Question

On the Horizon: The Trends on the National & International Healthcare Landscape Access the Bureau for Labor Statistics website (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm ). Search for various positions of interest in the healthcare sector. In 250 words, discuss the areas of greatest growth and reason(s) for it? Is HIT/HIM listed as one these fastest growing fields?

Answer 1

The most fastly growing careers in healthcare sector includes physician assitant, nurses, physical therapist, operation theatre technician, health information technology.

Physician assistant or nurse - demands for this job is increasing with a boom in healthcare. A nurse has to work in coordination with other doctors, paramedics and mangement to provide care and treatment to patient.

Physical therapist - with increasing work related stress and sedentary lifestyle various conditions of musculoskeletal system have emerged. Physical therapy provides a very edfective approach treat such conditions

Healthcare information technology - this is very vastly emerging field in healthcare sector. It makes use of information technology and computer software to store, manage and secure the patient related data and records. A healthcare information technician or healthcare information manager is hired to maintain, update, manage and protect the patient medical information.