With a current valuation of $4.5 trillion, the global wellness economy is truly massive. While this means there is a healthy market for wellness products, it also means that effective health and wellness branding is an absolute must if you want to stand out from your peers. Creating a product or service that elevates your customer’s […]
Home health care is one of the most personal services you can offer. You’re deeply connected to your local community, providing care to your clients in their own homes, and your patients need to trust you. When you’re looking to grow your list of patients, home health care referral sources rooted in building trust can […]
While the pandemic had myriad effects on the world, one of the biggest was highlighting the importance of nurses. “The pandemic has reminded all of us how much we all depend on nurses, from our first days to our last, and why all countries must invest in nurses now and for the future,” said Tedros […]
As the most trusted professionals in the U.S. who regularly make critical decisions that can impact the life and death of their patients, nurses are in tremendous positions of power. But with this power, there are significant obligations and responsibilities. “Real-world health care practice is complicated, and nurses find themselves facing ethical dilemmas on a […]
Nursing remains an in-demand field, with hundreds of thousands of new nursing jobs expected to be added between 2022 and 2032, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you are passionate about helping people and interested in health care, nursing school could be for you. If you’re already working in nursing and want to […]
Graduates from a medical billing and coding certificate program are heading into a strong job market. Many will become medical records specialists, an occupation that is projected to grow 8% from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). We spoke with Karen Getman, program chair […]
With generative AI being used more by the public and businesses alike, discussions around ethics in IT have increased. From business leaders to governments, people are taking a closer look at the ethical issues faced by IT professionals. The Connection Between IT and Ethics Psychology Today defines ethics as “the moral code that guides a person’s […]
In a 2022 report titled “The Next Frontier of Care Delivery in Healthcare,” McKinsey estimates that outpatient and ambulatory settings will grow more than 5% a year from 2021 to 2025. One of the main factors driving this growth is the increasing number of patients and physicians who are finding that many types of care […]
Stress seems to have become part of most people’s lives in the twenty-first century. Even before the pandemic, the National Academy of Medicine found that burnout had reached “crisis levels” among U.S. health care workers, with 35% to 45% of nurses and physicians — and 40% to 60% of medical students — reporting signs of burnout. Post-pandemic, […]