The health sector of our economy is important, broad, and more diverse than most people think. The impression most envision of our health care industry are scores of nurses and doctors rushing about at our hospitals, people in lab coats conducting drug research, your local pharmacist, or the P.A. and friendly staff you have come to know when visiting your physician at his or her office. Many of these jobs require years of education and training. However, there are many, very important, entry level positions that offer opportunity and advancement in this growing and influential part of our economy. We have a need for CNA’s (Certified Nursing Assistant), Pharmacy Technicians, and other entry level medical field work.  

Starting level certification for these and other positions are attainable in a reasonably short period of time. With “stackable credentials,” employees can learn more and advance through the hierarchy of their chosen profession. In one example of this burgeoning market, pharmacy giant CVS announced plans this morning to hire 15,000 pharmacy techs to help with the (hopefully soon) rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine. The company plans to make 10,000 of these positions full time.

Lab technicians, x-ray technicians, and dozens of other examples, are opportunities for Delawareans seeking a career in the rewarding field of health care. Newly created Forward Delaware offers training opportunities for positions like these in the health care industry (and other industries) as well as the ability for employers to connect with a qualified workforce. Learn more about Forward Delaware here.

Today we explore numbers 35 and 36 on the CNBC list:

K Health: The global coronavirus pandemic has proved that business can be done remotely. Now we’re seeing that health care can be delivered that way as well. K Health is among a growing list of start-ups that offers patients access to care through their iPhone or Android device. After downloading the K Health app, a user can tell K what’s bothering them and what symptoms they’re experiencing. The AI-driven service makes it easy for users to see how doctors typically diagnose people with similar symptoms and biomarkers. The information will include what to watch out for as well as the tests and medications people needed to get better. Everything up until this point is free. If a person still wants or needs to chat with a doctor, the fee is $19, or $9 per month for unlimited chats. The doctor can then diagnose, prescribe medicine and order lab tests. Learn more >

Databricks: Six-year-old Databricks, a technology start-up based in San Francisco, is on a mission: to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems, from security-threat detection to cancer and Covid-19 drug development. It does this by building and running a data and AI infrastructure platform so customers — Comcast, Shell, Expedia and Regeneron, to name a few — can focus on the challenges that are central to their own missions. Learn more >

Plenty of real estate information this week as we learn about September housing starts and building permits data on Tuesday. On Thursday, we’ll get an early look at initial jobless claims from the first part of October, and existing home sales from September, as well as leading economic indicator data for September. We wrap up the week on Friday with manufacturing and services figures from early October.

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