Finally, to ease burden on doctors, many nurses, medical assistants and physician’s assistants perform tasks only doctors could once perform. This has increased prestige of these specialty medical professions.

Technology impacts demand as well.

Technology advances in healthcare field has also increased job growth. Specialty medical equipment like x-ray machines, MRIs and CT scanning needs qualified workers. The computerization of medical records by hospitals, insurance companies and HMOs has created positions in medical billing and coding. Rising healthcare costs have been tempered by home care, which has created its own industry demands.

Summary

Going back to point made at beginning of article, we can see that even if jobs are created; existing unemployed workers cannot necessarily fill them. Special training or licensing is required to do many of jobs available in healthcare. In fact, some patient care positions are being filled by people from other countries.

American workers need to take some responsibility for their own employment. They need to possess computer skills and many who were formerly in manufacturing positions need to consider new industries. The good news is many well paying healthcare positions can be trained for in less than two years…some in only six months. Career colleges offer programs in many healthcare fields with little or no waiting periods.

Adaptation to changing economic trends has to take place in America for country to prosper. Education is a critical step in completing transition from manufacturing to post-modern nation of service and information.

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