The Fight for Med Tech Student Loan Forgiveness
When nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals have access to a robust menu of federal loan-forgiveness programs that reward their service, lab professionals are largely left out. Only four major federal programs are available to them, and none were designed specifically for lab workers.
Top 5 Things to Know Before Starting a Career in Surgical Technology
Nursing isn’t the only healthcare career that requires less time in school than becoming a physician or surgeon and still pays a decent wage. Different kinds of medical technicians and technologists receive higher pay than you might think. For instance, certified surgical technologists (CSTs) make good money and are in high demand.
The Medical Laboratory Professional Shortage and What It Means for Students
The med tech shortage is not new. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, hospitals and labs were feeling the pinch, driven largely by an aging baby-boomer workforce that built the field during its golden era and is now retiring in large numbers.
What is Precision Medicine? The Future of Tailored Healthcare
Precision medicine, a revolutionary approach to healthcare, tailors treatment to the unique genetic makeup of an individual. This method departs from the traditional “one-size-fits-all” approach, considering the unique genetic variations, lifestyle, and environmental factors that influence each person's disease progression and response to treatment.
Why Immigration Reform is Central to the Future Success of US Science
For nearly 100 years, the US has been the global leader in scientific research, a position predicated upon its ability to pull in the greatest minds from across the world. Between 1901 and 2015, over 40 percent of all Nobel Prizes have gone to Americans, nearly a third of whom were foreign-born.
Why Study Bioinformatics? A Conversation with Professor and YouTuber Danny Arends, PhD
While some bioinformaticians spend their entire careers working on highly specific programs or applications in limited fields, others spend much of their time in communication between the fields they combine: biology and computer science. One such individual is Danny Arends, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England.
The Bleeding Edge Frontier of Medical Microrobotics
Ehrlich hypothesized that if a therapeutic agent could be synthesized in a way that mimicked nature’s methodology, it could act as a Zauberkugel: a magic bullet. While Ehrlich was thinking in a molecular way, microrobotics has provided a new kind of magic bullet.
How AI Can Solve Bottlenecks in the Lab and Beyond
In the short amount of time since AI has been actualized, its powerful abilities in data analysis, pattern recognition, and prediction have been widely used to optimize business operations—revolutionizing fields like tech, finance, customer service, and manufacturing, just to name a few. Outside of corporate applications of the technology—which primarily serve to reduce business costs and fatten bottom lines—AI also stands to revolutionize the sciences.
Entry Points into a Health Information Management (HIM) Career
Although there are many paths to a career in health information management (HIM), this article explores ten jobs that make for a particularly smooth transition when combined with the right education and/or HIM certifications.
Patient Identification: Toward a New National Strategy
Approximately 35 percent of all denied claims result from inaccurate patient identification, costing the average healthcare facility $2.5 million per year and the US healthcare system over $6.7 billion annually.