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Medical Jobs Transfer As Relocation of Florida Hospital Announced

Citing budget cuts and the nation’s ongoing economic crisis, Shands HealthCare of Gainsville, Florida will relocate its programs and services in one year, according to a hospital press release.

Operations now housed at Shands AGH will move to Shands at the University of Florida and its cancer hospital, which is scheduled to open next fall.

While some medical jobs may be lost, the goal is to place as many of the 1,150 Shands AGH employees as possible within the Shands HealthCare system. Most employees will be invited to move to Shands academic medical center at the University of Florida, as programs are transferred there. Shands AGH employees who do not move to Shands at UF will have other opportunities among the new jobs created by the cancer hospital and at other facilities.

In 2007, Shands AGH lost more than $12 million as federal and state funding was slashed, reimbursements from government programs and private insurance companies dropped and patient volumes declined.

“We’ve struggled over how to offer the best care to our patients and community given our health system’s existing resources,” said Timothy Goldfarb, Shands HealthCare CEO. “A poor financial outlook ahead and growing healthcare-industry challenges have forced us to make this very difficult decision.”

For years, physicians moved their practices to the west side of Gainesville and, in many cases, their patients moved with them. Efforts to bring in new patients and expand high-demand services have failed.

Shands HealthCare has invested more than $86 million in renovations, repairs and equipment at Shands AGH. Over the next five years, Shands would need to invest another $50 million just to maintain its upkeep. Continuing to invest in the facility is not the best use of limited resources.

At the same time, the demand for charity care rose dramatically. Just last year, Shands HealthCare as a system spent more than $115 million providing charity care to area patients. This sum doubled in the last four years. Given the economic climate, that number is likely to increase further.

The changes are part of an effort to cut $65 million from the Shands HealthCare system budget over the next three years to offset major anticipated shortfalls.

Medical Jobs Cut As Hospital Closes Doors

Just one month after holding a job fair for nursing, mental health and physical therapy positions, North Oakland Medical Center in Pontiac, Michigan, has closed its doors. The non-profit hospital – founded in 1910 – laid off employees, transferred patients, and shut down on October 28. Nearly 800 medical jobs were eliminated.

In 2007, the hospital lost $13.4 million and subsequently filed for bankruptcy reorganization in 2008, listing $100 million in debt. This past summer, Oakland Physicians Medical Center LLC, agreed to purchase the hospital. Oakland Physicians Medical Center, a group of 72 physicians, planned to invest $20 million into the hospital to help keep its 178 beds in use. However, due to the current economic downturn, the physicians group could not get a suitable loan to carry out the plan.

According to the Detroit News, the city of Pontiac has a $7 million budget deficit and the hospital layoffs will crush the city’s financial bottom line. Mayor Clarence Phillips is hoping for a line of credit to reverse the hospital’s fate.

North Oakland Medical Center provided care to primarily indigent patients with no health insurance, which only continued to rise as the income level in many parts of the city declined. The lack of money left the hospital unable to update its medical technology.

“All of the NOMC employees and medical staff have been dedicated to the success of this hospital and to the care of our patients,” John Graham, North Oakland’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

“We are very grateful for their devotion, and we deeply regret that we have been forced to implement plans for closure, but we are committed to providing quality patient care and safety during this transition,” he said.

Medical Jobs Expected To Grow By 3 Million Within Ten Years

With healthcare costs rising and the baby boomers aging faster than ever, one of the least discussed questions is "Who will care for graying America?" It's a legitimate and loaded question. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of people in older age groups, with much greater than average health care needs, will grow faster than the total population between 2006 and 2016.

As businesses scramble to provide suitable solutions, a school in Ontario, California has taken an atypical approach to prepare for medical jobs.

The American Career College campus in Ontario is not your standard vocational school; the new multi-million dollar facility is a stunning architectural piece literally steps away from the freeway. To meet the nation's population growth and produce a compassionate army of qualified medical professionals, the school has leveraged smart design to its advantage and enrollment has multiplied.

"Design matters," says ACC President and CEO David Pyle. "In Ontario, student satisfaction has surged along with the number of qualified instructors applying to teach there. Maintenance expenses have decreased and a sense of permanence has been created with a high tech facility, purpose built for our curriculum."

