Become a Cytotechnologist

What is a cytotechnologist? A cytotechnologist typically works in a medical laboratory, assisting a pathologist in examining slides of human tissue. Could a career as a cytotechnologist be for you?

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Healthcare Adds 19,000 Jobs Despite Otherwise Disappointing April Job Growth

The healthcare industry added 19,000 new jobs during the month of April, according to today's monthly jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Home health care saw the largest gains, adding 6,300 jobs. Physicians' offices added 5,500 jobs, and with the 700 jobs added at outpatient care centers, ambulatory care grew by 15,400 jobs, while hospitals only added 4,100 jobs.

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Careers That Combine Medicine, Law

Sometimes physicians make mistakes. And sometimes these mistakes can be serious and very detrimental to patients' health and well-being. For example, if a physician operates on the wrong limb, misdiagnoses a patient, or makes any deviation from the reasonable standard of care that causes severe harm or death of a patient, this is known as medical malpractice.

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Mental Health Careers: "Do More for 1 in 4"

May is National Mental Health Month 2012. According to Mental Health America, 60 million Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year. That equates to about 1 in 4 people. Therefore, this year's call to action for Mental Health Month is "Do More for 1 in 4". Mental Health Month was established in 1949 to raise awareness of mental wellness.

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5 Bad Habits That Could Kill Your Health Career

Healthcare professions require more than the proper degree, certificate, and license. Did you know that your personal habits could also impact your healthcare career? Due to the level of responsibility carried by many healthcare workers, including handling sensitive information, life and death situations, dangerous equipment and lethal substances, healthcare workers are screened more thoroughly than employees in many other industries.

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Medical Laboratory Professionals Get Results!

This week, April 22-28, is National Medical Laboratory Professionals' Week, marking the 36th consecutive year of recognizing laboratory careers. Medical laboratory careers are a great option for people who want to work in the medical field, and make an impact on healthcare, but don't wish to work directly with patients.

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While Helping Others, Healthcare Volunteers Boost Their Own Careers

This week is National Healthcare Volunteer Week, honoring all the wonderful people who give freely of their time and talent to help patients and providers.

Healthcare Volunteer Week is sponsored by Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals, (AHVRP).

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Could You Be Too Fat for Hire by a Hospital?

Texas hospital implements weight limits for new employees.

Healthcare workers and prospective hospital employees may soon need to add "being fat" to the list of things they can't do if they want to work in a hospital.

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Three Healthcare Careers Ranked Among "Best Jobs" of 2012

Careercast.com released its annual "Best" and "Worst" job ratings for 2012, and three of the careers on the list of "Best Jobs in 2012" are healthcare careers.

No health careers were included on the "worst" jobs list for 2012. The health careers rated among the "Best Jobs in 2012" are:

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Healthcare Adds 26,000 Jobs in March

Healthcare posted modest job growth in March, as compared to healthcare job growth in recent months. According to the most recent employment data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare added 26,000 jobs in March.

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