Immigrants make mark in healthcare work force

Study from Massachusetts....more immigrants in healthcare in the US....BD 

Physicians, paramedics, and other healthcare workers in Massachusetts increasingly have something in common, according to a new study: Significant percentages of them were born in another country.

Foreign-born workers are now represented at all echelons of the state's healthcare sector, from elite research laboratories to overflowing emergency rooms. Immigrants now make up more than a quarter of the workforce in several key jobs, including pharmacists, medical scientists, and surgeons, according to an executive summary for a new statewide study by professors from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, Tufts University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Immigrants make mark in healthcare work force - The Boston Globe