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Health Care in the News 2011
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Date News Item
November 30 10 Challenges Healthcare CEOs Can No Longer Ignore
November 30 Group predicts physician shortage in Wisconsin
November 30 Wausau health system may start medical school
November 29 More Baby Boomers Launch Encore Careers
November 29 The evolution of robotic surgery
November 29 New Science Curriculum is Solving the Shortage of U.S. Healthcare Professionals
November 28 Respiratory therapy among promising careers in booming health-care field
November 25 RNs Value Work Environment over Staffing Ratios
November 25 Marquette pushes for health careers
November 9 MD to increase primary care health workforce by 25%
October 31 Health care work force report questions how to plan for future
October 29 Visioning, change, teamwork key to future, dean says
October 27 US Department of Labor announces winners of online and mobile development contests $68,000 in prizes awarded for innovative use of department data
October 26 ANA pleased with recent changes to ACO rules
October 26 Healthcare Workforce Planning Techniques Lagging
October 18 Health care work force report questions how to plan for future
October 25 Between A Hygienist And A Dentist, A Hard Sell
October 20 Conference Addresses Policy Reforms to Improve Job Quality
October 18 Nursing now a matter of degrees
October 18 Study Finds Better Data Is Needed to Align Changing Health System with Health Care Workforce-The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and BPC’s new Health Professional Workforce Initiative Expert Advisory Panel team up to release study
October 17 New law aims to reduce back injuries among nurses, Hospitals use lift devices to move patients safely
October 17 Medicine creating more jobs than any other field
October 15 Those Scan Results Are Just an App Away
October 15 School at Work gives health workers a plan to advance
October 12 PHI releases first direct-care workforce state data center
October 6 HRSA Awards $19.3 Million for Primary Care Workforce
October 3 CVTC gets nearly $2 million grant to help healthcare program
September 27 Number of physician assistants doubles over past decade
September 20 Marquette College of Nursing awarded $1 million federal grant
September 12 What Health Care Can Learn From Auto Repair
September 12, Allowing parttime surgeons may help address workforce shortage
September 12 Academic, medical institutions team up on health care challenges
September 12 Nearly half of office-based physicians work with NPs and PAs
August 29 Should You Go to Medical School or Nursing School?
August 23 3 Obstacles to Higher Education Levels in Nursing
August 22 Nursing Faculty Participate in Innovative Program to Enhance Geriatric Care Expertise
August 19 Grant to help laid-off workers in western Wisconsin
August 18 Baiting the hook for family doctors
August 16 Physician Supply and Demand in the Next 10 Years
August 15 Home health aides are in demand as hospitals, nursing homes try to trim rolls
August 15 Nursing Degrees Can Lead to Recession-Proof Careers
August Revealing their medical errors: Why three doctors went public
August Illinois lawmakers challenge CMS rejection of anti-fraud law
August National groups unite to target health disparities
August 11 The Business of Physician Recruitment
August 10 Colorado community health centers expect to add 5000 jobs
August 9 A Master of Science in Nursing degree can be completed online
August 8 Healthcare jobs bounce back to prerecession numbers
August Med schools seek right fit for rural practice
August Caregiving takes toll on 42 million Americans
August Direct primary care model: Cutting out the insurer
August Shortage of physicians, APNs and PAs could double by 2025
August Work-hour numbers linked to career satisfaction
August 1 CEO practices what he teaches
July 29 HHS awards $71.3 million to fund nursing education
July 29 HHS awards $71.3 million to strengthen nursing workforce
July 26 Colleges and Universities Respond to Healthcare Shortage
July 25 Telemedicine the answer to physician shortage and cost cutting?
