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PAs and NPs Top List for 10 Best U.S. Middle-Class Jobs for the Next Decade

The future is all about health care and technology, and PAs and NPs are at the forefront.

Nine of MarketWatch’s top 10 middle-class jobs for the next decade require a college degree, and five of those 10 need postgraduate education, on the master’s degree level and above. That includes the best two middle-class jobs, physician assistant and nurse practitioner, which the BLS projects will add more than a quarter of a million new jobs by 2026.

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Philanthropists Are Getting Behind a New Push for Government Science Funding

Only one in four Americans believes the U.S. government’s role in funding research is irreplaceable, according to a study by ScienceCounts.

from Inside Philanthropy

A handful of private funders have joined several professional societies and a couple of corporate partners in support of ScienceCounts, an emerging effort to protect government funding of science by bolstering public support.

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FDA Involves Patient Perspectives in Regulatory Review Process

The FDA established the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee in a move to broaden patient engagement and strengthen patients’ voice in regulatory activities.

from Becker’s Hospital Review

This is the first FDA committee that is only comprised of patients, patient advocates and caregivers. The committee will discuss and make recommendations at each stage of product development — including design, clinical trials and ultimately product approval.

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Read Your Patients’ Minds

Creating a patient journey map can be one way to put yourself in your patient’s minds in order to create a better patient experience.

from Evidence in Motion

There are times when I think it would be helpful to know what my patients are thinking and feeling. I do my best to motivate interested prospects to make an appointment or patients to implement their plan of care. Too often I just don’t seem to connect with them and wonder what they’re thinking.

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Back for the Attack

The right technology in the PT gym can help successfully prepare clients of all kinds to get back to their regular lives safely.

from Physical Therapy Products

Rehab can seem like a battle of attrition for clients who may feel the need to summon equal parts of tenacity, focus, and faith in their physical therapist to push through a months-long program. Along that continuum clients are likely to spend time on some of the workhorse technologies of the PT gym. One such well-known technology is the treadmill. Mention that universal piece of workout and rehab equipment, and watch eyes roll at the thought of dull sessions made tolerable only by tunes and TV reruns. Treadmill technologies have been updated, however, to offer exceptional versatility and provide activity sessions that leverage modern design features. Among those features are self-powered capabilities, a weighted sled, resistance parachute, and harness system all in one space-efficient package.

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How Tech Can Undo Physician Burnout from EHRs

Solutions should reduce the burden of repetitive data input that now takes place and enable seamless ways for clinicians to talk to each other, experts say.

from HealthcareITNews

The widespread frustration felt by doctors wrangling with kludgy interfaces, interminable sign-ins and so many clicks is well-trodden at this point. Perhaps less understood, however, is how technologies including EHRs can be tuned to make physicians more efficient — and more happy.

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New Project Has Long-term Goal: Unleash New Era of Patient Care

With the AMA’s Integrated Health Model Initiative, health care and technology stakeholders can work together to address data needs around costly and burdensome areas such as hypertension, diabetes, and asthma.

from AMA Wire

The health data available to physicians and health systems are too often not enough to provide a complete picture of each patient. For example, information about an asthma patient’s family support, goals, risk factors and lifestyle can make all the difference when it comes to designing the optimal treatment plan that allows the patient to take an active role in their care and achieve better outcomes. This patient-contributed data could also relieve some of the data-entry burden borne by the health care team.

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Study: Nursing Workforce Is More Diverse, Educated and Male than Before

There is increased diversity in gender and race/ethnicity within the nursing workforce, according to a new study.

from Becker’s Hospital Review

A study, published in Nursing Outlook, found more males are becoming nurses: 8.8 percent of males became licensed in the 2004 to 2005 cohort compared to 13.6 percent in the 2014 to 2015 cohort. There has also been more diversity in the nursing workforce. The report found the percentage of white-non-Hispanic nurses who were licensed was 78.9 percent in 2007 to 2008 compared to 73.8 percent in 2014 to 2015.

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Nursing Degrees Increasing, but Not on Track to Meet Goal for Acute Care

Based on current trends, it’s estimated that 64% of nurses in acute care hospital units will have a degree by 2020—falling short of the 80% goal.

from Reuters

The proportion of registered nurses with nursing bachelor’s degrees has climbed in recent years to 57 percent in U.S. acute care settings, but it’s not rising fast enough to reach a goal of 80 percent by the year 2020, researchers say.

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Giving Physicians What They Need to Thrive

Doctors who do not meet the technical criteria of capability often feel that excess paperwork, weak staff, and inefficient operations make it more difficult for them to provide optimal care.

from athenahealth

Athenahealth’s research team has been studying physician capability for the past year, beginning with a survey they administered to 1,029 doctors on the athenahealth network. They rated physicians on their self-perceived capability, based on their level of agreement with two statements: (1) I have the latitude I need to provide high quality care to my patients and (2) I have the tools and resources I need to properly care for my patients.

When they correlated capability with other survey results, we found that the concept of capability provides valuable guidance for addressing some of the most pressing challenges healthcare leaders face.

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