MHAOnline.com Features - What's Happening in Healthcare Administration?

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The Importance of Healthcare Leadership That Reflects Patient Communities May 6, 2020

The Importance of Healthcare Leadership That Reflects Patient Communities

The leadership of most healthcare systems and healthcare facilities does not adequately represent the communities those facilities serve. Women of color represent 18 percent of the US population, but less than 4 percent of C-level positions across all industries.

Healthcare Debates: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare April 22, 2020

Healthcare Debates: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is active in healthcare already, and it needs processes, frameworks, and organizational cultures that put patients first. That requires the collaboration of IT developers, healthcare leaders, AI researchers, and governmental entities. For healthcare administrators in particular, it is increasingly important to be bilingual, speaking the languages of AI and healthcare fluently.

Best Software Platforms for Healthcare Administrators in 2020 April 16, 2020

Best Software Platforms for Healthcare Administrators in 2020

If you are going to work as a healthcare administrator, you will almost certainly be working with some type of healthcare software platform. While each organization will need to pick a vendor that matches their own particular needs, there are a handful of major industry players that aspiring healthcare administrators would be well-advised to familiarize themselves with early on.

The Future of Healthcare Administration: Leading in Uncertain Times April 3, 2020

The Future of Healthcare Administration: Leading in Uncertain Times

“No matter what scenario might play out—if we ever had a single payer system, or whether the ACA gets advanced further through a stronger public option, or even if it's more of the status quo—we're still going to need healthcare administrators,” Malte says. “They are still going to play a significant and transformative role.”

Dermatology Clinic Manager - A Day in the Life March 31, 2020

Dermatology Clinic Manager - A Day in the Life

Dermatology clinic managers fall under the category of medical and health service managers, a profession which the BLS projects to grow by 18 percent between 2018 and 2028. Their main responsibility is to ensure a clinic is providing efficient, profitable, and compliant medical care.

Five Organizations Advancing Healthcare Leadership March 27, 2020

Five Organizations Advancing Healthcare Leadership

With growth comes change, and few fields have undergone more change than healthcare. To lead in this industry requires a broad set of skills, and the agility to refine those skills to match innovations in technologies, policies, and processes. But even leaders don’t work alone.

The Role of Healthcare Executives in Translational Research March 6, 2020

The Role of Healthcare Executives in Translational Research

An estimated 1.8 million scientific articles are published every year. Some of those contain research findings that could be applicable and beneficial to healthcare systems and healthcare facilities across the nation. But how do those findings get discovered by, adapted to, and implemented in the facilities that could benefit from them most?

Nurse Administrator: A Day in the Life March 3, 2020

Nurse Administrator: A Day in the Life

Simply put, a nurse administrator manages a care facility’s nursing staff. They coordinate the schedules, implement policy, and draw up the budget. That said, this is no ordinary management position.

Best Healthcare Administration Blogs February 19, 2020

Best Healthcare Administration Blogs

There’s no unifying blog for healthcare administration. Each blog has its own character, its own focus. To stay current in the field of healthcare administration requires staying up to date with several different blogs at once.