Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform healthcare by delivering applications that improve patient care and boost operational efficiency. As with any new technology, however, it must be deployed responsibly. Many AI users are familiar with its propensity to hallucinate or generate false information. While the damage from that can often be mitigated by refining…
Chicago, Illinois (December 13, 2022): HPC has a new contract with Saint Alphonsus Health System to provide them with HPC’s Enterprise Librarian™ remote library service. “Saint Alphonsus identified a positional need in their medical library and turned to HPC to provide research support and health information services to their team. HPC was able to provide cost-effective, on-demand services…
Chicago, Illinois (December 13, 2022): HPC has a new Enterprise Librarian™ contract with Natividad Medical Center to provide them with remote library service and evidence-based research support HPC’s Enterprise Librarian™ service provides a quick and cost-effective way to staff your library team with a remote-based medical librarian. This service is an innovative library management program…
Chicago, Illinois (August 12, 2022): HPC has a new contract partnering with E&I to provide their members with our services. “We have spent the past two decades focused on providing the healthcare industry with savings initiatives, educational expertise, and research,” said HPC CEO Dr. Hilton Hudson. “Our company’s primary goals have been to drive greater…
CHICAGO, IL (June 13, 2022) – HPC International, Inc. is proud to announce a new collaborative partnership with the Galen College of Nursing, which seeks to expand access to HPC’s offerings from just hospitals and health systems to schools of nursing, their students, and other healthcare providers. HPC has expanded its offerings to include nursing…
The Need for a New Strategy in Healthcare Healthcare costs in the United States is soaring out of control and have been rising for patients, healthcare professionals, and healthcare systems at an alarming rate. For years, healthcare systems have been trying and failing to lower costs associated with healthcare delivery. According to the Center for…
How to Start Budget Planning Creating and following a budget is the reality for any organization. With a need for continued education in the healthcare industry, managing a budget for education, along with all other organizational needs, is extremely complicated. There are many ways to start budget planning. Below are two of the most popular…
What is Continuing Education (CE) When medical professionals graduate and enter their field, some may think that they are finished with their education. In fact, it is actually the beginning of the educational journey. Continuing education is vital for healthcare professionals with the constantly changing technologies in the medical field. Continuing education keeps staff up-to-date and improves patient care….
Medical librarians help health systems improve patient outcomes by providing access to focused, reliable information that supports the implementation of practical care.
What are Medical Librarians Medical librarians streamline healthcare education and have a massive, eventual impact on patient care. Medical librarians and medical libraries connect organizations with knowledge to drive outcome improvements. In today’s world, PubMed, Google, and other internet search engines, make it easy to find answers to any question you can think of, but accessing…
Crown Point, Indiana – 5/1/2021 – HPC has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Associations, Education, Libraries & Research with Conductiv Contracts. Effective April 1, 2021, the new agreement allows Conductiv Contracts members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Conductiv Contracts for HPC’s core service offerings: HPCBooksource,…
Chicago, IL September 24, 2020 – HPC has been nationally recognized for supporting supply chain diversity. Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, presented the Supplier Diversity Award – Honorable Mention to HPC International, Inc. The award honors contracted suppliers that have made important contributions in developing and nurturing diversity programs in their organizations and…
CHICAGO, IL (June 24, 2019) – As one of the leading service providers within healthcare today through our Enterprise Saving Solutions of Association & Conference Management Service (AMS); Books, Magazines, Patient Education & Other Publications (MMS); Outsourced On-Demand Library Services (LMS), HPC continually strives to educate, innovate, and provide unique, necessary cost-saving products and services…
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S., and affects primarily African Americans and Hispanics. Approximately, 1,000 U.S. children are born with SCD annually. SCD complications can be serious and have a significant impact upon well-being and quality of life. Pain is the hallmark symptom associated with SCD, and…
Chicago, Illinois (December 31, 2015): Twenty years ago, in 1996, Hilton Publishing was founded as the first and only national publishing house dedicated to minority health and wellness. Its focus was on serving populations within the United States that had historically been overlooked and left without meaningful health information about the specific medical issues most…
