Some Types Of Health Care Degrees Online Better Than Others
The explosion in the popularity of online degrees is making news these days, with health care degrees online near the top of the list of popular courses. It’s important to keep in mind, however, that not every kind of health care degree is appropriate for online study while others are particularly well suited to this type of program.
A bachelor’s degree in nursing would be difficult, if not impossible, to pursue at an online university simply because there are so many hands-on courses that are required to become proficient. Programs in health care management, health care reimbursement and health information systems can all be studied online with excellent results. Most of these health care degrees online focus more on the management, procurement or organizational aspects of health care services rather than direct patient contact. They offer the ideal combination of a satisfying health care and business-oriented career.
The Proper Coursework for Getting a Health Care Degree Online
Courses that are typically part of the curriculum for health care degrees online will include some introductory biology courses such as anatomy (which anyone dealing in any aspect of healthcare services must understand) and a wide range of management and business courses that are geared to the health industry. Some courses you should look for if you are considering pursuing your health care degree online include:
Accounting
Physical anatomy
Health care legal issues
Health care management
Financial management and/or Clinical management
Human Resources management
Health care administrative practices
Online Degrees Will be Increasingly Popular
Some people mistakenly think that a health care services degree of any type is somewhat limiting. This couldn’t be further from the truth, as every type of health care provider in the United States requires a variety of management personnel, and many other industries outside of healthcare itself hire them as well. One example is a health administration or health services management degree; individuals with this type of degree can be encouraged by these statistics, which illustrate the diversity of opportunities available:
30 percent are employed by hospitals or large clinics
16 percent are employed by private facilities, small clinics or doctors’ offices
20 percent are staff at home health care, ambulatory and nursing facilities
The remainder work for insurance companies and the government in some capacity
In the next three decades the need for increasing expertise in managing the day-to-day operations and budgeting of health care services will become crucial as the population ages and increases. More and more people who are currently working in some capacity in health care services now will move up to management level positions by pursuing an advanced health care degree online, combining education and experience.
With such a vital need and online colleges and universities tailoring coursework to meet the need, it seems likely that the best way for anyone who would like to move from a receptionist or medical secretary to a management level position is to keep working and pursue a specialized health care degree online.
Here this nice Video about health care
The President has long noted that skyrocketing health care costs will be disastrous for our long term national debt unless we pass real reform. In this Weekly Address, the President also explains how he will cover the upfront costs of reform by eliminating overpayments to Medicaid and Medicare and driving down costs contributing to governments health care expenditures across the board. (Public Domain)
Not me….I’d be worried that me would try to leave with the silverware under the guise of wanting to ‘spread the wealth around’….as for Obozo’s wife,she has a direct motivation in wanting to see IG Gerald Walpin fired since she has known Kevin Johnson for quite a while….and one of her own people just moved over to Americorps….her intervention into Walpin’s firing was a big faux pas….as bad as anything Rodham ever did….and she deserves to have to fade the heat for that
People run off to Canada? only to dodge the draft. people Healthcare is not a right. its not in the constitution. and I don’t want to pay for other people’s laziness. the “poor” people who can’t afford healthcare will somehow majically afford cable and color TV.
Boooobama said that in a few years medical costs would consume 35% of the GDP. That is with the government only “taking care of” 15% of the population. The other 85% has insurance companies that pay for it. If the govt can fuck away 35% of the GDP on 15%, just think how much it will go thru on 100% of the population and half of Mexico. That 15% sure must be sick alot, either that or the govt is really good at running things.
“It amazes me how people elected this clown…”
You know I used to say the same thing, but THANK GOD, PRESIDENT OBAMA replaced him!!!!! lol
psphacker8, I can’t think of any intelligent or conceivable reason why you would be militating against Obama offering YOU better and more affordable health care. All you’re spewing is unnecessary hatred. You really ought to question your agenda because you are WAY out of line.
I never knew that preparing a speech with so much thought and sincerity for his people could be taken entirely the wrong way by someone who clearly doesn’t even know what he’s talking about.
health assurance is a better choice than health insurance.
