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9 PATIENT & CAREGIVER EXPERIENCE 56 best jobs in healthcare, per US News By Alexis Kayser U .S. News and World Report on Jan. 10 released its best jobs ranking for 2023. Of the 190 jobs on the list, 56 were healthcare or healthcare support- related. For its analysis, U.S. News staff identified jobs with the largest number and percentage of projected openings from 2021 to 2031, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. en, each career was assigned a weighted average score out of 10 based on the following component factors: median salary, unemployment rate, 10-year growth volume, 10-year growth percentage, future job prospects, stress level and work-life balance. Although healthcare careers can be associated with high stress, they are in high demand, which allowed them to dominate the rankings. "We know that the healthcare and social services industry is the second-fastest growing industry as far as future job prospects over the next 10 years," Janica Ingram, U.S. News' careers editor, told Becker's. "ese jobs are continuing to be in demand. ere's going to be job growth there. And that's definitely something that people are interested in, especially looking in 2023 — the U.S. may go into a recession." Here are the 56 healthcare-related jobs listed on U.S. News' ranking, along with the rank they received among professions across all industries. 2. Nurse practitioner 3. Medical and health services manager 4. Physician assistant 6. Physical therapist 10. Dentist 13. Physician 14. Orthodontist 17. Registered nurse 19. Occupational therapy assistant 24. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon 25. Nurse anesthetist 26. Epidemiologist/medical scientist 31. Speech language pathologist 32. Psychiatrist 33. Optometrist 34. Pediatrician 35. Dental hygienist 36. Respiratory therapist 38. Physical therapist assistant 41 (tie). Anesthesiologist 41 (tie). Obstetrician and Gynecologist 46. Chiropractor 48. Medical records technician 64. Diagnostic medical sonographer 65 (tie). Personal care aide 65 (tie). Home health aide 67. Prosthodontist 70. Orthotist and Prosthetist 72. Occupational erapist 76. Dietitian and Nutritionist 77. Medical Assistant 78. Cardiovascular technologist 79. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurse 81. Massage therapist 82. Hearing aid specialist 83. Genetic counselor 86. Clinical laboratory technician 89. Pharmacist 90. Audiologist 92. Pharmacy technician 104. Ophthalmic medical technician 106. Surgeon 109. Podiatrist 114. Phlebotomist 118. Medical equipment repairer 119. Dental assistant 123. Health educator 124. Paramedic 131. Radiation therapist 132. Radiologic technologist 138. Nursing aide 141. Physical therapist aide 143. Surgical technologist 152. Nuclear medicine technologist 157. Optician 165. Occupational therapy aide n How physician-peer relationships affect the patient experience: Study By Erica Carbajal P atients referred to specialists who know their primary care physician may get better care, a study published Jan. 3 in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests. Researchers from Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University set out to determine whether physician-peer relationships may motivate improved specialist care. The study involved specialty referrals for 8,655 patients. Researchers compared ratings of specialist care between patients seen by a specialist who trained with their primary care physician in medical school or other programs to ratings from patients with the same PCP who were seen by a specialist with no such physician-peer connection. Patient reviews of specialist care were substantially higher when there was a co-training relationship between the specialist and PCP, the findings showed. This was true regardless of whether the primary care physician made the referral. When a PCP and specialist trained together, patient reviews indicated specialists were more friendly and courteous, gave clear explanations, engaged them in shared decision-making and spent more time with them. "These findings are consistent with the notion that peer relationships can motivate physicians to deliver improved care," researchers wrote, adding that specialists may aspire to higher standards when they believe their work may be scrutinized or seen by peers. "This study suggests potentially large gains in quality from encouraging and harnessing physician-peer relationships." n