These guides are resources for aspiring and current healthcare administration professionals. They include scholarship databases, salary tables, conference schedules, and lists of the top degrees and careers in this field.
September 26, 2019
Becoming a healthcare administrator means learning the ins and outs of HR, management, policy-making, staffing, scheduling, budgeting, and medical records systems. As the American populace ages, nursing homes, retirement homes, hospitals, clinics, and research facilities will need expert healthcare administrators to oversee complicated daily operations.
July 1, 2019
While the experience of living a long and fulfilling life is worthy of celebration for many, the process of aging comes with its own unique health and economic challenges for older people and their families and friends. So who can people turn to for help in empowering aging people to live healthy and independent lives? Enter the multifaceted professionals in the field of gerontology.
June 14, 2019
Three schools, in particular, stood out for their accomplished faculty members in nursing administration: the University of Pennsylvania, The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, and Emory University.
April 3, 2019
Healthcare innovation is dedicated to changing healthcare for the benefit of all, both healthcare consumers and providers. Forbes' healthcare predictions for 2019 point to the need for leaders in this area, as they estimate that 15 percent of global healthcare spending this year will be connected to a value-based model.
February 12, 2019
Innovations in healthcare are pointing to an increasing need for healthcare administration, healthcare IT, and healthcare policy professionals. But the underlying trends are intertwined, and interdisciplinary partnerships are necessary to redesign a modern vision of healthcare.
January 22, 2019
Check out exceptional health informatics faculty members at four notable universities: Boston University's Metropolitan College, the University of Scranton, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Cincinnati.
January 2, 2019
Healthcare is the biggest industry in the United States. While the number of physicians has grown in tandem with the growth in population since the 1970s, the number of healthcare administrators has risen by 3,200 percent in the same timeframe, and that number is still set to grow further.
December 26, 2018
As Baby Boomers move into later stages of their lives, they will need more care; those who work in healthcare will retire, resulting in more demand for younger healthcare professionals. And as electronic health records become an industry standard, medical facilities will increasingly need administrators trained in organizational management and internet technology to oversee a facility’s operations.
December 14, 2018
Technological breakthroughs have helped increase life expectancy, which has resulted in a larger population of the elderly. Older populations face a unique set of social and economic challenges that require well-trained professionals who can make the experience of aging an enriching one.