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The healthcare industry is always on the cutting edge of innovative technological breakthroughs. This is probably because this industry is always searching for ways to improve performance so as to better serve patients. If you’re thinking about a career in the medical industry check out these 10 colleges offering innovative healthcare training programs.

1. Sanford-Brown University offers students an array of different innovative programs in the healthcare field. Programs being offered are Medical Assisting, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Nursing, Medical Billing and Coding, and many others. Some of the programs can be completed in as little as 12-24 months. They offer day, evening and weekend classes.

2. Baystate Medical Center, located on Tufts University of Medicine in Massachusetts, has been selected by the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) as one of the colleges to offer an innovative training program for chief residents that teaches them how to diagnose health problems that are common to the elderly. Cooper University Hospital located at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and North Carolina’s Wake Forest University School of Medicine has also been selected.

3. The University of Arizona has included CAM curriculum (Complementary Alternative Medicine) in its innovative program in Integrative Medicine. Student will be trained in the use of complementary medicine in conjunction with alternative medicine. As more and more people combine these two forms of treatment this field is fast becoming one of the best of its kind.

4. Simmons College in Boston Massachusetts is offering an innovative National Health Care Management program. The program is designed to create a link between Simmons College, career-entry individuals, and the NCHL (National Center for Healthcare Leadership) to form a joint effort to advance teaching and learning methods.

5. College of Nursing and Health Innovation is your chance to be a part of the development of new innovative healthcare products to the market, check out the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Clinical Trials.

6. The College of Nursing AT University of Phoenix is one of the largest colleges to offer professional nursing programs. Learn through innovative educational technology, and learn all the latest techniques in the profession.

7. A new innovative healthcare training center has opened at the School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Aurora, Colorado. Partnering with the Department of Labor and Training, together they are opening a WELLS Center (Work, Education and Lifelong Learning) which is a state-of-the-art healthcare simulation training program.

8. University of Rhode Island Pharmacy College – This College is expanding to accommodate a student base that will have the ability to do cutting-edge research in the area of pharmaceuticals.

9. Clayton College of Natural Health – Join the more than 25,000 students and graduates that have studied and researched the area of holistic health.

10. Duke University Medical Center – Considered to be a leader in medical research, and innovative treatment, Duke has been ranked in the top ten of America’s Best Colleges by US News and World Report.

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