Nursing Shortage Portends Ill Will for Colorado
Denver, Colo. (PRWEB) May 20, 2010
Colorado’s nursing and health care workforce shortages threaten the health of our citizens and our economic viability, according to a new report just released by the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence (the Center).
“Although we may not feel it at the moment, Colorado is on the verge of a tsunami that threatens the physical and economic status of our communities and health care systems,” said Jean Scholz, RN and president and CEO of the Center. “The demographics in Colorado are changing rapidly. We have to anticipate these changes and adapt our models of health care delivery and education capacity now, so that Coloradans in the future will have access to viable health care services.”
Scholz cited health care reform, an aging labor pool, a growing and graying population and a restricted number of nursing school graduates due to a shortage of faculty and clinical training space as key factors in Colorado’s looming health care crisis.
“The short-term impact of the recession has made it harder for nursing school graduates to gain employment now than in past years,” explained Scholz. “Colorado’s future ability to deliver healthcare is still very much at risk due to an emerging nursing and health care workforce shortage. Thirty-two percent of the state’s 61,000 nurses are 55 or older. Colorado faces a very significant challenge in replacing these 20,000 retiring nurses as well as meeting the increasing healthcare demands of an aging and growing population.”
“We hope this report will rally our community to start working on these critical issues by creating innovative solutions to workforce shortages and removing delivery roadblocks that could dramatically help the system,” said the Center’s Board Chair, Jerry Spicer. Spicer, an RN, is the vice president of patient services and the chief nursing officer for St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Facts
Colorado’s health care and social assistance sector is responsible for one out of every nine Colorado jobs; 11 percent of the state’s working population.
While relatively younger than the state’s nursing population, in 1993 only nine percent of Colorado’s health care workforce was over the age of 55 percent; today it is 20 percent.
The average age of Colorado nurses is 49 and only seven percent are under the age of 30.
The Solutions
The Center outlines a framework for building Colorado’s health care workforce to ensure there are enough nurses and health care professionals in Colorado.
According to Anne Warhover, president and CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation, a funding organization for the Center, “In addition to reengineering our educational system with a focus on outcomes, we need to develop and implement new models of care, including medical homes with comprehensive physical health, mental health and dental services, and at the same time remove the bureaucratic bottlenecks that hinder working in the health care industry.”
A snapshot of the Center’s report provides a number of key initiatives to help with the pending tsunami:
1. Eliminate unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens that slow down and increase the cost of providing care.
2. Ensure that nursing schools and other health care disciplines have the necessary resources to educate our future workforce, including adequate faculty.
3. Work with community providers including primary care physicians to increase the number of sites for educating nurses, advanced practice nurses, nurse midwives and other health care professionals.
4. Help employers quickly assimilate new graduates and ramp up efforts to prepare nurses for in demand positions including primary care, mental health, critical care, case management, home health and long term care disciplines.
To view the entire report, please visit www.coloradonursingcenter.org
About the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence:
The Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence is dedicated to ensuring that our state has adequate numbers of highly-qualified nurses and other health care employees. The Center’s mission is to contribute to the promise for health by developing an excellent nursing and health care workforce that meets the needs of all Coloradans. Through collaboration and innovation, we are a catalyst for change and advocates for health, education and policy.
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186,000 Colorado Jobs in Creative Economy: New Study Defines 5th Largest Cluster of Colorado’s Economy
Denver, CO (PRWEB) February 6, 2009
The Colorado Council on the Arts released “Colorado: State-of-the-Art, Key Findings from The State of Colorado’s Creative Economy”, which shows that 186,251 jobs in the state are associated with creative enterprises and creative occupations. A key findings summary and the full report are available on the Colorado Council on the Arts web site at www.coloarts.org.
Colorado’s creative enterprises alone employed over 122,000 individuals in about 8,000 establishments. This accounts for 3.9% of the state’s estimated 3.2 million jobs, making it Colorado’s 5th largest employment sector, almost as large as biotechnology/biomedical and IT & telecommunications, and larger than defense & security and agribusiness, food processing & technology. Employee earnings in these jobs, including employee benefits, was about billion. Another 64,000 individuals worked in creative occupations in non-creative enterprises.
“This research clearly demonstrates that the creative sector is a large and important sector of Colorado’s economy,” said Colorado Lt. Governor, Barbara O’Brien. “Our next step is to more fully understand the challenges in each industry sub-group and identify areas of opportunity.”
Colorado is a magnet for creative talent, ranking 5th among all states for concentration of artists. Only New York, California, Massachusetts and Vermont have a higher concentration of creative talent. Colorado ranks 2nd in concentration of architects, 7th in concentration of writers, designers, entertainers and performers, and 8th in concentration of photographers. More information on creative talent and creative jobs is available in the key findings summary at http://www.coloarts.state.co.us/programs/economic/co_creativeconomy/index.htm.
