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Blog Posts from December, 2017
View all postsAdvance Your Education and Career While Working in Healthcare
By Tyler Faust, RN - December 29, 2017
Everyone wants to get a job that can eventually turn into a career. Most careers require an extensive amount of training. Generally, you can’t do both of them at the same time, with one major exception: the healthcare industry.
The Expanding Role of Telemedicine
By Mitchel Schwindt, MD - December 26, 2017
Being part of the telemedicine evolution over the last six years has been an exciting component of medical practice. Several decades ago, I witnessed a pilot project connecting rural hospitals to tertiary
Physical Therapist Career Analysis
By Susan Gulliford CPRW - December 19, 2017
Physical Therapists (PTs) have abundant career opportunities. That is the conclusion of the latest study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They expect the U.S. to need an additional 71,000 Physical Therapists by 2024.
Why Many Experienced Physicians Prefer Smaller Communities
By Mitchel Schwindt, MD - December 14, 2017
Practicing medicine in a smaller community is different on many levels. Challenges and opportunities exist, and embracing a career move to a mid-sized or small community is the perfect way to avoid stagnation and reinvigorate a physician's career.
5 Self Care Tips to Save Your Healthcare Career and Your Sanity
By Crystal Jones RN - December 12, 2017
You work hard. Day and night, evenings and weekends, holidays and celebrations. You work, giving your time and energy to take care of everybody else. But who takes care of you? Who takes care
The Joint Commission and the Current Opioid Crisis
By Ted Tsai, MD - December 7, 2017
The Joint Commission wields such power that any hospitals that failed to meet the Joint Commission’s standard in pain management would be given “requirements on improvement” and be expected to follow them in order to remain accredited.
How to Perform Effective Reference Checks
By Riia O'Donnell - December 5, 2017
In an increasingly litigious society, performing reference checks has never been as important or as challenging. When you’re hiring someone who will work with controlled substances, patients, children,
