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…
A study published in January 2024 explored the surprising connection between education and lifespan—two factors we might not typically associate with each other. The correlation was startling. People who complete high school and college have as much protection against early death as eating the recommended daily amounts of vegetables, while those with little schooling see their mortality increase as much as those who drink five or more drinks a day, or smoke 10 cigarettes a day for 10 years.
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…
Today companies and healthcare organizations are looking for ways to reduce their budgets without eliminating employees or sacrificing long-term quality to achieve short-term savings. HPC’s Education Concierge service not only helps companies reduce their budgets and capture significant savings, but we do it in a way that uses centralization, tracking, process improvement, and negotiation to maintain what they have just in a more efficient…
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….
What are Digital Medical Libraries? In the modern age, technology is incredibly commonplace; it takes a good amount of effort to go somewhere and not see cell phones or computers, as all the world’s information is available from one internet search. This is the case even for medical information. Vital information that is important to…
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…