July 25 Foreign-trained physicians tapped to end shortage
July 21 Data Show That Increased Spending By Local Public Health Agencies Pays Off
July 21 Evidence Links Increases In Public Health Spending To Declines In Preventable Deaths
July 20 Tools of Engagement: Improving Workplace Quality
July 18 Staff shortages looming in wake of reform
July 11 Part-time doctors shaking up small practices
June 13 Health Care Training Available Through 2011
July 12 New Janesville hospital campus to add more than 300 new jobs
July 11 Nurse Retention Strategies a Growing Priority
July 6 Barrett asks Walker to back city's request for health funds
July 6 Future labor shortfalls of medical professionals predicted
July 12 New Janesville hospital campus to add more than 300 new jobs
July 2 Nurse Retention Strategies a Growing Priority
July 6 Barrett asks Walker to back city's request for health funds
July 6 Future labor shortfalls of medical professionals predicted
June 29 US Labor Department announces nearly $84 million for career training
June 29 Texas health bill provides building blocks for reform
June 29 One-fourth of nurses seek new jobs after dissatisfaction
June 29 RWJ Launches Healthcare Quality Data Website
June 28 As patient volume decreases, Columbia St. Mary's cuts 150 jobs
June 28 Why Advanced Degrees for Nurse Leaders Matter
June 28 'Ready for Change': Nearly 25% of Nurses Plan to Seek New Job
June 28 Bellin College camp introduces teens to nursing
June 22 ANA endorses home healthcare legislation
June 22 Adequate Midwifery Could Save Over 3 Million Lives
June 20 Telemedicine, midlevel practitioners start to fill physician gap
June 15 WFH program gives entry-level employees an opportunity to broaden their health
June 13 Health Care Training Available Through 2011
June 13 Nursing Students Share Top Reasons for Being a Nurse
June 12 This Youth Apprentice Looks Forward to a Career in Physical Therapy
June 10 Healthcare Reform: Solving the Medical Student Debt Crisis
June 7 Edgewood College: Awarded five scholarships through RWJF
June 2 Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Selects Kronos Integrated Workforce Management
May 17 Nurses receive Nightingale Awards
May 16 Mind the Gap: Why Congress Needs to Invest $3 Million in U.S. Health Workforce Planning
May 13 Madison–Today Governor Scott Walker announced the appointment of three board members to the WEDC,
May 13 Partisan fights in Congress stall panel on primary-health-care ...
May 12 Nurses survey to tackle workforce issues
May 10 Affordable Care Act Helps Expand Future Primary Care Workforce
May 8 Physician, Heel Thyself
May 7 America's 10 Least Stressful Jobs 2011: CareerCast
May 5 Nursing a favored landing spot for dislocated workers
May 5 Nursing industry trends to watch for in 2011 and beyond
May 4 National Healthcare Career Network Partners Convening in Washington, DC on May ...
May 1 Creating a healthier workplace On-site clinics, house calls bring more care services to the office
April 28 ACA Provisions Designed to Strengthen Direct-Care Workforce, Report Highlights
April 26 WDA Foundation. Awards $38,000 to 19 dental health programs
April 26 Where's The Patient In The Patient-Centered Medical Home?
April 26 Study: Overworked nurses lead to unhealthy patients
April 26 Fewer Med Students Training as Primary-Care Doctors: Study
April 25 State seeks opinions on health care exchanges
April 22 UWSP and MSTC team up on medical education programs
April 22 Health work force panel awaits funding from Congress
April 20 Employment in health care: a crutch for the ailing economy during the 2007–09 recession
April 20 River Falls Medical Clinic Attests to Meaningful Use
April 11 UWSP, MSTC partner in health care education
April 9 As unemployment rises, many seek stability of jobs in growing health care industry
April 8 Regents approve health, wellness and fitness major
April 4 Campaign for Action adds 10 State Groups as RACs
April 4 Ob-Gyns And Midwives Seek To Improve Health Care For Women And Their Newborns
April HEALTH/TECHNOLOGY: EHRs in NYC
April 4 AMA Leader Commentary - The latest challenge: adopting electronic medical records
April 4 Technically Speaking - Reducing EMR training to save money exacts high toll
April 4 High levels of amino acids may predict type 2 diabetes.
April 4 Poor communication found between primary care and emergency doctors - March 29
April 4 Physician empathy may mean better patient outcomes - March 30
April 4 HHS sets 6 priorities to improve nation's health care - April 1
April 2 Quad/Graphics brings health care to work
April 2 NLN 2011 Education Summit to Focus on Future of Nursing. National Health ...
April 1 More Physicians Say No to Endless Workdays
March 31 Community Health Centers: Engines of Economic Activity and Job Creation
March 28 Community College Programs Key to Solving Nursing Shortage
March 26 Bellin hopes to benefit from Madison nursing school
March 25 Health Reform - Where Are We Now? - American Geriatrics Society
March 25 Health-care industry tackles most critical employment gaps
March 24 The role of physician assistants and nurse practitioners
March 22 Nurses Often Struggle With Communication in OR, ICU
March 22 Study: Reluctance to Speak Up Encourages Medical Errors
March 16 Campus Connection: New UW-Madison nursing building approved
March 16 Gov. Walker: Adds nursing school at University of Wisconsin-Madison to capital ...
March 22 UW football: $5 spring game admission will fund School of Nursing capital campaign
February 21 Badgers to charge for annual spring game
January 19 On-the-Job Training, Healthcare-Style
January 19 Health care hiring accelerates at end of 2010
January 18 Bipartisan Policy Center Launches New Health Project Led by Former Senate ...
January 18 Wisconsin officially joins suit to challenge health reforms
January 17 Nursing jobs are still high growth – but think outside the hospitals
January 17 Nursing Groups Work for National APRN Standards
January 16 Analyst predicts fairly steady hiring trends in state
January 6 Grant Will Help To Develop New Community Health Centers
January 5 Health Care Providers, Purchasers Back Walker’s Quality Improvement Act