Featured Health IT Job: Support Technician – C.N.A.
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Support Technician – C.N.A. position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Arrowleaf and is in Vienna, IL. Here’s a description of the position: About Us When you join the Arrowleaf team, you are committing to a meaningful career where your work will make a difference for your neighbors throughout Southern Illinois and strengthen our region as a whole. You’ll have a chance to build well-being not just for the people you work with, but for yourself a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Arrowleaf Arrowleaf Jobs CNA Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs IL Jobs Job Seekers Support Technician Source Type: blogs

President Biden ’s Anti‐​Growth Agenda
David BoazE. J. Dionne writes in the Washington Post that President Biden will focus his State of the Union speech on “how to make the economy grow for everyone.” That’s a good topic. Unfortunately, Dionne ’s column illustrates that Biden’s policies will not do that.Dionne mentions “policies that see robust government investments, worker rights and a green tech economy as the path to a new American century. ” And he recommends further initiatives such as “paid leave, universal pre‑K and child care, health coverage expansions, a beefed ‐​up child tax credit, and steps to make housin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 7, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs

Workforce development framework for health and wellbeing coaches
NHS England- This framework: sets clear and consistent standards for health and wellbeing coaches; demonstrates the benefits of health and wellbeing coaches working in the NHS; provides information about the training, support, supervision, and continuous professional development needed to enable health and wellbeing coaches to succeed; supports the development of a strong and capable workforce of health and wellbeing coaches; and supports improved quality and consistency of health coaching and reduces variation in outcomes and access standards.FrameworkMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 7, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Good Faith in the Time of COVID-19
This article discusses some key legal developments related to Covid-19 and employment law. It considers both those related to... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 5, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Featured Health IT Job: Enterprise Architect
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Enterprise Architect position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York. Here’s a description of the position: About You You love IT Enterprise Architecture and it’s a huge part of your life. The best days at work involve solving complex information puzzles and designing for years into the future. You enjoy designing systems with societal benefits and finishing a long day knowing you gave your best for work th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Enterprise Architect Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Source Type: blogs

Fed Shifts Attention from 2.1% PCE Inflation to Theoretical Wage Inflation in Services
Alan ReynoldsThe last Federal Open Market Committee meeting projected PCE inflation to slow to 2.1% by the end of 2025. Yet 2.1% turned out to be the actual average inflation rate in the second half of 2022. Rather than applaud that performance, Chairman Powell and other Fed officials have been changing the subject —away from prices toward wages, and to a suspicious subset of prices that excludes all good news about prices of goods and energy and future rent data in favor of “core services less housing.”“Fed Chair Jerome Powell and several colleagues shifted attention recently toward a narrower subset of labor­ ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 31, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs

Who cares? The experience of social care workers, and the enforcement of employment rights in the sector
This report finds that social care workers have higher levels of job satisfaction and stronger job attachment than those in other low-paying sectors, but many have to contend with unsafe working conditions and unlawful under-payment of the minimum wage. This report combines new statistical analysis with findings from a series of focus groups with frontline social care workers, to shine a light on the nature of the jobs they do, the challenges they face, and the priorities for improvement.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 30, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Basis of negotiation: recommendations to improve the NHS pay review process
Nuffield Trust - With the NHS pay review process recently coming in for criticism, this long read presents an eleven-point plan to help make it more fit for purpose. It sets out practical recommendations – for the UK governments, pay review bodies and unions – to improve the current pay review arrangements.Long read (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 30, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Clinical academics in the NHS inquiry
House of Lords Science and Technology Committee -Clinical academics are qualified doctors who combine working as a specialist doctor with research and/or teaching responsibilities. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee have concluded an inquiry into clinical academics in the NHS. This letter to Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, sets out their findings as well as their conclusions and recommendations. The overarching conclusion is that, rather than an additional pressure on the resources of the NHS, engagement with research can help to mitigate workforce challenges and improve pa...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 27, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Talent Group Announces Acquisition of Queen Consulting Group
Talent Group, a leading national IT staffing company, announced today the acquisition of Queen Consulting Group, a nationally recognized IT staffing and consulting company specializing in healthcare and pharma IT, Epic EMR implementations, financial services, and niche technical recruiting. Queen Consulting Group was founded in 2015 by staffing industry veteran Carl Foster, who has more than 30 years of IT staffing and consulting experience. Foster joins Talent Group’s senior leadership team, along with Queen Vice Presidents, Jessica Doherty and Amy Migliore. Matthew Ripaldi, Chief Executive Officer at Talent Group, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amy Migliore Carl Foster EdgeLink EHR Epic Health IT Acquisitions Health IT Talent Healthcare Consulting Healthcare M&A Jessica Doherty Matthew Ripaldi Michael Babb Osceola Capital Queen Quee Source Type: blogs

Featured Health IT Job: Sr. Solution Architect – Radiology
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. Solution Architect – Radiology position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by e4 Services and is in Alabama. Here’s a description of the position: e4 is a Healthcare Consulting firm based in Philadelphia established in 2006. We currently have a growing staff that represent us at healthcare organizations across the US with a large presence in the mid-atlantic region. We provide healthcare IT and operational support. Our services include project man...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT e4 e4 Services e4 Services Jobs Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Radiology Sr. Solution Architect Source Type: blogs

The future of pharmacy: manifesto report
This report calls for urgent action to deliver on the potential of pharmacy teams and relieve significant funding and workforce pressures. It highlights the need for a new “strategic vision” for pharmacy and highlights opportunities for the pharmacy network to be empowered to deliver even more for patients. However, the manifesto also underlines the very real risk that this opportunity may be lost if significant and ongoing pressures are not addressed.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Workforce development framework: social prescribing link workers
NHS England - This framework focuses on the core functions, skills and competencies of the social prescribing link worker (SPLW) role, alongside the professional support and development SPLWs need to enable them to practice safely, work effectively, and support improved outcomes for people and communities.FrameworkMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Decline in Union Density No Cause for Worry
Daniel GriswoldUnion organizers have been winning a few battles to organize workers in coffee shops and distribution warehouses, but they continue to lose the war over the relative importance of unions in the private-sector labor market.This week the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the share of private sector workers who belong to unions, the so-called “union density,” fell to another post-war low of 6.0 percent in 2022. The number of workers in private-sector unions actually grew last year, but not enough to keep up with the overall growth in private-sector employment.The decline in union membership isn ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 20, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Griswold Source Type: blogs