Even as the economy begins to recover and jobs return, employment remains well below pre-pandemic levels in many key sectors. Two of these areas are education and the health care industry, according to the recent jobs data from the Labor Department. … READ MORE >
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Building the new normal in health care
As the health care provider industry works toward a new normal, physical infrastructure scrutiny will likely be top of mind for many organizations. … READ MORE >
Pandemic highlights the need for better use of data among health care providers
As health care providers prepare for an influx of patients with the easing of the pandemic, a better use of data analytics can help them manage the process. … READ MORE >
CHART OF THE DAY: State disparity in mental health preparedness
We may be dealing with the mental health after-effects of the pandemic long after we’ve reached herd immunity. … READ MORE >
CHART OF THE DAY: Health care sector rides the SPAC wave
Amid the recent gyrations in the equity markets, special purpose acquisition companies, better known as SPACs, have continued to gain favor, particularly among retail investors flush with savings. And in the middle of this frenzy is the health care sector. … READ MORE >
This year may be the busiest ever for health care and life sciences deal volume
With a flurry of deals in the health care sector already announced, this year promises to be an active one for funding and M&A activity. … READ MORE >
CHART OF THE DAY: As vaccination begins, health care remains underemployed
The health care sector remains 500,000 jobs below its pre-pandemic peak. Many have left the labor market to tend for families, care for children or because of concern for their own safety. … READ MORE >
CHART OF THE DAY: Technology investments in health care poised to surge
After years of pouring money into disruptive technologies in the financial services industry, venture capital firms are turning their attention to the health care ecosystem as the pandemic upends traditional ways of delivering health care. … READ MORE >
While other health care subsectors see job gains, nursing and residential care continues to lag
While the health care ecosystem is broadly returning to work, nursing care facilities remain an exception. In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic and state-wide prohibitions on non-emergent, or elective, procedures the health care ecosystem shed 2.27 million jobs in August, the first broad job loss in health care in decades. … READ MORE >
The pandemic, health care access and the economy
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has highlighted the massive inequality of access that continues to plague the richest country in the world. … READ MORE >