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Albany Times Union

The University of Albany’s School of Public Health conducts periodic reports on the health care workforce. And while it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the job market is good for newly minted physicians, there are what could be seen as a couple of surprises tucked into the study.

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Utica Observer-Dispatch

Help wanted: health care workers with a desire to provide critical information to aid patient diagnosis. Bachelor’s degree required. Average hourly wage of $28.30 in the Mohawk Valley. The position in question is a clinical laboratory technologist, and too few candidates are applying for the available jobs leaving the field with lots of vacancies and an aging workforce.

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GME Central. Greater New York Hospital Association Newsletter.

This issue’s Physician Workforce graphic looks at practice settings for graduating residents with confirmed practice plans. The data is from the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) at the University at Albany’s “2014 New York Residency Training Outcomes,” a report on CHWS’ annual resident exit survey results.

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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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