I rarely get sick anymore.
wife no longer has arthritis or colitis.
Most of the population can’t use health assurance because the health care industry is a large part of our economy.
There would be less jobs.
Okay if you won't have any clinical skills or any managerial/administration skills, just what will you do? You'll have a lot of knowledge but nothing to do with it.
They have a 100 percent covered plan for them and their families for life (assuming they serve at least 6 years), along with an excellent pension plan for life.
They will care about the crisis if it is something the voters want! After all, if they are not acting in the interest of the voters, they will lose their seat and their health care plan.
Unfortunately, there is so much disagreement between the "left" and the "right" that it is difficult for congress to do anything. In addition, many people (even those who truly need health care reforms) vote based on moral values, leaving health care to be ignored.
Exactly… dont vote for her. Amazingly enough, while on the Board of Walmart, she helped devise the current scheme to avoid providing health care to as many employees as possible…
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Armigerous,
You are a true racist. In fact, all this hate that you’ve been spewing out says alot about how you feel about yourself. Maybe I should recommend couseling for you. Better yet, you should try Jesus Christ! When you have Christ in your heart, you won’t have the desire to say the disgusting things you’ve said.
why do people make an issue about a teleprompter? Just in case you didn’t know it, every modern president has used one. Better yet, psphacker8, why don’t you run for president in 2012, since you seem to know the answers to everything?
I've encountered a payroll services company that also manages pre-tax health savings or spending accounts for small and mid-sized companies. You might check them out. PrimePay is the name of the company.
Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Why would you trust the country's health care system to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze?
Armig,
I’m guessing you’re talking about Michelle obama? Now while not agreeing with some of her statements during the campaigns and after obama’s entrance into the White House, I’m still holding judgements on the terminations of mentioned people until more is discovered.
But please lay off the “first ho” remarks or racial phrases! Good debates on the obama’s ideology should be done with substance and good taste!
But I still like “obozo” and thought that was rather creative! lol
I worked in the Emergency Room for a long time. After awhile you learn that death is as much a part of life as life itself. Healthcare workers have free counseling at their disposal to help deal with those situations. Death is a part of living; I learned that one morning two years ago when I suffered a massive heart attack that should have killed me, I learned that three weeks ago when my friend died. Death is never easy to deal with; but when you're in the healtcare field you learn to keep your distance; you have to or it would kill you. I've seen children come in from drownings and baby's who were murdered at the hands of the very people who was suppose to protect them. Those, my friend, are the hardest deaths to deal with.
Death is not something we accept but IT IS something we learn to live with.
They don't and this is why i think mccains strategy to win is flawless.He's running so much negative stuff on obama until obama has to spend most of his time defending himself thus meaning mccain has yet to talk about his plans for the economy,healthcare or any of that stuff.And to think people have the nerve to say whats obama's plan.Whats Mccains except talking about war?
Once We Get a Broad-based Set of New Taxes in Place, We Can Reform Health Insurance
About 45% of “uninsured” could either purchase coverage if they chose to or qualify for existing govt programs. Why not push that as a first-step solution rather than taxing Mountain Dew? And as important, what are the implications on behavior of the govt effectively controlling the health of the state? Does that give crusaders…an…intrusive opening into policing how we live, eat, breathe…and recreate?
Why can people not understand the simple fact that there is no free lunch. Will doctors treat patients for free, can hospitals run without money. Will drug cos. give away medicines at no charge. Medical care is very expensive and someone has to pay for it. So called free health care will be paid by the government which does not have ANY money it did not first squeeze out of the tax payers. There is no hospital in the country that is allowed to turn away a sick person just because they have no money. Maybe they will not get world class care, but they will be treated.
“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”
–John Adams
Well,boys and girls…here it is Friday night….and yet again the view counter shows that fewer people care to take the time to listen to another diaperload of pickaninny diarrhea…I guess people are starting to figure out that if the boy thinks he can violate a law that he himself sponsored and voted for by firing Ig Gerald Walpin without cause and trying to smear and slander him in the process, he isn’t likely to abide by laws that he DIDN’T vote for…..one a punk,always a punk.
