If you are looking to enter the healthcare industry, you need more than just admissions requirements and step-by-step guides. You need to catch up on what’s happening in healthcare and that changes all the time.
The HealthcareDegree.com blog tackles topics relevant to both those joining the healthcare field and those already working within it. From updated salary figures to ongoing regulatory battles to interviews with professionals, we cover the issues that matter. Check out some of the posts below to learn more about where the healthcare industry is at right now, where it is headed, and how it all affects you.
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Education Guide for Treating Speech and Hearing Disorders
April 22, 2022While audiologists, audiology assistants, speech-language pathologists, and speech-language pathology assistants may work together in a professional sense, their educational pathways differ in significant ways.
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Alcohol Awareness Month Advocacy Guide
March 29, 2022SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, says that alcohol is the most frequently used and misused substance in the United States. Alcohol misuse is especially prevalent among people who are college-aged and younger populations.
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National Save Your Vision Month – An Advocacy Guide for Optometry Professionals
February 10, 2022While these increased risks should mean that Americans should be heading to their optometrists in greater numbers, stay-at-home orders have discouraged individuals from scheduling appointments with their optometrists.
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Kids ENT Health Month: An Expert’s Advocacy Guide
January 26, 2022The primary focus of Kids ENT Health Month 2022 is on preventing noise-induced hearing loss in children. Between 12 to 15 percent of children have some level of hearing loss.
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The Pros and Cons of Establishing a Telemedicine Practice
January 18, 2022With the rapid expansion and implementation of telemedicine during Covid-19 a lot has been learned in regards to what features of telemedicine are useful, and what limitations it presents.
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Unusual Elective Surgeries: Procedures You Never Knew Existed
January 4, 2022In the strictest sense, elective surgeries are those which can be scheduled in advance and are not an emergency. However, when most people think of elective surgery they think of plastic or cosmetic surgery.
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Guide to Nursing Careers in Long-Term Care
November 18, 2021Geriatric nursing in long-term care can prove a rewarding career with many roles and room to grow. Nurses are the heart of long-term care and older adults are a unique population with whom to work.
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American Diabetes Month: An Expert Interview & Advocacy Guide
November 2, 2021According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, but that figure is likely underreported. While over 34 million Americans are living with diabetes, one in five of them don’t know they have it.
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Issues in Respiratory Therapy: How New Legislation Can Help Tackle America’s Addiction to Nicotine
October 25, 2021Smoking is still responsible for nearly half a million deaths per year in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One of the next legislative steps in fighting back is banning flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, as the European Union did in a 2016 law that went into effect in 2020.
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Health Careers on the Rise: An Interview for Genetic Counselor Awareness Day
October 21, 2021Finding out that you have a genetic predisposition for a medical condition or life-threatening illness is not an open-and-shut case. The matter does not close upon receipt of test results. In fact, it can be the beginning of a long and complicated journey with unforeseeable outcomes.