Archive for 'Insight into Business Schools'
How to Prepare for an Interview
Posted on Feb 17, 2011.
Preparing for job interviews can be extremely nerve-racking. Whether you’ve just earned your online degree in business and are going for your first job, or have been working for years, preparation for an interview can cause major anxiety. Will you answer the questions correctly? Are you the right one for the job? While it can [...]
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Making the Leap from Business to Health
Posted on Aug 11, 2010.
Making the jump from the business world to the medical world is a huge leap.
It is definitely not a typical path, but there are certainly parts of business that would prepare you for certain professions in the medical field. Lessons and knowledge you gained from the business world could help you in your medical records courses.
For instance, medical records management is very business-oriented. Medical records are managed and operated like a business with many needs related to administration. Medical and Healthcare managers, often referred to as executives or administrators, are responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and supervising Healthcare practices at hospitals and other Healthcare facilities.
Medical records programs are constituted in the form of a masters of Healthcare administration program which is typically necessary to become a medical records manager. A medical recording masters program is preferred but a masters degree in health sciences, public health, medicine, allied health, or business administration is also accepted within the industry. Graduate programs typically require take 2 to 3 years to complete, and may include 1 year of supervised administrative experience. Due to the increased specialization associated with an MBA focused with an emphasis on Healthcare, The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education reported 72 accredited masters Healthcare administration programs in 2008.
Interestingly, some masters of Healthcare administration programs are selective as to whether a they require a bachelors degree in business or healthcare administration, but many accept students with bachelors degrees in other areas of interest. If you’re a business student that wants to get into the Healthcare industry, this is the profession for you!
Due to the diverse nature of any Healthcare facility, most medical and Healthcare managers are trained as specialists. These different areas of specialization are each responsible to a specific department. Two examples of the various types of Healthcare managers within the average hospital are:
1. Clinical managers- trained in a specific clinical field or area
2. Health information managers- such as Medical Coding specialists and Medical Transcriptionists.
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The Center for Business Law at New England Law | Boston
Posted on Jul 14, 2010.
Seamlessly fusing coursework with policy research in the areas of intellectual property law, tax law and corporate governance and ethics, the Center for Business Law (CBL) at New England Law | Boston sets itself a cut above the rest. Armed with professors with inside knowledge, such as one from the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board, the executive director [...]
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Have You Thought About How You Will Finance That Degree?
Posted on Feb 16, 2010.
There is always a need for business degrees in this world. Although many people may have similar degrees, depending on what you specialize in, they can be quite varied as well.
Assuming you have a High School Diploma, higher education should not be that daunting. I guess the biggest decision you have is deciding where you [...]
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Hawaii Pacific University’s Military-Friendly Business Programs
Posted on Dec 05, 2009.
With fall semester coming to a close and spring semester quickly approaching, prospective and current college students are searching for answers to their academic questions, and military personnel are no exception. Are you an active duty, reserve, or veteran seeking a military-friendly business degree with your GI Bill benefits? Consider Hawaii Pacific University, a university located in a worldly location on the shores of the United States and over a dozen other countries.
Hawaii Pacific University’s military-friendly business degrees are available online or on campus, so that active duty can attend school while deployed or veterans can attend school in the classroom (or vica versa, if able!); and these programs are quality, accredited education both ways, meaning that students can alternate between an online education, a campus education, or an education at a completely different university if they so choose.