December 16, 2008

December 15, 2008

  • Home Care and Home Healthcare Basics: What You Need to Know

    Home care is finally replacing the old practice of getting a companion who can run errands for the elderly.  This time the companion is a trained caregiver who can assist the elderly and the disabled with the correct way of tending to their especial needs but not their medical or health needs, which can only be provided by nurses or therapists who provide home healthcare. Where Can One Get Home Care Service? Home care agencies are licensed by the State after fulfilling the legal requirements before these can operate.  You can find these agencies in areas where there the elderly population is high.  You can check out the agencies online; their websites should provide an office address and contact numbers, should you wish to visit their office or call them. How Do These Agencies Select Their Caregivers? (…)

December 13, 2008

  • Six Sigma And Healthcare

    Six Sigma methodologies aim at improving overall quality by eliminating defects and achieving near perfection by restricting the number of possible defects to less than 3.4 defects per million. (…)

December 12, 2008

  • Healthcare In Spain

    Whenever we think of healthcare in a foreign land, we immediately think, will it be expensive and of the same quality as what we are used to? (…)

December 9, 2008

  • Saving Americans Millions on Healthcare and Creating Millionaires

    Saving Americans Millions on HealthCare and Creating MillionairesAmeriPlan® is a credible organization that helps millions of Americans save money on their healthcare needs every month and also provides Independent Business Owners with the opportunity to make long-term residual income in the process. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRLog (Press Release) – Jul 20, 2008 – For almost 16 years, AmeriPlan® Corporation has been the leader in providing affordable, money saving discount healthcare programs. (…)

December 3, 2008

December 1, 2008

  • Medical Tourism – World Class Healthcare at an Affordable Cost

    In the ever-changing world of international healthcare, medical tourism is a rising trend. In fact, medical tourism is a phenomenon that has taken the world of healthcare by storm in recent years. (…)

  • Healthcare Marketing - Budgeting

    The large investments made by the private players in Healthcare Infrastructure makes it imperative for them to go out and reach the patients – instead of waiting for the patients to drop by at their facility; this is where the importance of Hospital /Healthcare Marketing steps in .Broadly speaking Hospital Marketing can be broadly classified as :•Referral Marketing•Corporate Marketing•PSU/Govt Agencies•Community Marketing•International MarketingThe role of the Insurance Companies / TPAs has gradually developed over the years and has helped the market to grow – all healthcare facilities are now a days having associations with TPAs and offer cashless services, subject to conditions.Referral Marketing – this involves reaching out to the primary and secondary care physicians to refer their complicated cases to the tertiary centres which are better equipped to handle such cases.Corporate Marketing – this involves reaching out to the industries and corporates, forging tie-ups with them and offering certain unique and additional services to seek their patronage.PSU/Govt. (…)

November 30, 2008

November 28, 2008

November 27, 2008

  • What Careers in Healthcare are Available

    Adults who are considering a career change from the hectic world of business might find that a new job in health care could be just the right fit for them. (…)

November 26, 2008

  • Healthcare Marketing

    It's said that like there is no ‘free lunch’, there are no easy answers, especially when it comes to health care. (…)

November 25, 2008

November 24, 2008

November 20, 2008

  • Obesity and Its Cost on the Healthcare System

    This article will relate the current obesity problem in America with the increasing costs for weight related diseases on healthcare while also comparing it to the health issues caused by tobacco, which is usually much easier for people to relate to. (…)