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First ,I'd like you to read this VERY brief article from U.S. News and World Report, featuring an expert panel on the "Future of Jobs in Health Care."

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  1. The article was written a few years ago, which immediately brings my attention to the potential changes to career paths and opportunities resulting from the Affordable Care Act, and the alternative legislation currently being debated in Congress. Do you have evidence that the data and sentiments in the article have changed since the article's publication as a result of the ACA (or other forces)?
  2. The article points to a shift in job environments, away from hospitals, and more toward "schools, retail clinics, workplaces, and private homes." Do you agree? Do you see evidence of this in practice?
  3. One would think, given the evidence and sentiment that the role of physician extenders (nurse practitioners and physician assistants) that these disciplines would be "booming," and that training and credentialing tracks for these roles would be full....is this the case? What are the obstacles to continued growth in adjunctive disciplines like these?
  4. Alarmingly, the panel projects a physician shortage of 92,000 by 2020, and a "tsunami of RN retirements." Scary predictions. Do you have evidence that this is true? Not true? How do you see these trends effected by the ACA and/or other trends currently impacting the health care labor market

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The Future of Jobs in Health Care Health care has, for decades, been a stable and profitable career choice. But health care reform, changes in reimbursement methods, government cuts and hospital debt are predicted to upend the health care economy. Hospitals are cutting costs and shrinking their workforce. Meanwhile, certain fields — such as primary care and nursing — face significant staffing shortages. How will this era of accelerating change impact hiring and career planning? How can someone planning a career in health care anticipate and adapt to these rapid changes? To further the conversation and offer a consumers' guide to these issues, U.S. News Health partnered with U.S. News Careers to hold a live Twitter chat about careers in medicine. The chat included Peter McMenamin, senior policy fellow for the American Nurses Association; Lindsey Dunn, editor in chief for Becker's Hospital Review; Adriane Willig, a consultant for Witt/Kieffer, an executive search firm and John Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement consulting firm. Experts discussed the rewards of a medical career, trends in health care employment, why the health field is changing, how it will change and which jobs have the greatest potential for growth. The chat's participants sent 778 tweets during the course of the discussion. Why people choose a career in medicine U.S. News ranked jobs in medicine among four of the top five careers in its 100 Best Jobs ranking. These jobs meet criteria that includes employment opportunity, good salary, manageable work-life balance and job security. Experts in the chat said most people who choose to go into medicine do so because of their desire to help others and to have an impact. "Most people see [health care] as a calling and because of their desire to help patients," Dunn tweeted. The money also serves as an impetus. A doctor's average salary is $183,000 a year, and for nurses it is $71,968, according to McMenamin. . Willig summed it up: "A passion for the mission, desire to make a difference, plus strong job outlook and good salaries." Factors contributing to changes in health care The Affordable Care Act, cuts to Medicare, lack of Medicaid expansion in some states and hospital debts are contributing to transformations in hospitals and in the health care delivery model. "Beyond traditional employment," tweeted the American Hospital Association, "hospitals support an additional 10 milllion jobs elsewhere in the economy." Other changes include advances in technology, such as the conversion to electronic health records, and the rise of alternative provider settings, Challenger said. This will require other health care workers, such as nurses, to do more, he said. Willig added that industry consolidation, executive turnover and retirement also are forcing changes. How health care delivery will change To adapt to the changes, health care workers will become more accessible in clinics and alternate settings from a hospital, including schools, retail clinics, workplaces and private homes. Care will increasingly focus on prevention and wellness. "Roles are changing in health care delivery and therefore expectations from patients are being reformed," tweeted Kelly Fernandez, director of social media for the Healthcare Leadership Council. "Expect to see more team-based care models, which will definitely change job responsibilities," Dunn tweeted. Experts agreed that health care industry will rely on health providers other than physicians. "The use of mid-level providers such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants is expected to substantially increase," Mount Sinai Careers tweeted. Dunn predicted that the doctor shortage would be 92,000 by 2020, and that layoffs would continue in the near term. McMenamin tweeted that there would be a "tsunami of RN retirements." The demand for health care would increase, however. McMenamin said hospitals could expect 4 million more patients per year during the next decade. The outlook for jobs in health care Hospital layoffs are predicted to continue, and a career in health care is not as secure as it once was, experts agreed. Farther down the road, however, baby boomers are going to flood the system, and more workers will be needed, Dunn tweeted. The American Academy of Physician Assistants noted that more than 7,000 PAs enter the workforce each year from 181 programs, and that 63 more programs are being developed. A median pay for a midcareer PA who can practice both medicine and surgery is $98,800, AAPA added. Dunn also predicted that salaries for health care workers will increase year after year. Workers who operate health IT will represent a hugely growing area as well, she added. What specialties should current job-seekers consider? "Health job shortages are in primary care, behavioral health, long-term care and public health."
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Question one
During the time the article was being published, the healthcare industry was one of the most
profitable industries to operate in. the job security as well as the huge salaries that doctors
received all made jobs in the health care industry to look very attractive. The prediction to have
salaries of doctors, nurses and physicians increasing year after year are no longer valid especially
with reforms of the ACA (Affordable Care Act), whereby the government is aiming at ensuring
health services are affordable to each and every individual in the state. This means that the prices
of health care services are expected to ...


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