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If you’re working toward your MBA in health management, chances are good that you want to affect change in what has become a struggling industry. You are also likely aware of the hurdles associated with curing the current healthcare crisis. With 11 billion dollars wasted annually by hospitals, it will take unparalleled creativity and innovation[...]
Not all healthcare occupations require you to earn a degree. In fact, there are a handful of jobs out there that you can start within 2 years (if not sooner)! So, what are they? The ones we’ll be talking about today includes certified nursing assistants, dental assistants, medical assistants, medical secretaries, phlebotomists, pharmacy technicians, and[...]
Creating a quality healthcare environment is one of the prime objectives of any national administration, across the globe. Risks are inevitable and no industry knows it better than the healthcare sector. It deals with clinical risks day in, and day out. Healthcare institutions need innovative risk solutions for a fast-changing commercial landscape. Speed, Precision and[...]
Medical writing involves writing scientific documents of different types which include regulatory and research-related documents, disease or drug-related educational and promotional literature, publication articles like journal manuscripts and abstracts, content for healthcare websites, health-related magazines or news articles. The scientific information in these documents needs to be presented to suit the level of understanding of[...]
One can hardly imagine spare time in the life of a Medico. Well, getting to know the innards of the human body can be challenging, if not intimidating! Yet, it is at this tedious time during the prime of our youth that cupid finds most favourable to unleash the love bug among us. “Love found[...]
Back in 2009, the Weil Music Institute of Carnegie Hall, one of live music’s most world-renown venues, decided to give back to the community and launched the Musical Connections Program. The idea for this program was borne of the philosophy that: The transformative power of music can bring hope and relief to those experiencing challenges[...]
Medical specialties across the globe have a special affinity towards Multiple Choice Questions, the so called MCQs. This tendency is no doubt based on scientific evidence that strongly suggests that MCQs are standards of objectivity and reliability. The multiple choice question (MCQ) is the most common type of written test item used in undergraduate, graduate[...]
Have quacks become the lifeline for the minions in India? That is what the scenario looks like, particularly in rural India. It is an open secret that most Government hospitals in India function only in name, and that serves as a lacuna that is automatically filled in by con-men who take advantage of hapless patients.[...]
A medical emergency that requires immediate recognition and treatment, Status Epilepticus requires expertise and due training to manage. By definition, Status Epilepticus is a series of seizures that occur without recovery of underlying neurologic function. The etiology can be usually traced back to either an underlying epileptic disorder or to a secondary acute neurologic insult.[...]
A medical emergency that requires immediate recognition and treatment, Status Epilepticus requires expertise and due training to manage. By definition, Status Epilepticus is a series of seizures that occur without recovery of underlying neurologic function. The etiology can be usually traced back to either an underlying epileptic disorder or to a secondary acute neurologic insult.[...]
Medical Writing — It’s a stable career that can provide many opportunities for those interested in the medical world, however, ofttimes this profession is overlooked. Not because it’s not a lucrative career choice (it most definitely is), but because typically those interested in healthcare think job titles such as doctor and nurse are the only[...]
Being a doctor in the Armed Forces for just about a year now, I have travelled much more than I have for the most of my life. Before this, I always wondered how the continuous movement of soldiers in those shaggy-looking vehicles across the rugged terrain feel like. Well, now I know it. My day[...]