Well,coming from someone who’s entire YouTube profile is an exercise in clownish deceit, you’re criticisms of my rhetorical style and personal motivations are essentially meaningless…..but thanks for showing enough interest to actually research my other online posts….if a renegade bitch nigger like Obozo can delude himself into believing he can violate the law with impunity at the price of smearing and slandering IG Gerald Walpin,then he must be disabused of that notion…and so I shall
I believe Obozo is sincere…..about deconstructing all the best things this country stands for…..his own history and ideological indoctrination and pronouncements are evidence enough to demonstrate that to my satisfaction….his entire paradigm is antithetical to what has been over 200 years of individual liberty and market based prosperity…you asked,so I tell you…and I must do what honor and conscience compels me to do….work for the political destruction of a charlatan who has neither
Armig,
And I still like MY version of obama as “The Pestilence of the United States” to describe how I feel about obama’s policies and where I think obama is taking the country!
Now on the obamas personally, I still think they’re really fun people from what I see and I’d love to have them over for a BBQ and maybe take the horses out for ride afterwards! But… under the proviso of keeping politics OUT of any of the conversations! LOL
Not for everyone, but for Medicare 77% costs occurred in the last year of life, 52% of them in the last 2 mo, and 40% in the last month, When you are old and become seriously ill, you are more likely to die than the seriously ill young.
health care reform ….fire the lawyers and insurance companies ..Health care is a risky business and insurance and lawyers do not belong..lawyers should also be banned from politics “free loading royalty”
“I must do what honor and conscience compels me to do….”
I’m sure your honor and conscience are not compelling you to spew the most vile, hateful racial slurs and childish insults (ie-Obozo) I’ve ever seen on the internet (which is really saying something). You can do better than that. If you want to oppose Obama, why not do it like an adult?
Canada's healthcare isn't perfect. Neither is the US. From what I've heard from people who've moved from the US to Canada, quality of care and wait times are far better here in the US. Most people would rather pay for a higher standard of care and shorter wait times than move to a lower standard of care and far longer wait times for free. The fact that Canada is losing many of it's better doctors and nurses to the US should tell you something about the situation.
I wouldn't want a socialized healthcare system period. What I would like to see is a reform in the US healthcare system, especially in terms of US insurance companies. In the words of Obama "why take a hatchet to something that only requires a scalpel"?
In theory, health care manager try to provide the best coverage for the lowest cost. In practice, it seem that they tend to have some initial success in reducing some unnecessary cost, but occassionally their focus in reducing or avoiding costs results in major malpatience law suits.
we just hired two people in the compliance department at the hospital where I work. Neither had experience in compliance but lots of experience in healthcare. Keep watching for job opportunities, read as much as you can about compliance – the regulations seem to change daily!
As a member of the healthcare community, we are advised to not be judgemental towards patients. I take pride in being a non-judgemental providing care for all. Have I seen it? Yes. Do I like it? No. Will something be done about it? Hopefully, but probably not.
The fact is, every patient is an individual. Each patient deserves unbiased care to make them as healthy as they can be.
The Medicare Monster
A Cautionary Tale
“At its start, in 1966, Medicare cost $3 billion. The House Ways and Means Committee estimated that Medicare would cost only about $ 12 billion by 1990 (a figure that included an allowance for inflation). This was a supposedly “conservative” estimate. But in 1990 Medicare actually cost $107 billion.”
It doesn't fail, almost every first world country has it setup as a system.
Unless of course you view treatment of the poorer people a failure.
The benefit to not treating a lot of people, is faster care for the wealthy.
If you don't want to have universal health care, the government can step in and price fix medical procedures like they do in japan. It works okay for them. They can afford adequate medical treatment because the government forces it to be affordable, and the same prices in rural as in urban areas.
The real problem with our system, coming from someone who has an entire family in medicine (Doctors, surgeons, nurses)…is the insurance companies. They buffer every side. The doctors, the hospital, the patients, everyone has to get insurance, and they are the ones forcing prices higher and higher.
