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jerseyshorejohnny

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I think the biggest issue is that many students today want to go into careers that don't have the demand. Then the question becomes, would you rather be happy and make $35-40k doing what you want, or force yourself to go into a field you have no interest in but pays well? I think the best answer to this is middle ground. Try to find something you are interested in, maybe not crazy about but have some interest in, and also pays well.
 
I can't find enough quality healthcare IT ppl and the need is only growing.
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what is the primary differentiator between IT and healthcare IT?
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The operations/production support of IT can translate across industries (ie Helpdesk, Infrastructure support etc) but I am more on the data/software side. For example, the projects I work on analyze lots of claims data for both the payer (like Empire BCBS) or the provider (like Mt Sinai). Determining trends etc.. For someone with MS SSRS or BI stack expereince in say the financial industry isn't going to know what a claims aging or pend reports. Granted, they can be taught but I don't work for a big operation so it's expected you walk in the door and hit the ground running. Might have heard of the new Health Exchanges from Obamacare. Tons of new claims operations popping up all over the US and I work on implementing those systems for them. ICD10 is another big upcoming Healthcare trend. We work in IT but my specialty is Healthcare specifically claims system operations.
 
One integrative healthcare profession (of hard and soft sciences) is occupational therapy which has seen a shortage of practitioners for at least forty years. As baby boomers age and keeping them independent and out of institutional living becomes a major factor in health care cost control, the need for occupational therapists will only grow.
 
One integrative healthcare profession (of hard and soft sciences) is occupational therapy which has seen a shortage of practitioners for at least forty years. As baby boomers age and keeping them independent and out of institutional living becomes a major factor in health care cost control, the need for occupational therapists will only grow.
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Occupational therapy is a hot field right now, and OT programs at colleges and universities have many applicants.
 
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