With the US government offering a stimulus package with a view to boost the adoption and usage of healthcare information technology, it is expected to open flood-gates by creating 50,000 or more jobs. This would result in increased employment opportunities.
At the 6th Annual Connected Health Symposium held at Boston, USA, the panel of experts agreed with the estimated projection of 50,000 new recruitments.
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John Glaser, CIO of Partners HealthCare in Boston, and an adviser to the nation’s healthcare IT chief, David Blumenthal, MD has added that fifty thousand is a large number and the timeframe is short, which means that ample opportunities would be created within a short duration.
But there is a flipside to the same as not all are optimistic about the outcome in spite of tall claims being made.
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As per Glaser new recruitments were required at all levels ranging from basics to the more advanced technical jobs. Doctors and other healthcare professionals would need help for commencing their operations.
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Eileen further rued that the nursing sector is lagging behind miserably in informatics field. There is a huge deficit of knowledge creating a huge curve in the nursing sector. On the other hand, work-force in the pharmacy sector remains fairly in-sync with the latest technological developments in that sector.
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He added that the government would partly foot the bill with respect to training requirements of the work-force. He expects that healthcare organizations would fund some of the training programmes with a view to invest, attract and retain best talent in their organization and added that the same would apply for vendors to meet the expectations of their ever-demanding clients.
Vaz added that biggest gap lies in higher-level set of skilled IT workers.
Glaser agreed that in the current scenario it is difficult to come across an experienced and seasoned professionals. He added that, though it seems rosy to entrepreneurs to hire bright and energetic professionals in the age category of around 25 years, there remains an element of effectiveness and the ability for delivering the goods while on the job by possessing ample exposure and having solved numerous escalations associated with major projects.
Source-ANI
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