In a community dealing with the effects of "brain drain," a term coined by Ontario Economic Development Director, Mary Jane Olhasso, permanence is paramount.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Health care will generate three million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry. Seven of the twenty fastest growing occupations are health care related. The median age of registered nurses is increasing, and not enough younger workers are replacing them. As a result, employers in some parts of the country are reporting difficulties in attracting and retaining nurses.

The health care industry provides many job opportunities for people without specialized training beyond high school. Many of the students at the ACC fit this criterion.

The Design: Students that by and large do not attend college were given a bright and airy campus from the Higher Education design experts at California-based LPA Inc. Tilt-up concrete panels used in an imaginative manner give the building its affordable, yet classic exterior skin. Inside, designers created social space that offers comfortable, contemporary furniture, motivating graphics and soft, artificial turf.

Durable materials, finishes and fixtures stand up to constant student traffic. Earth-colored terra cotta tiles, made with recycled content, infuse an Ivy League sophistication into the entrance. Scores of glass walls provide an atmosphere of transparency so that students feel connected to their teachers, classmates and curriculum at all times.

"Since students at the ACC undergo an intense, nine month boot camp-like educational experience, it was important to provide an environment that would produce academic pride. Since the learning process isn't limited to the classroom, the design needed to serve intellectual, social and personal needs," said LPA Design Principal, Glenn Carels. "David Pyle is incredibly passionate about this mission and he's not doing it for his ego, he's bold. He's doing it for the students and I love that. He's innovative."

500 Medical Jobs Coming to Greenville, SC

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville, South Carolina plans to open a new hospital that will bring 500 medical jobs to the state.

The hospital, designed as a four-floor, 230,000 square-foot facility, will be located on a 20-acre site at the Millennium Campus, across from the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research.

The $151 million hospital will be the third for the St. Francis Health System, as the region’s growth has tapped out space at both St. Francis Downtown and St. Francis Eastside hospitals.

"The city is growing so fast, we're filled in both hospitals," said St. Francis CEO Valinda Rutledge. "We need the beds."

The hospital’s focus will highlight holistic healing while encouraging sustainable design – from parking spaces with outlets for electric cars and bar coding of medications to healing gardens, a sundial plaza, and an indoor rain wall. Research has shown that healing environments, including the use of water and color, positively impacts a patient’s experience and cuts hospital stays.

"We want people to feel that sense of spirituality and healing -- not just taking care of your body, but taking care of your mind, body and spirit," Rutledge said.

The project is awaiting approval by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, a process that could take up to eight months. Construction is expected to begin in 2010 and be complete by 2012. Founded in 1932, St. Francis is a private, non-profit hospital with over 2,100 employees.

Connecticut Doctors Unhappy with Medical Jobs

Many with medical jobs are unsatisfied with their work. Although doctors may receive the highest salaries in the healthcare industry, like nurses, they have many complaints about their jobs. This dissatisfaction is particularly strong in some areas

According to a recent survey conducted by the Connecticut State Medical Society, 30 percent of doctors in the state that participated reported that they were considering changing jobs due to the fact that they are dissatisfied with Connecticut’s medical environment. The Connecticut Post says that this unhappiness is rooted in a variety of reasons ranging from the high cost of malpractice insurance and the cost of doing business in the state to the low reimbursement rates for the services they render.

The survey found that 32 percent of the payments received by doctors came from Medicare and 13 percent came from Medicaid/HUSKY. Another 7 percent of patients were treated free of charge.

The Medical Society asked 1,077 doctors in 17 different specialties and found that 10 percent said they were currently planning on leaving Connecticut. Another 19 percent reported that they are considering changing their careers for the same reason. Almost 35 percent of those who participated said that it was “very difficult” for them to recruit new physicians to their practice.

All of this is extremely disconcerting when the severe shortage of workers to fill vacancies in many medical jobs is taken into consideration. High costs of medical school and other issues have caused fewer individuals to be make the decision to become doctors, despite the fact that the need for such professionals has never been greater.

Because of the shortage, many in these medical job are having to pick up the slack. The survey found that 47 percent of participants have already increased to number of hours they’re working. Despite this, they are unable to meet the demands of a growing population. In Connecticut the average number of days a patient has to wait for a doctor’s appointment is 17 days.

The shortage in the state is only expected to worsen in the coming years. According to the survey, 62 percent of the doctors that participated are already 50 years or older, meaning that Connecticut will lose over half of its physicians in the coming years.