5 Ways to Make Yourself an Appealing Travel Nursing Candidate
Travel nursing isn’t for everyone. For a nurse who prefers the comforts of home, working with familiar faces, and maintaining a routine, travel nursing wouldn’t be the best option. However, for a nurse who is interested in adventure, challenges, meeting new people, and exploring, travel nursing may be just perfect. All nurses should possess certain […]
What Do We Need to Know About Telemedicine?
What exactly is telemedicine? As the word implies, it combines technology with medicine: it “enables practitioners to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients remotely using the latest telecommunications technology.” Then and Now Although the concept of telemedicine may seem thoroughly modern, its roots go back generations. In 1924, a magazine called Radio News featured a cover […]
Cutting Costs in Healthcare Is a Bad Idea
Everyone wants to save money. In healthcare, that translates to cutting costs. Unfortunately, many cost-cutting measures are not the best thing for patients or care providers. There’s much more to this equation than the bottom line. What NOT to do A recent article in Harvard Business Review noted that many attempts to cut healthcare costs […]
Why Everyone Needs to Know About Prescription Drug Safety
Prescription drugs are prescribed by a doctor, so they’re always safe, right? Wrong. Prescription drugs can be abused, too, and the statistics are grim. Each day, 44 people in the United States die from an overdose of prescription painkillers. One out of four teens knows a friend who abuses medicines to get high. Every day, […]
Help Your Patients Learn the Portal
A patient portal can useful, but only if patients actually use it. Some patients may be interested right away, but others may be more resistant. They may prefer to maintain the old ways of communication or they may think the portal doesn’t apply to them. If they are not tech savvy, they may be intimidated […]
What Needs to be in a Cover Letter for a Healthcare Job?
Cover letter. The words alone make some people break out in a cold sweat, but it doesn’t have to be that way. What’s the best way to convince a hiring manager that the applicant is the best person for the job? There are a few key strategies that may help. Keep it brief When writing […]