Navigating the Veterans Affairs System: Healthcare Benefits for the VA

Do you know what the largest healthcare system is in the US? If you guessed it’s the military, you’re correct. The Veterans Administration oversees the well-being of nine million veterans and their families each year through its Veterans Health Administration. Learn about the Cabinet-level…


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Urgent Care vs Emergency Room – Urgent Care Explained

You’ve been tasked by your healthcare IT director to properly equip an Urgent Care Center.  You freeze up, since you know nothing about the UC. Maybe you have the vaguest memory having visited one as a kid when you had a cold. Or was that the Emergency Room? What’s the difference, anyway? This is a…


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What are Retail Clinics and Are They the New Healthcare Model?

Are you ready to add “doctor” to this week’s grocery list? While the option is not available (yet), going to the supermarket or retail outlet to treat non-emergency medical issues is a reality. Retail health clinics have joined eye clinics and dental offices in retail locations.  What, exactly, are…


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5 Medical Software to Shape Healthcare’s Future

At first glance, modern healthcare looks like a chaotic mess. Think about all those hospitals and medical centers, providers, medical staff, pharmaceutical and research companies, and even patients themselves, vying to fulfill their part in treating the ill and sick. What are the stats of the…


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The Role of Medical Carts in Today’s Modern Healthcare System

Ever noticed how doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have just the right meds or piece of equipment for patients at a moment’s notice? They don’t simply disappear for even a minute to get, for example, an aspirin for a patient complaining of a headache. Instead they bring the pain reliever…


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What is Digital Dentistry and How Is It Changing Oral Medicine?

Dentists, as members of healthcare, are always on the lookout to maximize the care, comfort, and treatment of their patients. These goals range from more accurate diagnosis of their oral condition to simply less time in the dental chair.  Technologies in the form of digital dentistry are…


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What Are Clean Rooms and How Do They Achieve Contamination Control

Have you ever been in a group where you have to cover your entire body before entering the room? Maybe you were made to wear clothing that ranged from a hood, face mask, gloves to overalls and footwear. You would understand if it was a hospital – it’s to protect you and the patients.…


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Three Major Dentistry Challenges and Possible Tech Solutions

Over five thousand years have passed since the first recorded dentist looked into the mouth of a patient. His modern counterparts deal with even greater challenges from increased competition to government regulation.  Thankfully, new tools and systems are available. Read on to learn about this…


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Continued Chip Shortage Impact on Healthcare Medical Devices

You would think it’s more important to supply manufacturers of life-saving equipment than the latest video game console. That is not the case with vital semiconductor chips used in both industries and many more. Today we cover the chip shortage from how it’s affecting the healthcare system and…


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Top 5 Tech Jobs in Healthcare

Healthcare has become one of the basic human rights we adorn in our lives but that wasn’t always the case. With healthcare being privatized in countless places, there are options for being treated for necessities as well as accessing elevated treatments using new technologies, such as medical grade…


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