The overwhelming majority of U.S. states will see healthcare and medical careers develop more quickly than all other sectors, according to a press release issued by a university with a division that conducted a probe of the industry.
Forty six of 50 states will see those types of professions more rapidly grow and two states – Georgia and Utah – are forecast to spearhead the drive with growth rates of 38 percent, the study executed by Georgetown University concluded. Released last week by the school's Center on Education and the Workforce, the report noted the importance of appropriate educational disciplines to fill these positions.
"Failure to prepare an adequately trained healthcare workforce will have serious consequences beyond the economy," said Anthony P. Carnevale, the report's lead author. "Access to care, quality of care and patient safety are what's at stake."
Release of the report came just before the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold many components of U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul.
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday cast the nine-member panel's deciding vote in a long-anticipated decision that sustains the Affordable Care Act.