~~This is a mute point because Nationalized insurance is not in the works. All the government is proposing is an alternative for people who can't get employer based insurance to be able to buy directly from the same insurance that senators and congressmen get. Otherwise, business as usual for private insurance companies.~~
Here's something to think about: according to the census bureau, of the 47 million or so that are uninsured almost 10 million are illegal immigrants, 8 million make over 75,000 a year, another 8 million make over 50,000 a year, and 14 million qualify for medic-aid or medicare but do not apply. Hmmm. makes you think that maybe our system isn't so bad after all. So Obama needs to quit with his fear mongering and quit lying to us. There are a lot of unemployed, but 47 million is very misleading. Give us a real number!
Also the idea is that by giving health care to everyone, businesses don't have to pay for it, and then they can give more jobs, increase profit, and help the economy. Which sounds great, if you're stupid. Since Universal health care is insanely expensive, guess who pays for it? raised taxes on business and on the rich, (and apparently companies that aren't green). So it's basically a beat-around the the bush way to distribute wealth. And ask yourself this? Is it a good idea to take from from the rich? Take money from a poor man, and he becomes poorer, take money from a rich man, and he goes to work and fires his workers. So which is worse? MAYBE GOVERNMENT JUST SHOULDN'T TAKE PEOPLES MONEY!
you are out of your mind if you think this is free, go to any v.a.center which is government health care, look at the lines, try to get in to see a doctor within a month, i know i’m in that system and it sucks if obamas mouth is moving he is lieing…
I agree with a lot of what Nemisis said, but I think I can simplify it even further.
Insurance is gambling. How do we keep Casino's from getting more and more corrupt, like the insurance industry is?
Caps on profits. If an insurance company had to pay out 90 cents of every dollar that it takes in, it would have to lower premiums. Pass transparent billing, enforce contract law and anti-trust laws. That is very important too, but if insurance companies were obligated to return a percentage of what they take in, not a percentage of net, but a percentage of each and every dollar they touch, health care costs would come down to a realistic level.
One law, enforce the others. Done!
If you have a really good health food store with knowledgeable people I would ask who they might know or suggest. Also the Internet site www. alternative medicine for Maine would hopefully give some info. Good Luck
Depending on where you live, it may be very similar. Health care management and administration deals much with the same tasks such as budgeting, marketing, meeting with stake holders, dealing with several of hospitals in your given area, organizing and managing the staff that are through various departments. They also are in charge of orchestrating different rules and regulations in process of discipline, hiring and firing etc. through various hospital regions.
I will also provide you a couple of links that may explain things a little clearer to you regarding this.
http://www.aaham.org/
http://www.mshealthcareers.com/careers/healthcareadmin.htm
http://www.healthmanagementcareers.org/careers.cfm
http://www.ache.org/
From what I could see, I believe that you would need a little bit higher than a diploma. It would be either a bachelors or a masters.
think of the largest number you can – then raise that number to the 10th power
do that for every year.
In any plan made by Clinton the only financial incentives are to put money in her personal bank account.
Armigerous, I am disappointed with some of your answers as you appear to be a really intelligent guy who has some very good points (though, they seem to only be self-serving, and fail to look at the positives).
All I ask is you take a step back and look at the big picture. Do you believe Obama only sets out to destroy you? I think he is sincere in his leadership, and only wishes to help America dig itself out the the ditch, whatever way it can. Do you not agree?
Ptypn,
Oh, the teleprompter thing is just for fun so enjoy a few laughs my friend! Besides, I still use the Dick Chenney shooting to this day! And what about the shoe thrown at Bush? Come on, it’s some of the funny things that people do!
Now I would find it in bad taste to do as Letterman did speaking about Sarah Palin! Or if someone was to speak about obama’s kids in any negative way!!!!
please don’t back down from real reform!
rugger8541, do you understand what socialism is, and how what he’s offering is hardly socialist compared to what any other country offers?
People must run off to Canada because the healthcare there is far more “socialist” in principle. People go to Canada because they can’t afford to pay for healthcare in capitalist America. Get it right!
“Socialised” medicine (as you like to call it) works very well to ensure even the poorest person gets quality care.
Please ensure that the health care reform is made real in the US. As a Canadian citizen I have been able to take for granted that my country has a health care system where no one has to pay up front and every person is covered. I think that reform of the American system is absolutely essential. Prices have to go down, everyone should be covered and paying for health care should not be a liability to ordinary people or to business owners.
Amazing. Nursing is like the best profession out there. There are so many sub-specialties in all professional areas.
There are about 100 different nursing specialties. See below for the list. I know that doesn't completely answer you question, but the list can give you some ideas. Research, for instance, or Business Administration, There the CSI angle, but the TV show seems to make it more glamorous than it probably really is. Then there are legal nurse consultants.
You can find a list of the highest paying nursing specialties here on the right hand column: http://www.jobs-in-registered-nursing.com/nursing-specialities/index.php
Another approach is to see what all the nursing schools offer.
You can find a list of all nursing schools here: http://www.my-nursing-career.com/nursing-degrees/index.html.
Since you already have your degree, the online option is a good one. You'd be amazed at what is available for nurses online. Check out the nursing degree search here: http://www.my-nursing-career.com/index.php
List of nursing specialties:
* Ambulatory care nursing
* Advanced practice nursing
* Behavioral health nursing
* Burn nursing
* Camp nursing
* Cardiac nursing
* Cardiac catheter laboratory nursing
* Case management
* Clinical nurse specialist
* Clinical research nurse
* Community health nursing
* Correctional nursing
* Critical care nursing
* Developmental disabilities nursing
* District nursing
* Emergency nursing
* Environmental Health nursing
* Flight nursing
* Forensic nursing
* Gastroenterology nursing
* Genetics nursing
* Geriatric nursing
* Health visiting
* Hematology oncology nursing
* HIV/AIDS nursing
* Home health nursing
* Hospice nursing
* Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Nursing
* Intavenous therapy nursing
* Infectious disease nursing
* Legal nursing
* Legal Nurse Investigator
* Maternal-child nursing
* Matron
* Medical-surgical nursing
* Military and uniformed services nursing
* Neonatal nursing
* Neuro-surgical nursing
* Nurse anesthetist
* Nurse-midwife
* Nurse practitioner
* Nursing educator
* Nursing informatics
* Nursing management
* Obstetrics gynecology nursing
* Occupational health nursing
* Oncology nursing
* Operating room nursing
* Orthopaedic nursing
* Ostomy nursing
* Pain management and palliative care nursing
* Pediatric nursing
* Perianesthesia nursing
* Perioperative nursing
* Plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing
* Private duty nursing
* Psychiatric or mental health nursing
* Public health
* Pulmonary nursing
* Quality improvement
* Radiology nursing
* Rehabilitation nursing
* Renal dialysis nursing
* Renal nursing
* Research
* School nursing
* Sub-acute nursing
* Substance abuse nursing
* Surgical Nursing
* Telenursing
* Telemetry nursing
* Telephone triage nursing
* Transplantation nursing
* Travel nursing
* Urology nursing
* Utilization management
* Wound care
True enough,bigtex…..but since the First Ho’ had the temerity to stick her fat ghetto skank ass into the Kevin Johnson/Americorps funding misappropriation and had a hand in the illegal dismissal of IG Gerald Walpin,she is ‘fair game’ as they say…more than a mere family member,she is a ‘playa’….so any opprobrium that comes her way as a result,are well deserved and entirely appropriate…..she may very well prove to be Obozo’s Achilles heel and that would be a form of poetic justice
I am currently researching grants to non-profit organizations in order to find funding for parent support groups for parents of children with disabilities, and would be glad to forward m Excell Spreadsheet on
Grants to those providing their e-mail address.
I know that insurance companies like Blue Cross and Aetna have set-up foundations to provide grants to non-profits engaged in educating young people in healthcare matters.
my email:
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