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Doctors can expect to see salary increases in 2012 but they’ll be smaller than those in 2011 says a physician compensation survey released this week by global consulting firm, the Hay Group. In 2011, physician salaries increased by 2.7 percent but expectations are that in 2012 they'll increase only by 2.5 percent.
Health Workforce Solutions announced today its third quarter 2011 results for its HWS Labor Market Pulse Index (LMPI), an indicator of local healthcare labor market demand in the 30 largest U.S. markets based on announced expansion and contraction plans and other data.
Three of the top four most overrated jobs in 2011 are in healthcare, according to a ranking by national job search portal CareerCast.com. Surgeons, physicians and psychiatrists are ranked number two, three and four, respectively.
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), a national nonprofit working to improve America's long-term care system, has launched the PHI State Data Center, the first web-based tool to provide comprehensive, state-by-state profiles of the direct-care workforce.
The U.S. healthcare sector continues to grow jobs in 2011 as the national economic situation remains dicey. The industry added 43,800 positions in September.
Struggling pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced plans to lay off 400 employees at its main office in Wilmington, Delaware.
Despite the positive jobs outlook in the healthcare industry and the demand for physicians due to a physician shortage, some new doctors are uneasy with their choice of profession.
Hospital designers are turning to nurses to help design better care space, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospitalist group practice firm, has acquired a Kansas City-area hospitalist practice, establishing a presence for the first time in that region.
Two healthcare networks in North Carolina's competitive Research Triangle are waging a sometimes-heated battle for affiliations with local physician practices.