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Though Kentucky has been hit hard by the recession, certain industries, including health care, are hiring. State unemployment trends show educational and health services have grown 20.5 percent since 2001.
- Health Care Jobs Are Expected To Expand As We Age; Newspaper In Bowling Green Looks At Its Region
Jobs in health care are not only available for those without bachelor's degrees, such jobs are likely to become more prevalent, according to data collected in the Barren River Area Development District, Monica Spees reports for The Daily News in Bowling...
- School Boards Across Ky. Realign School-nurse Programs, Squeezed By Budget Cuts And Medicaid Payment Issues
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medicaid reimbursements have squeezed the health agencies, and they in turn have put the squeeze on the schools for more...
- Health Care Is Top-spending Legislative Lobby In Kentucky
Kentucky's health-care industry spent about $1.5 million, more than any other industry, to lobby state legislators in in the first four months of the year. "Health care spending was led by hospital operators, who spent about $300,000, including...
- Free Clinic Helps Care For Poor Workers In Horse Racing Industry
People who don't have health insurance but who work at Churchill Downs and elsewhere in the horse racing industry can get free care, thanks to the Kentucky Racing Health Services Center. "The nonprofit, nurse-managed clinic started as a joint venture...
- Lifebridge Health Makes Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies To Work For"
LifeBridge Health announced today that it was ranked 96 on Fortune Magazine?s 2010 list of ?100 Best Companies to Work For.? The full list and related stories appear in the February 8 issue of Fortune, available on newsstands on Monday, January 25. LifeBridge...
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Jobs increasing in health services industry
Though Kentucky has been hit hard by the recession, certain industries, including health care, are hiring. State unemployment trends show educational and health services have grown 20.5 percent since 2001.
"With the population maturing ? not just in Kentucky and in Fayette County but elsewhere ? you're going to continue to see health care as a growing industry," said Ron Crouch, director of research and statistics for the state Office of Employment and Training.
The Lexington Herald-Leader's Scott Sloan reports all of Lexington's hospitals are expanding and large, flourishing companies like ACS and Pacific Pulmonary "are capitalizing on service related to health care."
Professional and business services also grew ? up 15.2 percent between 2001 and the second quarter of 2010. Toyota has resumed hiring, Cincinnati-based grocery Kroger is growing and technology companies are creating more jobs. (Read more)
- Health Care Jobs Are Expected To Expand As We Age; Newspaper In Bowling Green Looks At Its Region
Jobs in health care are not only available for those without bachelor's degrees, such jobs are likely to become more prevalent, according to data collected in the Barren River Area Development District, Monica Spees reports for The Daily News in Bowling...
- School Boards Across Ky. Realign School-nurse Programs, Squeezed By Budget Cuts And Medicaid Payment Issues
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medicaid reimbursements have squeezed the health agencies, and they in turn have put the squeeze on the schools for more...
- Health Care Is Top-spending Legislative Lobby In Kentucky
Kentucky's health-care industry spent about $1.5 million, more than any other industry, to lobby state legislators in in the first four months of the year. "Health care spending was led by hospital operators, who spent about $300,000, including...
- Free Clinic Helps Care For Poor Workers In Horse Racing Industry
People who don't have health insurance but who work at Churchill Downs and elsewhere in the horse racing industry can get free care, thanks to the Kentucky Racing Health Services Center. "The nonprofit, nurse-managed clinic started as a joint venture...
- Lifebridge Health Makes Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies To Work For"
LifeBridge Health announced today that it was ranked 96 on Fortune Magazine?s 2010 list of ?100 Best Companies to Work For.? The full list and related stories appear in the February 8 issue of Fortune, available on newsstands on Monday, January 25. LifeBridge...