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Thought About Working in Afghanistan? Here Are 5 Things to Consider.
January 9, 2010
If you want to find a military contracting job that lets you work on the front lines of one of the most important places in the world, you should always be thinking about Afghanistan. But are there actually lucrative jobs to be found there? Sure there are. Here are 5 reasons working in Afghanistan will continue into the future.
#5: There’s a Big Push on Pakistan.
Right now, the American government is continually lobbying Pakistan to crack down on Taliban extremists and other Al Qaeda agents, especially in Waziristan — one of the most important provinces on the border with Afghanistan. If the Pakistani government continues to make positive steps in that direction — and many signs point to yes — the opportunities for working in Afghanistan will remain strong, as infrastructure-building will remain fundamental in places that are freed from Taliban control.
#4: The Elections Did Not Go As Planned.
Unfortunately for pretty much every group involved, the recent August elections in Afghanistan did not go well. By just about every form of measurement, there was widespread corruption and a serious lack of democratic process, and the Taliban intimidated an untold number of Afghans into not voting. What does this mean for us? That our work in Afghanistan is far from finished, for one thing.
#3: Despite Politics, Work is Still Needed.
While political fortunes might actually rise and fall on the fate of Afghanistan — and not just in the USA, but also with some key allies — there are decisions being made about the country that are not going to be ultra-popular among the media. These include the fact that more contracts are going to be created there, because the infrastructure and future planning demands it. That’s important for you.
#2: By No Standard is the Work Finished.
It’s a sad fact that Afghanistan has been the ‘forgotten’ war for so long, but now that the situation in Iraq has slightly calmed down, eyes have returned to the original focus. This war has now gone on longer than both World Wars (in terms of American involvement), and sadly nothing has been fully resolved. This means further engagement for some time.
#1: Risks, and thus Pay, Are Rather High.
It’s a dangerous part of the world right now, Afghanistan is. But this means that compensation levels are equally adjusted to the appropriate danger. There’s no point mincing words — there are definite risks in taking a contracting job in that part of the world, but that’s the reason why the US Government pays what it does.
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Ways to Improve the Physician to Patient Ratio
December 20, 2009
Since the 1970′s, the physician and patient ratio has been steadily increasing across the country. The result of the increase is much less time spent with patients. This can result in errors in diagnosis, a loss in developing a personal trust with the patient, and patients not receiving proper medical care. However, there are a number of ways to improve physician to patient ratio which will result in more time spent with the patient, more time on preventive care, improving medical care, and developing better relationships between the doctor and patient.
Ways to improve the physician to patient ratio:
1. Arrange for physician schedules to be more consistent. For instance, schedule physicians to work 3 or 4 days consecutively instead of varying ‘off and on’ days. There can often be much time and expense wasted during doctor transitions. As well, a doctor on a set schedule will spend more time with a particular patient.
2. Improve physician communication with staff and other physicians when they are scheduled for their days off. This includes making use of modern technology such as email and websites to update the staff about patients.
3. Talk to physicians about the benefits of maintaining a consistent schedule as it applies to patient care. Engage the physician to come up with a positive and effective agreement to implement a more effective schedule that benefits patient care.
4. Hire more Physician Assistants. These assistants are able to perform many of the tasks normally performed by doctors. This can include diagnosing and prescribing medical treatments, arranging for diagnostic tests, preventive care counseling, writing medical prescriptions, performing physical exams, and much more.
5. Hire more Nurse Practitioners: A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse that acquired additional education and training to carry out some of the tasks normally performed by a doctor. This can include: treating illnesses and injuries such as bandaging, performing physical exams and screening, and diagnostic work.
6. Update hospitals with modern technology to help reduce non patient duties. This can include creating electronic patient files and other important electronic documents and files. Computer orientated patient management can drastically cut down on time away from the patient. Physicians will have more time to focus on their patients.
7. Streamline business operations, particular reducing time dealing with health insurance companies. Physicians can spend many hours each day on the phone with their patients’ health insurance providers. Create a website that allows doctors to enter in a patient’s health plan and identification number which will pull up the patients file containing what treatments and procedures are covered by their insurance provider.
Patients do not always understand why they see a doctor for 5 minutes or why they see several doctors in a family practice setting or during a brief stay in the hospital. Doctors have a lot of added burdens outside the care of their patients. As well, less time with patients can result in poor quality patient care, a higher chance of making a medical error, and even making an error when writing prescriptions. It is important to find and implement measures to increase the physician and patient ratio as it will benefit the medical care industry as well as the doctors and their patients.
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