“Anecdotally we knew that Colorado was home to a large number of creative businesses and creative talent,” said Elaine Mariner, executive director, Colorado Council on the Arts. “Now we have the statistics to prove that the creative sector is a critical part of our state’s economy and could be an important driver for economic growth.”
For this study, a creative enterprise is defined as any company for which the primary value of its products or services is rooted in its emotional and aesthetic appeal to the customer. A creative occupation is defined as a job in either a creative industry or non-creative industry in which the work itself is inherently creative or artistic. The creative economy encompasses both of these groups, which overlap.
The study categorized creative industries into six sub-groups: design, film and media, heritage, literary and publishing, performing arts, and visual arts and crafts. Colorado’s strengths are design, literary and publishing, and film and media which represent 73% of all creative industry jobs.
The strengths of the creative economy vary across the state. For instance South Central Colorado has strength in literary and publishing including the greeting card industry, Northwest hosts nationally significant art and music festivals, and Southwest is home to a significant number of visual artists. More details on the creative sub-groups and the regions and their strengths are included in the key findings summary and the full report at www.coloarts.org.
The study identified four action steps to grow Colorado’s creative economy: understand what drives and what impedes the growth of the various industry sub-segments, capitalize on the linkages between creative talent and other important industry clusters such as manufacturing, assess the strengths of the state’s K-12 and higher education systems to further develop our creative workforce, and consider how to attract more creative enterprises to our state by learning about where creative people choose to live and why, by region.
The Colorado Council on the Arts is working with Lt. Governor O’Brien, Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Department of Labor and Colorado Community College System to host a series of regional “Creative Conversations” through which the state can develop a better understanding of how the creative industries can be harnessed in each region to drive economic growth.
About the Colorado Council on the Arts
The mission of The Colorado Council on the Arts, a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade, is to promote the cultural, educational, and economic growth of Colorado through development of its arts and cultural heritage. For more information, visit www.coloarts.org.
Contacts:
Elaine Mariner
Executive Director, Colorado Council on the Arts
Elaine.mariner (at) state.co.us
(303) 892-3870
Heidi Elliott
heidi (at) beanstalk-marketing.com
(303) 521-8824
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Jobing.com Acquires WorkMetro
Phoenix (PRWEB) February 6, 2008
Jobing Inc, announced today the acquisition of WorkMetro, Inc. Today’s announcement marks the ninth strategic acquisition for Jobing.com, a three-time Inc. 500™ Fastest Growing Company.
Based in San Jose, Calif., WorkMetro operates local employment websites in 22 major markets across the United States, including Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Nashville, Philadelphia, Tampa, Miami, St. Louis, and Raleigh/Durham. WorkMetro was founded in 2003 and venture funded by Bessemer Venture Partners and JAFCO Ventures. Similar to Jobing.com, WorkMetro.com utilizes leading-edge web technology, a locally focused business model and an aggressive local advertising presence to address the needs of local employers and job seekers.
“Jobing.com was a natural fit for WorkMetro because of their leadership position in the local recruitment market as well as their deep experience in acquisitions,” said Dave Lambert, founder of WorkMetro.
“Jobing.com is excited to add the WorkMetro business to our portfolio as we continue to bring together leading companies in the local recruitment space,” said Aaron Matos, CEO of Jobing.com. In just four years, Jobing.com has expanded its business across North America with major acquisitions that include Employocity, ColoradoJobs, JobSummit, the California Online Job Network, Rhinomite, Careers Colorado, LocalCareers Network, and CanJobs.com.
About Jobing.com
A three-time Inc. 500™ fastest-growing company, Jobing.com is a leading media provider of locally-focused recruiting, online job search and talent management solutions designed to connect local employers and job seekers. Jobing.com is a privately held, employee-owned company, funded by investors Great Hill Partners and JMI Equity. The company currently serves communities in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wisconsin. For more information visit www.Jobing.com or contact Joe Cockrell.
About WorkMetro
WorkMetro is a market leader in the online recruitment marketplace. The company utilizes leading-edge web technology, a locally focused business model and an aggressive local advertising presence to address the needs of local employers and job seekers. WorkMetro was founded in 2003 and was venture funded by Bessemer Venture Partners and JAFCO Ventures. For more information, visit www.workmetro.com.
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Colorado Lost More Than 13000 Jobs in July
More than 13700 Colorado jobs were let go in July. And according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment… Colorado state lost more than 2 million jobs altogether. The state’s unemployment rate jumped during summer months to 5.2 percent last month in July. And State Labor officials are saying that this is the highest jobless rate Colorado has since since June 2005. The national unemployment rate is currently at 5.7 percent. In addition, first time claims for unemployment filers were up at 14 percent, when compared to the same time last year. However… the good news is that statewide payrolls have grown by 31000 new jobs.
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Senior Help Wanted LLC. (SeniorHelpWanted.com) Premier Web site for Seniors and Mature Adults Seeking Employment, Announces Partnership and Pilot Program With Westaff Inc., One of The Nations Largest Staffing Firms.
