As you may know, a historical health care reform bill was recently signed into law. We’ve heard a lot about how the new law will affect how we get health care, but what you may not know is that it also affects jobs. No matter how you feel about the law, the fact is that it has a direct effect on the future workforce – especially for Latinos.
Now is the time to position yourself for a career in the growing health care economy.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in health care make up 10 of the 20 hottest growing occupations. Approximately 3.2 million health care related jobs will be added between now and 2018. While some of these jobs will require advanced degrees, most jobs will require less than a four-year degree. In 2018, there will be 19.7 percent more office support positions and 26.5 percent more secretaries and administrative assistants in the health care industry.
Technology
One of the coming major changes in health care is the push to create electronic patient records to change the delivery of customer/patient service. When you visit your bank, for example, a computer can easily access all the relevant information, but at the emergency room or doctor’s office, your medical records are still in paper file folders. As doctors move to electronic records, the need for skilled personnel in their offices will increase.
Bilingual and bicultural care
Latinos make up 14 percent of the U.S. population. By 2013, Latinos will be 21.2 percent of the total population in Chicago. (Geoscape 2008 Estimates, 2013 Projections). As the number of Latinos in Chicago grows, so will the need for bicultural and often Spanish-speaking
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