U.S. job growth continues in August
The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment growth has averaged 185,000 per month during the past three months.
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The unfortunate truth about most health care jobs
For Americans seeking career advice, experts often point to health care as an occupation ripe with opportunities. If only the pay were better.
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As congress debates healthcare, study finds relationship between Medicaid and children’s health insurance
Efforts by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid enrollment could undercut an aspect of the program that has widespread bipartisan appeal — covering more children, research published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs suggests.
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How doctors get paid is changing — but how do they feel about it?
For those in healthcare, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization ACT of 2015 is upon us, and the ideological payment shift in healthcare that has garnered “tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and Senate” is changing how caregivers get paid.
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How healthcare providers can curb medical identity theft
Medical identity theft is on the rise. Medical records are a hot target for hackers because, according to the FBI, medical identities are valued at 20 to 50 times more than financial identities on the black market.
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Rural America seeks more doctors
When anesthesiologist Richard Wick opted to practice in rural Walla Walla after his residency last summer, the decision put him at odds with most of his classmates.
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How one app is helping to tighten the link between cancer patients and their doctors When chemotherapy patient Allison Hailey meets with Dr. Angela Kueck at Texas Oncology in Austin, she comes prepared. That is because Hailey’s phone displays graphs, charts and logs of her medications, mood changes and physical health — courtesy of an app called ChemoWave.
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