat heart attack patients or how well those patients do.
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Health Care Cost Increases Remain High
Health care costs are expected to increase on average 11 percent in the next 12 months.
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Looks Do Matter in the Non-Verbal Communications of an Interview
Despite being controversial, when walking in to an interview environment the first rule is looks do matter.
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Wisconsin Expanding Employment Choices For People With Disabilities
Wisconsin Department of Health announced that the seven existing managed care organizations will receive a total of $494,000 as part of a statewide initiative to expand employment choices for people with disabilities.
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MediNotes, Forte To Enhance Health IT Needs Of Physicians
MediNotes Corporation, provider of best-of-breed electronic medical record solutions for small to medium primary care and specialty medical practices, have partnered with Forte Systems, a leading national provider of Practice Management solutions.
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Nurse Staffing Bill Passes House And Senate Unanimously
Nurses across Illinois state are celebrating the successful passage of the first state-wide staffing plan, Senate Bill 0867, Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity.
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Group Medical Costs Continue Sharp Increase
The cost of providing group health benefits to employees continued to increase sharply during the past six months, with the vast majority of employers -- regardless of their business size -- paying significantly more for account renewals than in the fall of 2006.
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McGimpsey Seeks Action On Free Personal Care Proposals
Northern Ireland Health Minister wants to prevent people from being forced to sell their homes to pay for their care when they are older.
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HealthCare Partners Offers Medical Prices To Public
HealthCare Partners Medical Group HCP is one of the first major medical groups in the United States to make its price list available to the public.
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Malpractice Insurers Price-Gouging Doctors And Driving Up Cost Of Care
The American Association for Justice reveals the medical malpractice insurance industry has been price-gouging doctors through excessive premiums and needlessly contributing to the growing cost of healthcare.
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Rising Health Care Costs Worrying Workers
Rising health care benefit costs are causing considerable angst among U.S. workers.
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Task Force Report Addresses Iowa's Physician Workforce
Iowa's supply of doctors has increased by more than 50 percent over the past 25 years, while the state's population has remained stable, and this growth is expected to continue.
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Index Finger, Ring Finger Length Predictor of SAT Exam
Index finger and ring finger may predict the success level of literacy and math tests for seven-year-old children.
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Initiative Seeks Practical Solutions To Tackle Health Worker Migration
The Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative is aimed at finding practical solutions to the worsening problem of health worker migration from developing to developed countries.
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Washington State Disciplines Health Care Providers
Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against health care providers in our state.
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Good decision-makers may be made, not born
People who do well on a series of decision-making tasks involving hypothetical situations tend to have more positive decision outcomes in their lives.
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NHS To Improve Occupational Health For Local Businesses
Businesses in five areas across the country are to benefit from NHS advice and support to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of their staff.
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Pension Protection Act: Watch out for the fine print
According to a new IRS Ruling beneficiaries have to transfer their inheritances from an inherited 401(k) plan to an IRA by a specific date, namely the last day of the year after the year in which the account owner dies.
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People with Hearing Loss Make Less Money
Use of hearing sids restores lost income by 50 percent.
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Education Campaign On Need For Disability Income Protection Launched
In the midst of Disability Insurance Awareness Month, America's Health Insurance Plans announced a new national education campaign to promote the need for disability income protection and highlight the value disability insurance provides for workers, employers, and taxpayers.
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Cutting Social Security Benefits: What's In Your Wallet?
American seniors need Social Security. It's a simple truth often lost in the political and philosophical debate swirling around "entitlement reform."
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