More than 1 out of 3 healthcare consumers say keeping down insurance costs is more important than keeping their physician.
Accountable care organizations are expected to be the most pervasive value-based model forhealth plans.
Healthcare jobs rank among the best professions in the nation, according to a recent CareerCast report. CareerCast studied U.S. professions and ranked them based on five criteria: work environment, stress level, physical demands, median salary, and projected job outlook. Of the top 10 “Best Jobs of 2013” named by CareerCast, five were healthcare careers. Dental hygienists have the No. 1 healthcare job, according to CareerCast, partly because talented hygienists have higher-paying jobs and flexible schedules with relatively low stress. Other healthcare jobs were cited for their high pay and their anticipated market growth. Audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and optometrists… Full Story
More than half of the nation’s physicians are over 50 years old.
Two reports in the current edition of the journal Health Affairs indicate record-low healthcare spending growth may be more structural than cyclical.
Parkland officials are piecing together plans to expand the system’s nursing residency program. Full Story
Parkland officials are piecing together plans to expand the system’s nursing residency program. The program at the system’s public academic medical center offers only 90 slots to more than 800 applicant hopefuls. Parkland is increasing the number of available positions by 144 in areas such as medicine/surgery, emergency/trauma and women’s services including labor and delivery. Parkland plans to hire those with two year degrees under the condition that they stay with the company and eventually obtain certification and bachelor’s degree. Parkland is looking to recruit bilingual nurses for the three-year residencies to meet the area’s changing demographics.
Moody’s has downgraded Baylor Health Care System’s credit from Aa2 to Aa3 on its 2013 series bonds.
Victory Healthcare plans to build a surgical hospital in the master-planned community Craig Ranch in McKinney.
More than 740 nominations were submitted to the DFW 100 Great Nurses committee, and 100 North Texas nurses were honored by the 2013 award. Full Story
More than 740 nominations were submitted to the DFW 100 Great Nurses committee, and 100 North Texas nurses were honored by the 2013 award. The nurses chosen were selected for being role models, leaders, community servants, compassionate caregivers and significant contributors to the nursing profession. The nurses will be recognized at the 22nd Annual Great 100 Nurses Celebration on May 8 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The nurses chosen are: Ahrens, Linda – UT Southwestern Medical Center Anderson, Kandace – Baylor All Saints Medical Center Anderson, Kristy – Texas Health Fort Worth Ayala, Lisa – Texas Health Dallas… Full Story
Nearly 9 out of 10 of U.S. healthcare workers used their personal smartphones for work purposes in the past year.
New legislation may require hospitals to disclose price information for inpatient and outpatient procedures.
Hospitals and clinics are increasingly relying on an already short supply of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Full Story
Hospitals and clinics are facing a shortage of primary care physicians and are increasingly relying on an already short supply of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, according to Forbes. Health facilities nationwide are gearing up for the increased demand when millions of Americans will gain health insurance due to the Affordable Care Act come Jan. 1, 2014. A report from Staff Care, an Irving-based physician staffing company, showed that 10 percent of staffing requests were for temporary physician assistants and nurse practitioners. In addition, close to 75 percent of health facility managers that were surveyed by Staff Care reported that they… Full Story
Trained nurses and general practitioners were equally competent care for common health issues.
Delivery reform spawned by the Affordable Care Act apparently has left some physicians confused about what certain terms mean.
Nine proposed cigarette warning labels are being scrapped by the FDA. Full Story
Trained nurses and general practitioners (GPs) were equally competent care for common health issues, according to a Spanish study in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. For 1461 adult patients at 38 practices, researchers found that nurses successfully resolved more than 86 percent of cases, a rate that was similar to that of GPs. For nearly 3 out of 4 cases, nurses did not need to consult the GP. Nurses were most successful in treating cases of burns, injuries, and acute diarrhea. They were more likely to refer cases requiring complex physical examinations to the GP, including those involving low back… Full Story
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