Category: Employee Engagement
Volunteers make healthcare work?
August 10, 2009
CNN’s Dan Rivers looks at Thailand’s health care system where almost a million volunteers play a crucial role.
Entry-level healthcare positions with a great job outlook
July 23, 2009
Many entry-level jobs for recent college graduates have a job outlook that projects “much faster than average growth”. Some of those occupations are…
http://www.employmentspot.com/employment-articles/occupations-with-a-great-job-outlook/
- Categories: Employee Engagement, Uncategorized
10 Best Practices for Increasing Hospital Profitability
July 22, 2009
“Hospitals today face many challenges including an economic recession, increases in uninsured care and growing competition for outpatient services. However, there are still many steps hospitals can take to increase their profitability amid these economic conditions.
Industry experts say that hospitals wishing to increase their profitability can focus on two key areas — reducing costs and increasing reimbursement. Here are 10 best practices for increasing hospital profitability by reducing costs and increasing revenue and reimbursement. ”
- Categories: Employee Engagement, Employee Retention
Occupational Therapist job outlook looking bright.
July 22, 2009
Employment is expected to grow much faster than average and job opportunities should be good, especially for therapists treating the elderly.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos078.htm
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Healthcare Administration: A Booming Industry.
July 16, 2009
There’s never been a better time to join the healthcare industry. Half of the 20 U.S. occupations projected to grow the fastest over the next few years are in the health services fields. Employment in healthcare administration is expected to grow fastest in practitioners’ offices and in services for home healthcare. During the next decade, about 3.5 million new jobs are projected in health services (that’s about 16 percent of all new jobs total). This is higher than any other industry.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/health-medical/healthcare-administration-major.htm
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement, Uncategorized
Job Outlook for Pharmacists Looks Very Bright.
July 16, 2009
The increasing numbers of middle-aged and elderly people—who use more prescription drugs than younger people—will continue to spur demand for pharmacists through 2016.
http://healthguideusa.org/careers/pharmacist_job_outlook.htm
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RN Job Outlook…
July 14, 2009
Employment of registered nurses is expected to grow 23 percent from 2006 to 2016, much faster than the average for all occupations.
However, employment of RNs will not grow at the same rate in every industry. The projected growth rates for RNs in the industries with the highest employment of these workers are:
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement, Uncategorized
Innovations in Healthcare marketing: Key tools for success.
June 22, 2009
Thanks to access to information, the public is becoming more empowered when choosing where they will go for their health care. The litany of choices that are available combined with the the spread of consumer-driven health plans has changed the landscape from monopoly to a competitive landscape. The days of “We are the only game in town” seem to be fading away which is why innovative marketing is key to survival. All of these forces combine to make innovation an even more critical strategy for traditional providers of health care to provide value to consumers and stand out from the competition. See the full 28 page PDF below.
http://files.thinkinterval.com/website/media/pdf/papers/paper-paper-innovation.pdf
- Categories: Employee Engagement, Social Media, Technology
Hospitals and how a contemporary approach will help them recruit new talent in the workforce
June 18, 2009
The talent life cycle in hospitals is becoming more and more important for organizations due to the shortage of talent throughout multiple fields in the Healthcare industry. To make a hospital an attractive place to the new talent coming into the workforce, the hospitals need to work on becoming more contemporary as an organization. From this article, I took a a three-pronged approach that will help hospitals recruit this new talent and retain them:
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention
Why do so many companies pay for continuing education?
June 18, 2009
Below is a great brief article pointing out what many of us already know or thought. When you pay for classes, even online courses, people tend to stick around to see it through. There’s a whole host of information out there, but this article is short and to the point. Pay for class, keep your people, save money and headaches by reducing turnover, it may be that simple!
http://www.nber.org/digest/feb03/w9225.html
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