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New Hampshire Health and Human Services

Concord and Littleton, NH – Ammonoosuc Community Health Services (ACHS) has been recognized for achievement in a recent report from the Oral Health Workforce Research Center at the School of Public Health, University of Albany, State University of New York. ACHS was recognized for meeting a need in the community for more dental care through its new clinic and a partnership with the University of New England in Portland, Maine in the opening of a new dental school.

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NBC News Channel 13 Albany WNYT

Employees pound away at the keyboard at Transfinder in Schenectady, developing map drawing software for bus companies. And Transfinder, can’t find enough of these people.
“The biggest challenge to us is not that we’re hiring for a tech job, it’s not that we’re trying to fill a single application develop position, but we’re looking to fill multiple positions,” said Joe Messia, COO of Transfinder.

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Charleston Gazette-Mail

Health care sector jobs in West Virginia are expected to increase during the next two years, and will continue to see modest growth through 2020, according to a report published by the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. In its annual “Economic Outlook” report, which tracks economic trends across the state’s business sectors, WVU outlined the predicted growth for health care jobs in the state.

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Albany Times Union

In keeping with a growing demand for primary care doctors, job opportunities for the family practice physicians outweighed those for specialists last year, according to a study released Friday by the University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies. The overall marketplace for new doctors appears strong, according to Trends in Demands for New Physicians, 2010-2014.

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Poughkeepsie Journal

The number of nursing graduates in New York statehas spiked over the past decade, and hospitals in the mid-Hudson Valley are benefiting. The number of registered nurses graduating each year has more than doubled since 2002, according to a new report by the University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies.

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Crain’s New York Business

New York City is getting a new medical school in Harlem with the goal of training more doctors to practice in underserved communities across the state. The CUNY School of Medicine will be located on the City College campus near 138th Street and will partner with the Bronx-based St. Barnabas Health System.

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Michigan Public Radio Network WMUK

(MPRN-Lansing) A new report says many kids and seniors in Michigan are going without dental care. The report was created by the PEW Charitable Trust at the behest of advocacy groups. It was released by the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH) and the Center for Health Workforce Studies.

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Lansing State Journal

It’s not just about having a winning smile. Michigan’s kids in families with low incomes, seniors and pregnant women are not getting the dental care they need to stay healthy, a new report concludes. Troubled chompers can lead to other serious problems.…

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Syracuse.com

As the healthcare delivery system continues to undergo significant changes in America, WalletHub recently released a comparison of the 50 states and the District of Columbia designed to identify 2015’s Best & Worst States for Doctors.We have all witnessed changes locally as with the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), and the rise of hospital networks as with the affiliation of St. Joseph’s Hospital with Trinity Health. In addition, the rising costs of education have left the average medical school graduate with $176,000 of debt.

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Capitol Ideas, Council of State Governments

While state policymakers often wring their hands over health care spending and how it may squeeze out other policy priorities, the flipside of that spending is jobs—lots of them and more to come in the future. In 2012, the 17 million health care and social assistance jobs made up 14.6 percent of all services producing jobs in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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