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Study Predicts 5.6 Million New Health Care Jobs by 2020, with Demand Highest for Nurses - According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on June 27,2013 the United States health care workforce will have to expand by almost 30 percent between 2010 and 2020 to meet growing demand for care. Nursing will grow the fastest among healthcare occupations. The estimated 5.6 million health care job vacancies created over the next ten years is expected to be the most dramatic growth in any job sector in the country during that time period.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE




How Can We Expand the Primary Care Workforce? - According to the Robert Wood Johnson Founduation on January 1, 2012 - Primary care is vital to disease prevention yet the United States has a deficit of nearly 40,000 primary care physicians. Because of this shortage, many people have little access to primary care and increasingly are turning to hospital emergency rooms for care—or going without. How Can We Expand the Primary Care Workforce?TO READ MORE CLICK HERE



Doctors working in fast-food restaurants - According to CNN Health on July 4, 2013 in Southern California alone, there are an estimated 3,000 medically trained Latino immigrant doctors who aren't practicing medicine. Instead of treating patients many doctors spend years cleaning houses or working on construction sites and in fast-food chain restaurants. Latino immigrant doctors have a harder time transitioning into the U.S. health system. The IMG program has helped 66 Latino immigrant doctors pass the board exams and get placed into residency programs.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE