Career week3


Review for career ops::

 HEALTHCARE DELIVERY   

Health Care Manufacturing

  • Stryker Corp.
  • 3M, Johnson & Johnson
  • Baxter International 

Insurance 

  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Cigna
  • Humana
  • Universal American Corp.
  • Health Net
  • Coventry Health Care 

Pharmaceuticals

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Wyeth
  • Pfizer 

Waste Management 

  • Waste Management
  • Healthcare Waste Management
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Aramark 

Facility Design

  • Environments for Aging (EFA)
  • Health Care Institute
  • The Center for Health Design  

Sustainability

  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Geisinger Health System
  • Inova Health System
  • Advocate Health Care 

Food Service

  • Association for Healthcare Foodservice
  • Nisonger Associates Inc.  

Wellness Centers

  • Spas
  • Longevity Wellness Centers  

Information Systems and Technology 

  • Verizon Wireless
  • GlobalMed
  • CareFusion Corp.
  • Phillips, McKesson Corp.

INDIRECT PATIENT CARE

Administrative Personnel
(professionals who deal with the daily business operations of a facility) 

  • Directors deal with the overall performance and compliance, direction, and business success of the hospital. 
  • Department Managers manage staff and departmental issues in the hospital. 
  • Shift Managers deal with the situations and issues that arise during an assigned shift. 
  • Social Workers are  trained specialists who help people with various social and economic  issues, such as unemployment, terminal illness, abuse situations, or  addiction.  
  • Billing Personnel are responsible for accurate accounting, billing, and collecting funds owed to the hospital. 
  • Health Information Systems Personnel deal with the electronic storage and accessibility of medical information and take care of computer network issues. 

Medical Lab Technologists 

Health Educators 

Health Care Product Retailers 

Federal and State Health Regulators 

Photographers and Illustrators 

Transcriptionists 

Medical Record Technician 

Entry-level positions: clerks, hospital admission  clerks, ward clerks, medical coders, sterilization technicians, data  analysts, front office staff, sales representatives, etc. 

DIRECT PATIENT CARE

Hospitals 

Long-term care facilities 

Doctors’ offices 

Pharmacies 

Clinics 

Therapists