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Health informatics

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...
USF health IT survey

USF Health IT Survey Finds High Salaries and Job Satisfaction

Not only is health information technology (IT) a fast-growing field, but it offers good wages and a high degree of job satisfaction, according to a new survey conducted by the USF Health Morsani College...

What is a Radiologic Technologist?

Radiologic technologists assist radiologists in the use of general radiology, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound. Technologists operate the equipment that produces the images and explain the procedures to patients (and get...

Five In-Demand Nursing Specialties

The nursing field is a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals who can be experts in everything from legal matters to progressive care and emergency protocols. Registered nurses in general are expected to experience a 19%...
soft skills

Soft Skills Important for Seniors Choosing Healthcare Providers

With more and more medical facilities catering to the needs of the aging population, seniors have become savvy about shopping around. Peruse any consumer rating of a private practice or other healthcare facility and...
icu nurse

6 Popular Nursing Specializations

The nation’s workforce will add more registered nurses through 2020 than any other occupation. About 711,000 new RNs will be needed, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections. That doesn't even include...

Infographic: 2015 Health IT Industry Survey Results

Infographic by USF Health's Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida 2015 Health IT Survey - USF Health. Feel free to embed this on your website by copying and pasting the following...
Health Informatics Technician

How to Become a Health Informatics Technician

One of the fastest-growing areas of the economy is the combination of healthcare and technology. And one of the fastest-growing careers in healthcare technology is health informatics technician, sometimes called a medical records technician or...
health service manager

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...

An Introduction to the Field of Nursing

The era of modern nursing started a decade before the Civil War when Florence Nightingale treated British soldiers during the Crimean War in 1854 and later began the evolution of the profession, establishing the...