How Health Care Leaders Can Support Their Frontline Workers

 How Health Care Leaders Can Support Their Frontline Workers  by Junaid Nabi.  Scientific American.  April 14, 2021.  

Who Should Go Next? The Debate--Those With Severe Outcome Risk vs. Those With Risk For Exposure

 Florida Will vaccinate Seniors Before Essential Workers.  Here Are The Pros And Cons by Ben Conarck and Lawrence Mower.  Miami Herald.  December 22, 2020.  

If Immigrants Are Pushed Out, Who Will Care For The Elderly?

If Immigrants Are Pushed Out, Who Will Care For the Elderly?  by Paula Span.  The New York

The World Inside Your Hospital

Tom Brokaw:  You Can Find The Entire World Inside Your Hospital by Tom Brokaw.  The New York Times.  December 31, 2017. 

Health Care Impacts Of DACA End

What Older Americans Stand To Lose If 'Dreamers' Are Deported by Noam Scheiber and Rachel Abrams.  New York Times.  September 6, 2017.

Almost 30% Of Doctors And Surgeons In The U.S. Are Immigrants; Restricting Immigration Will Have Severe Impacts

How Trump's Immigration Ban Threatens Health Care, In 3 Charts by Julia Belluz And Sarah Frostenson.  Vox.  February 3, 2017. 

Chamber of Commerce Survey Outlines $1 Billion Impact Of North Georgia Medical Center

Survey Shows Growth In Local Health Care Industry by Joshua Silavent.  Gainesville Times.  September 14, 2015. 

Southwest Georgia Takes Steps To Attract Young Physicians

Medical Education Efforts Remaining Strong In Southwest Georgia by Jennifer Parks.  Albany Herald.  September 5, 2015. 

Startups Provide Alternative To Residency For Some Medical School Graduates

Siren Song Of Tech Lures New Doctors Away From Medicine by Christina Farr.  NPR/GPB News.  July 19, 2015. 

Large Gender Gap In RN Pay; Difference Not Explained By Education And Experience

Is A Male Nurse Worth $5,148 More Than A Female Nurse?  by Karen Kaplan.  Los Angeles Times.  March 24, 2015. 

New Tool Lets Doctors See What Others Are Making

What Doctors Make by James Hamblin.  The Atlantic.  January 27, 2015.

Some Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage; New Methods To Organize Healthcare May Avert Crisis

Some Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  November 24, 2014.

Robots: Resource To Meet Shortages In Eldercare

The Future Of Robot Caregivers by Louise Aronson.  The New York Times.  July 19, 2014.

Nurses Delaying Retirement; Workforce Exceeds Government Predictions

Nursing Workforce Spikes Despite Projected U.S. Shortage by Sonali Basak.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  July 17, 2014.

New Residency Program Helps Build Georgia Primary Care Workforce

Building Georgia's Primary Care Workforce by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  June 22, 2014.

Since Obamacare Passage, Almost 1 Million Healthcare Jobs Added; Cost Curve Seems To Be Bending

Since Obamacare Passed 50 Months Ago, Healthcare Has Gained Almost 1 Million Jobs by Dan Diamond.  Forbes.  June 6, 2014.

Doctor Shortage Is Cited In Delays At V.A. Hospitals

Doctor Shortage Is Cited In Delays At V.A. Hospitals by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  May 29, 2014.

At Least For The Now, New Patients Under Obamacare Not Overwhelming The Primary Care System

What Surge?  Nation's Primary Care System Holding Up Well So Far Under Obamacare by Phil Galewitz.  Kaiser Health News.  May 12, 2014.

So far, so good.  However there could be some difficulties ahead.

Medical Scribes Perform Vital Function In The Age Of Electronic Medical Records

A Busy Doctor's Right Hand, Ever Ready To Type by Katie Hafner.  The New York Times.  January 12, 2014.

(1)  According to an estimate mentioned in the story, there are nearly ___________ scribes working in hospitals and medical practices around the country.

(2)  According to the RAND corporation, a major source of physician dissatisfaction is _______________.

(3)  An article in the journal Health Affairs concluded that _________ of a primary care physician's day is devoted to ____________________ which could be done my someone else.

(4)  Computers in the health care industry have created the need for ___________________.

(5)  What is the "triple win"  that medical scribes offer?  What are some of the potential disadvantages?



 

Are There Enough Doctors For The Newly Insured?

Are There Enough Doctors For The Newly Insured?  by Michael Ollove, Stateline/Kaiser Health News.  January 3, 2014.

(1)  According to the Health Resources and Services Administration, nearly ____________ of Americans live in areas with an insufficient number of primary care doctors.

(2)  _______ percent of Americans are in areas with shortages of mental health providers.

(3)  The AAMC predicts without corrective action there will be a shortage of _________ primary care doctors and of __________ specialists by 2020.

(4)  Why, according to the article, is the shortage worse than the numbers seem to indicate?

(5)  A big contributor to the shortage is the aging of ______________.

(6)  The government estimates that physician supply will increase by ________ percent in the next ten years but American over 65 will grow by ________ percent.

(7)  Because primary care often involves ___________________, it is far less desirable to this generation of students.

(8)  Why did seven dental schools close in the 1980s and 1990s and what has been the results?

(9)  What are some measures that may address any potential shortage?

(10)  According to the charts what is Georgia's condition in regard to dental, mental health , and primary care?