A booming health care industry: job creation, award winning care, technology breakthroughs and new facilities are good news for the Detroit Region's economy.Manufacturers, particularly automotive manufacturers in this country, are struggling. Off-shorting, foreign competition, skyrocketing legacy costs Legacy costs is a term formed by analogy with the computer industry's legacy systems. Legacy costs are those incured by an organization in prior years under different leadership or when the entity's priorities and resources were different. , in increases in productivity-they probably all play a role in some way. But there's one industry that usually hits the headlines in a very different way. More often than not, the health care stories we see tend to be about technological breakthroughs or new facilities opening. One thing is for certain: the health care industry seems to be on a permanent roll. An aging baby boomer baby boomer also ba·by-boom·er n. A member of a baby-boom generation. Noun 1. baby boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers" boomer population coupled with the unending stream for medical breakthroughs has guaranteed a thriving future for the health care industry in this country. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a major metropolitan area, health care will always play a significant role in this region's economy. Our large and diverse population means the industry has the critical mass required to bankroll bank·roll n. 1. A roll of paper money. 2. Informal One's ready cash. tr.v. bank·rolled, bank·roll·ing, bank·rolls Informal the largest teaching hospitals with the latest equipment and employ the nation's best in every specialty. During the last Economic Census, the annual revenues of firms engaged in health care and social assistance in the Detroit Region totaled over $23 billion. In the last nine years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time percent that health care and social assistance contributes to Michigan's Gross State Product (GSP GSP Good Scientific Practice GSP Generalized System of Preferences GSP Gross State Product GSP German Shorthaired Pointer (dog breed) GSP Geometer's Sketchpad (KTP Technologies geometry software) GSP Georges St. ) has increased from 6.1 percent to 7.5 percent. Much of that increase has happened in the last five years when the industry's portion of GSP jumped over 13 percent. Only the information industry (e.g. publishing, broadcasting, software development, telecommunications) has experienced more growth in terms of GSP than the health care industry over the last five years. Taken as a whole, the health care industry in the Detroit Region has increased their employment ranks by over 13 percent in the last nine years. Ambulatory health care services (e.g. doctor's offices) have experienced amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. growth, nearly doubling heir workforce in less than ten years. Approximately one in eight regional Detroit workers worked in health care or social assistance in 2006.
Percentage of Gross State Product Represented by the Health Care
Industry, Michigan
Year Percent of GSP
Health Care & Ambulatory Health Hospitals,Nursing
Social Assistance Care Services & Residential
Care Facilities
1997 6.1% 2.9% 2.7%
1998 6.0% 2.9% 2.7%
1999 6.0% 1.8% 2.8%
2000 6.2% 2.9% 2.8%
2001 6.6% 3.2% 2.9%
2002 6.8% 3.2% 3.0%
2003 6.9% 3.3% 3.0%
2004 7.2% 3.5% 3.1%
2005 7.5% n/a n/a
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Percent change in Real Gross State Product by Industry, Michigan,
2000-2005
Industry Percent Change
Total, all private industries 1.8%
Utilities 3.6%
Construction -21.9%
Manufacturing -3.6%
Wholesale trade 6.2%
Retail trade 9.7%
Transportation & warehousing 8.6%
Information 32.9%
Finance & insurance 10.3%
Real estate, rental & leasing 3.5%
Professional & technical services -3.4%
Educational services 6.5%
Health care & social services 13.3%
Arts, entertainment & recreation 11.0%
Accommodation & food services -0.6%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Workers Needed to Keep the Health Care Industry Healthy Given the growth of the health care industry in the Detroit Region and throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , it stands to reason that labor shortages might result. With its history in manufacturing, the Detroit Region may have been particularly vulnerable to the recent need for more health care workers. Across the nation, shortages of physicians, surgeons, radiologists, anesthesiologists, dental hygienists dental hygienist n. A person trained and licensed to provide preventive dental services, such as cleaning the teeth, usually in conjunction with a dentist. , nurses and radiological technologists and technicians have been reported for the last five years and are predicted to continue for the next decade. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the National Center for O'NET Development, the following factors have contributed to these shortages: * Increased demand for services due to the aging general population * Increased technological development fractioning practitioner time * Retirement or impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. retirement of existing practitioners * Caps on programs for medical students and residents * Concerns with managed health care * Shortages of faculty available in medical and graduate schools To cope with the shortages and the move away from hospital-based to community-based health care, practitioners are employing 'physician extenders'. These employees' responsibilities fall between the technologists or technicians and the practitioner with whom they work. The result has been an even greater shortage in technologists and technicians, and of course, nurses. In 2005, there were over 35,000 people working as registered nurses in the Detroit Region. In a recent speech, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm stated, "Current estimates show Michigan on track to have a nursing shortage of 18,000 by 2015. "In 2005, regional Detroit colleges and universities graduated 2,651 nurses--a significant number, but not nearly enough to keep up with new demand and attrition. In addition to nurses, the increasing specialization in the health care field is creating a slew of new occupational opportunities.
