Health care - Engineers are the new saviours in white coats
The use of modern technologies will play a significant role in the medicine of tomorrow. Thanks to highly developed devices and processes, diagnosis and therapy are becoming more and more effective. Doctors are not the only beneficiaries here; patients also gain through the reduction in suffering.
The health care systems of most countries of the world are nowadays lagging behind about ten years concerning the use of IT technology. The use and linking of technologies between doctor and patient or doctor and hospital doesn't take place according to standards but consists of many proprietary isolated applications, which are incompatible. Thus the standardization of the communication between all participants in the health care system is one of the future trends in the sector.
A strong competition for qualified doctors and scientists, who are able to handle problems of an exploding and at the same time aging world population, the growing danger of global epidemics or fighting diseases like cancer or AIDS, will remain in almost all countries of the world.
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2010-02-04 Half of Medical Device Professionals Considering a New Job This Year
More work and less pay due to reductions in staff
Bildquelle: sxc.huMore than half of medical device industry professionals said they will likely look for a new job in 2010, according to a random online survey of 2,150, conducted by Legacy MedSearch.
Forthe past eighteen months, professionals in all aspects of the medical industry had had to work harder — many times for less pay and with fewer resources — to make up for reductions in staff, said Paula Rutledge, president of Legacy MedSearch. She doesn't believe this trend was sustainable. They anticipated a slight increase in hiring in 2010, particularly in the customer-facing functions like sales and marketing. With the FDA battening down the hatches on the PMA and 510(k) approval processes, they were also seeing a recent surge in positions associated with product approvals and liability such as quality, regulatory, compliance and clinical affairs.
VPs and C Suite Most Likely to Change Jobs
The survey found that 41% of vice president and c-suite-level executives said there was a strong possibility that they will change jobs this year; compared to 8% who categorized themselves as “owner,” 13% who categorized their positions as non-executive management, and 30% of all othe job titles.
With the capital markets and economic pressures constraining bonuses and incentives — and many stock options essentially worthless — many VPs and CEOs had shared confidentially that 2010 might be the year to start a new job with a clean slate, Rutledge said. Once quarterly earnings were posted, there could well be a significant shuffle in the executive management ranks — both voluntarily and involuntarily. Many companies were talking to them about making changes at the top as well, so they sensed their 2010 VP and C-level searches to out-pace 2009.
Product Staffers Least Upbeat on Current Jobs; Business Development and Marketing Most Bullish on 2010
Of all the job functions represented, respondents in product-focused positions expressed the worst outlook for their current jobs in the new year, with zero percent answering “excited about 2010,” according to survey results. Most upbeat about their current positions in 2010 were business development executives, 47% of whom were either “excited about 2010” or “happy where I am;” and marketing professionals, 43% of whom were either “excited about 2010” or “happy where I am.”
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