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Med Tech: Kaiser Permanente program trains technologists
While shortages of doctors and nurses in the healthcare system gain a lot of media play, they are by no means the only problem area. The shortage of skilled technologists is a significant issue as well. The San Jose Mercury News examines a program at Kaiser Permanente which trains the health system's lab techs in-house. The Kaiser Permanente School of Health Sciences offers certificates in radiography, nuclear medicine, phlebotomy and several other specialties.
- see this story from the Mercury News
PLUS: In Kentucky, Jewish Hospital launches a $3 million program to remotely monitor its ICU using VISICU's technology. Story
ALSO: A Bay Area pediatrician who runs a website devoted to answering patient questions is the focus of a San Jose Mercury News profile. Story
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