How to Choose a Primary Care Physician
Having a doctor you know and can trust is critical to ensuring your overall health and wellbeing. It’s best to have a physician who is familiar with your health history. You’ll want a primary care physician that is reasonably close to where you live. If you move, you...
Common Questions about Organ Donation
There are currently 112,607 people awaiting an organ transplant. Despite the lives that organ donation can save, some questions and concerns prevent individuals from registering as a potential organ donor. Understandably, most people are a bit uneasy thinking about...
Choosing between In-Home Care and Assisted Living
Medical and technological advancements in society have allowed people to live longer and longer over the years. On average, people in the U.S. live for about 80 years. This means eldercare is an ever-growing need. While there are a variety of options, many senior...
Top 5 Health & Fitness Podcasts
There’s an overwhelming amount of wealth of health, fitness, and nutrition information out there these days. With all of this information, it becomes difficult to determine fact from fiction and what really works from what doesn’t. To help you sort through the myriad...
5 Quick Tips for Staying Healthy During the Winter Months
Winter weather takes its toll on people's health, causing them to experience unnecessary illnesses and discomfort. Rather than stay indoors and avoid other people, they have options that strengthen their immune systems and get them feeling better prepared to deal with...
Mental Health & the Holidays
The holidays are a time to be happy and celebrate family, or at least that’s what society would have us believe. However, there are many reasons that this time of year might be difficult for someone. If you struggle with mental health and happen to find...
3 Patient Benefits of Interoperability
What Are Healthcare Informatics?
Healthcare as an industry has been slower than others to incorporate new digital technologies and information management. Much of the work done in healthcare involves charts - patient medical records, test results, treatment plans. For the better part of the early...
Applying 3D Printing to the Medical Field
The medical field is advancing and shows no signs of slowing down. One technological advancement that is revolutionizing the industry is a 3D printer. Although there may seem no need for a device such as this in the industry, it could transform patient care and...
The Advantages of the Cloud Infrastructure in Healthcare
The healthcare industry depends on technology continuing to advance and grow. When health industries embrace technology, patient care is improved and revolutionized. In recent years, the cloud has become apart of our everyday lives and many industries of reaped the...