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SeniorHelpWanted.com and Westaff together will help fill over 300 job openings in Colorado. The jobs will vary from positions in accounting to ticket takers at major sporting events, and everything in-between.
“We are very excited about Westaff and the pilot program” states Andrew Maisonneuve, CEO of SeniorHelpWanted.com. “We can help hundreds of Colorado seniors in a very short time. The goal of this pilot program is to show companies and organizations that hiring a mature adult can be very beneficial to the organization, and the local economy.”
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state of Colorado has approximately 392,000 residents 65 and over, out of those residents, 49,000 adults (over 65) are in the labor pool now. The average unemployment rate for this age demographic is 5.4% or approximately 3500 to 4000 claiming unemployment.
Westaff provides workers to some of the largest companies and organization in the United States. “We recognize the potential contribution that the seniors can make toward productivity in the workplace. Our goal is to tap into the growing number of mature adults in the labor pool” states Cindi Moore, Westaff Business Development Executive. “Our experience working with seniors has shown that they bring a wealth of workplace knowledge and a conscientiousness to the job that is invaluable. One of our key initiatives is to reach seniors who want to work and we are very excited about our partnership with www.SeniorHelpWanted.com as a recruiting source for us.”
Anyone seeking information about the pilot program can visit www.SeniorHelpWanted.com, or call your nearest Westaff office.
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The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development Launches with a Statewide “Call for Proposals” From Life Science Technologies In Need of Funding and Active Management
Aurora, CO (PRWEB) February 1, 2010
The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) officially launches this month with a statewide “Call for Proposals” from Colorado life science technologies in need of funding and active management. The announcement is made by Kevin M. Smith, CID4 Executive Vice President/COO and spokesperson, who says “CID4 is a private, not-for-profit entity, formed in 2009 to bridge the gap between basic research and successful product commercialization, thereby creating more Colorado jobs in the life science industry.”
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“With more than 20,000 good-paying jobs in Colorado, the life sciences industry is one of our state’s most important economic sectors today and it holds incredible promise for tomorrow,” Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said. “I’m pleased CID4 is now ready to advance to the next level as we lead Colorado forward on the road to economic health and recovery.”
CID4 was formed through the collaborative efforts of all sectors of the Colorado Life Science community as reflected in the composition of its Board of Directors:
David N. Allen – University of Colorado
Denise Brown – Consultant & Former Executive Director of the Colorado BioScience Association
John Collar – President and CEO, Colorado BioScience Association
Richard C. Duke, Ph.D – President & CEO , CID4
Terry Opgenorth, Ph.D. – COO NeoTREX®, CSU Ventures, Inc.
Kevin M. Smith – Executive Vice President & COO, CID4
The Honorable Edward J. Tauer – Mayor, City of Aurora & Chair of the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority
“We are very excited about this opportunity to continue developing Colorado’s life science sector. With initial financial support in the form of grants from the State of Colorado and Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, we have been able to commence operations, recruit a highly distinguished Technical and Business Advisory Committee and reach out to sources of technology across the State,” Richard C. Duke, CID4 President & CEO, explains. “We are now poised to conduct the first of what we expect to be semi-annual solicitations for new technologies. And, the selection process will be rigorous, with only three or four technologies selected each year.”
Unlike a pure investment firm, CID4 will select technologies that have the ability to generate Colorado jobs, as well as financial returns. “We fully expect this new model will allow us to attract additional funding in the form of philanthropic contributions and targeted product investment by angel investors and venture capitalists,” Smith says.
“Bioscience companies can bring great jobs to Colorado’s families. By helping promising technologies in need of startup assistance to become great companies, CID4 becomes our secret weapon to growing more, higher-paying Colorado jobs” The Honorable Ed Tauer, Mayor of the City of Aurora and member of the CID4 Board of Directors, says. CID4 is headquartered at 12635 E. Montview Blvd., Suite 127, in the Fitzsimons Life Science District in Aurora.
About the First Solicitation
CID4 invites Colorado-based Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), researchers and inventors from Colorado-based public and private not-for-profit research Institutions, independent researchers and inventors in Colorado, and private Colorado-based Life Science Companies to submit technologies for consideration. Deadlines for response to the solicitation: February 15, 2010, letters of intent due; March 1, 2010, final submissions due. Note, this proposal solicitation is for drug, vaccine, device and diagnostic technologies poised to enter clinical development and available for exclusive license to the CID4. For complete information and submission form, visit: http://www.cid4.com/downloads/CID4_technology_012710.pdf
About The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development
CID4 is transforming life science innovation into commercial success by identifying and funding potential opportunities, and utilizing the talents of an advanced leadership team to ensure ultimate market value. By actively promoting the real world application of cutting edge research, CID4 is a leader in the formation of new companies and the creation of high-paying jobs. For more information, visit http://www.cid4.com
Contacts:
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