Health Guide USA

Dental Hygienist Pay in the Southwestern U.S.: The region is an AVERAGE one for dental hygienist pay. Data published earlier this year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put dental hygienist (DH) employment in the USA at about 211,000 as of May 2023. At that time, approximately 19,780 dental hygienists were working in the four-state Southwestern U.S. according to the BLS. A deeper look at May 2023 BLS data details the following about dental hygienist pay in the Southwestern U.S.: https://lnkd.in/dFTUyrJH PDS Health, High End Hiring, Highmark Inc.

Registered Nurse Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.: BLS data showed a BETTER region in the nation for RN pay. Moreover, 3 of the 10 best states nationally for RN annual mean wages were in the region. Pennsylvania, however, was the only state to not meet the national average. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported earlier this year that there were over 3,175,000 registered nurses (RNs) working in the U.S. as of May 2023. Approximately 487,000 registered nurses were employed in the Mid-Eastern U.S. region, an area that encompasses five states and the District of Columbia. Further review of BLS data from May 2023 detailed the following about registered nurse pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S. region: https://lnkd.in/gX82PwQV University of Maryland Medical System, Megan Hoeh, PHR, Registered Nurse Jobs (RN Jobs) - RNJobSite.com

Medical Assistant Pay in the Southeastern U.S.: In general, it was the WORST region in the nation for medical assistant pay, with six state ranked among the ten states in the country with the lowest annual mean wage level for medical assistants. Moreover, as of May 2023, no state in the region recorded a medical assistant annual mean wage level that was above the national average. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released earlier this year put the number of medical assistants (MA) at work in the United States at over 763,000 as of May 2023. Per BLS data, approximately 195,000 medical assistant jobs were in the twelve-state Southeastern region of the country. A closer examination of BLS data reveals the following details about medical assistant pay in the Southeastern U.S. as of May 2023: https://lnkd.in/gVBtHJAF

Bill Sullivan: "I’m a microbiology researcher studying infectious diseases. From a public health perspective, clarifying misconceptions about tap water and the health hazards of raw water can protect consumers and curtail the spread of infectious diseases." The Conversation U.S., Indiana University School of Medicine https://lnkd.in/evFDWyMr

NPR: "Research shows when the power fails, it also raises the risk of a host of health concerns — from gastrointestinal illness to heart attacks and even burns. "We see a host of things happen when the power goes out," says Joan Casey, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and epidemiology at the University of Washington who has studied the health risks associated with power outages. "We see increases in cardiorespiratory hospitalizations. We've seen increases in carbon monoxide poisoning because people use generators incorrectly. And our group has also found increases in injuries in children, including increases in burns after power outages started... When power outages stretch out over several days, incidents of gastrointestinal illness often rise, Casey says. That's because a lack of electricity not only leads to food spoiling in refrigerators, but it can also interrupt operations at water treatment plants and pump stations." https://lnkd.in/gKuzMTqE The National Institutes of Health

Dental Hygienist Pay in the Great Lakes Region: The region is among the WEAKER ones in the nation for dental hygienist pay, with the annual mean wage for dental hygienists in all five states falling below the national average. Recently released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that there were over 211,000 dental hygienists employed in the United States as of May 2023. About 34,200 dental hygienists were employed in the five-state Great Lakes region according to BLS reports. May 2023 BLS data reveals the following about dental hygienist pay in the Great Lakes region: https://lnkd.in/g9xsRZPy Smile Brands Inc., iHire, Wizehire

Medical Assistant Pay in New England: BLS data indicates New England to be one of the STRONGEST regions in the country for medical assistant pay. Their annual mean wage levels in every New England state tops the national average, and two states in the region rank among the ten best nationally for medical assistant annual mean wages. The latest occupational employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put medical assistant (MA) employment at over 763,000 as of May 2023. Nearly 37,000 of those medical assistant jobs were in the six-state New England region of the country. A closer look at May 2023 BLS data reveals the following about medical assistant pay in New England: https://lnkd.in/g2DNP9Eu Brook Health, Concorde Career Colleges, Hospital for Special Surgery

Dental Hygienist Pay in the Great Plains Region: BLS data shows the region to be a modestly WEAK one for dental hygienist pay, as nearly every state in the region had an annual mean wage level for dental hygienists that fell below the national average. The region did not, however, have any states that ranked in the bottom third of states nationally for dental hygienist annual mean wages. Nearly 212,000 dental hygienists were working in the United States as of May 2023 according to the most current occupational data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). At that time, more than 15,700 dental hygienists were working in the seven-state Great Plains region. A closer examination of May 2023 BLS data reveals the following about dental hygienist pay in the Great Plains region: https://lnkd.in/gpBubjjy Dental Care Alliance, Concorde Career Colleges, High End Hiring

At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death. But it’s far from being a set-it-and-forget-it tool. A routine tech checkup revealed the algorithm decayed during the covid-19 pandemic, getting 7 percentage points worse at predicting who would die, according to a 2022 study. There were likely real-life impacts. Ravi Parikh, an Emory University oncologist who was the study’s lead author, told KFF Health News the tool failed hundreds of times to prompt doctors to initiate that important discussion — possibly heading off unnecessary chemotherapy — with patients who needed it. He believes several algorithms designed to enhance medical care weakened during the pandemic, not just the one at Penn Medicine. “Many institutions are not routinely monitoring the performance” of their products, Parikh said. https://lnkd.in/eedabWGP

We scraped a few headlines for you, but see Gary Monk's whole newsletter for excellent data and links: * A U.S. study found that AI in mammography screening may boost breast cancer detection rates by 21%... * FaceAge uses AI to analyze selfies, estimating biological age and predicting health outcomes, including lifespan... * Carta Healthcare acquired Realyze Intelligence to enhance its AI platform for matching patients to clinical trials... * Claimable uses generative AI to fight claim denials... * The FDA's new guidelines streamline approvals for AI-enabled medical devices... https://lnkd.in/g_URh3Wh Dr. Ronald Klatz, MD, DO