Community colleges that received grants totaling over $50 million…More. COLORADO Pueblo Community College Consortium Leader Total Consortium Award Amount: $14,171,229 Consortium members: Kodiak College, Otero Junior College, Red Rocks Community College, Montana State University — Great Falls College of Technology, Flathead Valley Community College, Lake Area Technical Institute, Laramie County Community College These programs will [...]
Funds will be used to support Health IT training for veterans and TAA eligible individuals while addressing educational infrastructure and stimulating employment… more.
Davis High School students interested in health care careers will benefit from a $50,000 grant to Memorial Hospital Foundation. The California Endowment announced the award Wednesday, given for Memorial Medical Center’s work with the Davis Health Careers Academy and to fund a paid summer internship program for 18- to 20-year-olds. The Health Careers Academy offers [...]
From hospitals to home health services, Sacramento’s medical industry has become an economic powerhouse. It surged when practically every other sector of the economy stalled, and now employs more people here than state government. And it’s poised for an even greater expansion. President Barack Obama’s overhaul of national health care, having survived a challenge in [...]
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law more than two years ago and the health care law is making a difference in the lives of millions of people like you. Find out how the law is being implemented where you live. See powerful stories of people who have benefited from the law. Read about [...]
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the award of 64 grants totaling more than $15 million that are aimed at providing approximately 8,600 homeless veterans nationwide with job training to help them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded under the U.S. Department of Labor’s [...]
Is Mitt Romney being unfair to the law he inspired? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the key arguments made by opponents to the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, is that it will kill jobs. The reasoning is that forcing employers to provide insurance for their employees will raise their costs, and that they’ll [...]
Modern Physician’s Physician Entrepreneur of the Year awards program is designed to recognize physicians who have made their mark on the business side of healthcare by introducing successful new products or services to the industry or by successfully leading or managing businesses serving the industry. Some examples include: Physicians who own their own hospitals or ambulatory surgery [...]
To help meet the growing demand for health IT professionals, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) funded the Workforce Development Program. The goal of the program is to train a new workforce of skilled health IT professionals who will be able to help providers implement electronic health records and achieve [...]
By Jennifer Gonzalez 2011 The Chronicle of Higher Education 1255 23rd Street NW Washington, DC 20037 During his speech tonight to a joint session of Congress, President Obama is expected to lay out a series of proposals to revive the stalling economy, and among them may be a call to put more money into repairing [...]
