Employers Overhaul Health care: Affordable Care Act Gets Into Full Swing
Under the Affordable Care Act, many changes are taking place in the field of health care. The shift in the health care system has prompted several states to engage in creative advertising encouraging citizens...
Medical and Health Service Manager Career Profile
Medical and health service managers, also known as healthcare administrators, are the centerpiece of success for a healthcare facility. They are planning experts, who help direct and coordinate health services, manage facilities and stay...
A Degree in Health Science Could Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
Health science refers to an overarching umbrella encompassing several disciplines related to getting healthcare to people and animals by science, mathematics and engineering means. Health science is the practical application of clinical practices aimed...
Healthcare Manager vs. Healthcare Administrator
When examining healthcare careers, it’s often easy to mistake the roles of a healthcare manager and healthcare administrator. The two careers are similar in many ways, so much so that the terms have become interchangeable...
New Timeline Proposed for EHR Implementation
The adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) by hospitals and physicians has grown rapidly since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act became law – creating Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs –...
Investing in Research Could End Income-based Health Inequalities
Global investments in research, vaccines and new medicines to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria can reduce the health gap between rich and poor nations within the next generation, according to 25 health and economic...
Top of the Health Informatics Ladder: Chief Informatics Officer
As the healthcare industry continues to adopt more innovative technology in day-to-day operations, the oversight and harnessing of data has become more demanding and complex. Most major medical operations now have a chief informatics officer...
Medicaid Expansion May Spark Physician Shortage
The shortage of physicians and other health practitioners will soon be exacerbated as health care reform provides coverage for millions of Medicaid patients. According to the Congressional Budget Office, about 9 million additional Americans are...
Survey: Most Organizations are “Very Concerned” About Controlling Cost of Healthcare
Individuals aren’t the only people who are carefully monitoring healthcare costs. According to findings from the “State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace” survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 83 percent...
About Half of Hospital Executives Plan to Implement Accountable Care Organization
Growing numbers of hospital executives plan to implement accountable care organizations (ACO) in 2014, according to one study, but a second study revealed that nearly half of the executives remain skeptical of their benefits. ACOs...