Health Care Employment, Detroit Region
Employment 1997 Employment 2006 Percent Change
Health care & social 212,900 241,100 13.2%
assistance
Ambulatory health care 42,900 83,100 93.7%
services
Hospitals 84,800 91,000 7.3%
Nursing & residential 36,100 39,600 9.7%
care facilities
Total, all private 2,109,200 2,007,100 -4.8%
industries
Source: U.S. Bereau of Labor Statistics.
Quality Index
Michigan 81.9%
California 73.9%
Colorado 80.9%
Connecticut 83.2%
Florida 76.8%
Georgia 75.3%
Illinois 78.1%
Indiana 79.3%
MAssachusetts 81.0%
Minnesota 82.2%
Nevada 70.8%
NewYork 76.6%
North Carolina 81.0%
Ohio 80.4%
Pennsylvania 77.6%
South Carolina 80.6%
Texas 75.2%
Virginia 79.9%
Note: Average score on quality measures for acute myocardial
infraction, pneumonia, congestive heart failure and surgery.
Source: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Emerging Technologies The future growth of the health care industry in the Detroit Region doesn't depend solely on growth in the health care delivery system. World-class research institutions like the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. and Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). are continually expanding their research activities in the health care and health care realted fields. In fiscal year 2006, the University of Michigan received over $402 million in federal dollars for research in health and huamn services. This was up from $376 million the previous year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Spin-off from these activities is inevitable. the brainpower brain·pow·er n. 1. Intellectual capacity. 2. People of well-developed mental abilities: a country that doesn't value its brainpower. Noun 1. and infrastructure is here. In Michigan there are 542 life sciences companies employing nearly 32,000 people with sales of close to $5 billion. Life science companies like Molecular Innovations, a biotechnogy company that develops and sells reagents to scientific researchers, are thriving in the region. Molecular Innovations just broke ground on a new headquartes in Novi. The $2.5 million, 12,500-square-foot facility will bring 50 high-tech, high-paying jobs to the area. RELATED ARTICLE: Quality Health Care Around Every Corner Simply put, regional Derroiters have access to some of the best health care in the United States Health care in the United States is provided by many separate legal entities. The U.S. spends more on health care, both as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) and on a per-capita basis, than any other nation in the world. Current estimates put U.S. . Among the most populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. , urbanized states in the country. Michigan's health care quality ranks among the best. Courtesy of: Oakwood Healthcare Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New & Emerging Health Care Occupations in Michigan Anethesia Technician Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. Engineer Technician Caridiac Technician Cardiac Catheterization Cardiac Catheterization Definition Cardiac catheterization (also called heart catheterization) is a diagnostic procedure which does a comprehensive examination of how the heart and its blood vessels function. Technologist Cytogenetic cytogenetic /cy·to·ge·net·ic/ (-je-net´ik) 1. pertaining to chromosomes. 2. pertaining to cytogenetics. cytogenetic pertaining to or originating from the origin and development of the cell. Technologist Enterostomal Therapist Enterostomal therapist (ET) A specialized counselor, usually a registered nurse, who provides ostomy patients with education and counseling before the operation. Genetic Counselor Hyperalimentation hyperalimentation /hy·per·al·i·men·ta·tion/ (-al?i-men-ta´shun) the ingestion or administration of a greater than optimal amount of nutrients. Technician Interventional Radiological Technician Mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her Technologist Polysomnographic Technician A polysomnographic technologist performs overnight polysomnograms on those with suspected sleep disorders. To become a polysomnographic technologist one must receive on-the-job training performing overnight polysomnograms or attend a course in sleep medicine technology. Vascular Technician Source: Michigan Dept. of Labor & Economic Growth, Bureau of Workforce Programs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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