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Jason Frizzell, consultant with healthcare employee assessment firm Select International, wrote a blog post highlighting three red flags about an employee.

Community paramedicine, a community-based healthcare model in which paramedics have expanded roles, can help reduce inappropriate emergency department visits, according to a report by the Institute for Population Health Improvement at Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health System.

Pharmacy jobs had the most notable growth in number of postings on HealtheCareers Network, a healthcare recruiting solution for providers and job-seekers, from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013, according to the report "Q1 2013 Healthcare Jobs Snapshot," released by HealtheCareers.

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The American Hospital Association has launched the AHA Workforce Center, an online resource of tools for recruitment, engagement, retention, diversity and succession planning, according to an AHA News Now report. 

The hospital sector added 5,300 jobs in July, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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