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As we learned in last week’s “Hospital rankings – Not All Hospitals Are Created Equal”, there are plenty of online resources available to patients seeking hospital reviews and rankings. But no matter how great the hospital, the deciding factor in anyone’s quality of healthcare will be how professional, or unprofessional, their doctor is. This also [...]
Anyone considering a degree in health care management should have second thoughts. This career choice absolutely sucks for people looking to go through life with their head in the sand. There are 10 specific reasons why you should not get a health management degree because you really don’t want to be in a career choice [...]
How are Hospitals Ranked? It varies. Most of the data is collected through benchmarking surveys and patient surveys. Patients are polled on how good communication with staff was, cleanliness, staff attentiveness and more. Data is also collected periodically on mortality numbers, number of patients admitted, number of patients discharged, services available, number of doctors and [...]
What is MHA Accreditation? Accreditation is the process that guarantees the quality of a postsecondary education that students are receiving. Accreditation comes from a non-government organization which itself has been formally accredited by accreditation bodies, and therefore are often called “accredited certification bodies“. In other words, they must be accredited to give out accreditation. In [...]
Healthcare is a growing field, and there is no sign that the number of career opportunities and positions in healthcare will shrink anytime soon. Most people probably think of doctors, nurses, and similar individuals when they are thinking about the different healthcare careers available. However, many healthcare careers do not require applicants to hold a [...]
Health care management degrees, like most business & MBA program, don’t come cheap. Did you do a double take when you saw how little the school or state is offering you in financial aid for your education this year? With the government cutting down on education budgets, you might find that your MHA tuition, materials [...]
Health Information Management (HIM) programs incorporate the disciplines of medicine, management, finance, information technology, and law into one curriculum. Because of this unique mixture, HIM graduates can choose from a variety of work settings across an array of healthcare environments. Data Management Techniques Learned In a master’s program in health information management, you will learn [...]