How to Stop the Growing Doctor Shortage
The United States is facing a grave shortage of physicians. Critical health care jobs are going unfilled at hospitals and health care organizations across the country in the face of a growing population of elderly Americans, looming pandemics and other challenges to our national health care system. If we don’t find new ways to solve this problem, people will die needlessly. Thankfully, innovative health care leaders are developing new strategies and inventing new technology to improve efficiency, help practitioners do more with less, and create exciting new careers in the medical field. To learn more, checkout the infographic created by University Of Central Florida’s Online Master of Healthcare Systems Engineering degree program.
Healthcare Jobs are Booming
Healthcare is a booming field, especially with the number of baby boomers set to retire in the coming years. By 2020 the top 7 positions that will need to be filled include physical therapists, physician assistants, registered nurses, pharmacists, medical record technicians, dieticians and nutritionists, and laboratory technologists. The salary for these positions is anywhere from $32,350 for medical record technicians to $111,570 for pharmacists. Check out this infographic at Monster.com.
Nursing Shortage
12 Reasons Why the Nursing Shortage in the US is Serious – As part of HealthcareNOW Radio’s on-going reporting in NursesNOW, this infographic lists the seriousness of the nursing shortage in the US.
