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Faculty member of Capella University co-authors new book that focuses on healthcare leadership

Nick Coppola, PhD, MHA, FACHE, a faculty member in the Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Capella University, an accredited online university that has built its reputation by providing high quality online degree programs for working adults, has co-authored a book that focuses on healthcare leadership.

2 Apr 2011

Skilled Healthcare Group's RCO signs operating lease for Lindenwood Nursing Home in Omaha

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. today announced that its wholly owned company, The Rehabilitation Center of Omaha, LLC has signed an operating lease for 10 years for Lindenwood Nursing Home in Omaha, Nebraska with two additional five-year extensions. The lease also provides RCO with a purchase option and the landlord with a sale option, beginning in year six of the lease.

2 Apr 2011

North Bay RNs choose Ontario Nurses' Association as their union

Once again, Registered Nurses with the North Bay Regional Health Centre have overwhelmingly voted to make the Ontario Nurses' Association their union.

2 Apr 2011

New Acti-Kare Responsive In-Home Care branch established in Ohio

Admitting it's time for some extra help is a challenge for many seniors and their families. Finding the right help, though, will no longer be so difficult for residents of the Rocky River, Ohio area, where a new Acti-Kare Responsive In-Home Care branch is opening under the direction of local nursing professional Claudia Broscatan.

2 Apr 2011

TeamHealth forms strategic partnership with DCH Regional Medical Center to expand in Alabama

TeamHealth recently expanded its presence in Alabama through a strategic collaboration with DCH Regional Medical Center and the physicians of North River Emergency Physicians, the physician group that currently serves the emergency department of DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

1 Apr 2011

Viewpoints: The dangers of targeting the AARP; health reform in rural areas; prisoners faring better in Calif. than disabled

In hearings Friday, some of my former congressional colleagues are due to explore the operations of the AARP, the nation's oldest and largest organization representing Americans age 50 and older. Specifically, the hearing is to examine the group's tax status, evaluating it in view of its management structure and funding.

1 Apr 2011

Roundup: Fla. moves closer to Medicaid overhaul; Abortion provisions advance in Va., Kan. and Iowa

The Florida House on Thursday approved a statewide proposal to shift Medicaid beneficiaries into managed-care plans. ... Supporters said the plan would improve care for Medicaid beneficiaries, reduce widespread fraud and control costs in the $20 billion program.

1 Apr 2011

Pediatric health care experts to meet at Pediatric Nursing annual conference

Pediatric nurses are the frontline health care providers for children and adolescents, many of whom suffer from serious illnesses. Because the specialty calls for high-level critical thinking skills, nurses must constantly stay on top of the latest advances in care.

1 Apr 2011

New guidelines to eliminate bloodstream infections in patients with intravenous catheters

New guidelines, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee outline steps to eliminate bloodstream infections in patients with intravenous catheters, which are among the most deadly and costly healthcare-associated infections.

1 Apr 2011

NIH-funded program to focus on obesity complications in low-income mothers

A Michigan State University nursing researcher has been awarded $3.3 million to help low-income mothers who are overweight or obese improve their health by eating well, being active and dealing with stress.

1 Apr 2011

IOM report: Researchers must engage LGBT population in health studies

Researchers need to proactively engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in health studies and collect data on these populations to identify and better understand health conditions that affect them, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

1 Apr 2011

CASE District IV honors MD Anderson's associate vice president with Achievement Award

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education District IV has named Michael C. Frick, associate vice president for development at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the recipient of its 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award.

1 Apr 2011

Symposium to discuss about healthcare reform issues in the U.S. and China

More than 250 leaders from Chinese and U.S. academic and governmental institutions will gather April 10-12, 2011 at Emory University to examine and compare healthcare reform in the two countries, focusing on cost, quality and access to care.

1 Apr 2011

Merck's VICTRELIS phase III study results against HCV presented at EASL annual meeting

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced results from several new data analyses from the pivotal Phase III studies evaluating the addition of its investigational oral protease inhibitor VICTRELIS to peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection.

1 Apr 2011

Viewpoints: Controlling long-term-care spending; march madness and health reform; hospital physicians

Prepare to hear a lot about Medicaid, the government health-insurance program for the poor. ... The U.S. government can't put itself on a sustainable fiscal course without doing something to slow health spending. It can't slow health spending costs without treating Medicaid. And it can't treat Medicaid without confronting the fact that it has become the long-term-care insurer of last resort for an aging society.

1 Apr 2011

Roundup: Minn. and Fla. weigh changes in programs for disabled, poor; Iowa lawmakers consider new abortion restrictions

Due to a shockingly large deficit, Gov. Rick Scott is planning to invoke his emergency powers and make deep cuts to the rates charged by group homes and case workers who help the developmentally disabled. Scott could announce a 15 percent rate cut as early as Thursday to close the $170 million budget gap in the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, according to lawmakers who were briefed Wednesday.

1 Apr 2011

Important updates on spondyloarthritis highlighted at 2010 SPARTAN meeting

Spondyloarthritis is a group of inflammatory conditions causing spine and joint pain and deformity, mostly in young men. Important updates on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of SpA are presented in the April issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation.

31 Mar 2011

McKesson releases Horizon Cardiology 12.2 cardiovascular information system

With its new 12.2 software release, McKesson's Horizon Cardiology™ is the industry's only cardiovascular information system (CVIS) system that offers a single database, including hemodynamics, and presents the entire patient history from fetal to adulthood.

31 Mar 2011

EPA approves Clorox DISPATCH disinfectant towels registration to fight against C. difficile

The Clorox Company announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the registration of DISPATCH Hospital Cleaner Disinfectant Towels with Bleach to kill Clostridium difficile spores in five minutes, the fastest C. difficile contact time available.

31 Mar 2011

Lack of equipment, venues and motivation are main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys

A lack of equipment and venues - and a lack of motivation even if those were available - are the main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys, according to recently published research from a Michigan State University nursing researcher.

31 Mar 2011

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Faculty member of Capella University co-authors new book that focuses on healthcare leadership

Skilled Healthcare Group's RCO signs operating lease for Lindenwood Nursing Home in Omaha

North Bay RNs choose Ontario Nurses' Association as their union

New Acti-Kare Responsive In-Home Care branch established in Ohio

TeamHealth forms strategic partnership with DCH Regional Medical Center to expand in Alabama

Viewpoints: The dangers of targeting the AARP; health reform in rural areas; prisoners faring better in Calif. than disabled

Roundup: Fla. moves closer to Medicaid overhaul; Abortion provisions advance in Va., Kan. and Iowa

Pediatric health care experts to meet at Pediatric Nursing annual conference

New guidelines to eliminate bloodstream infections in patients with intravenous catheters

NIH-funded program to focus on obesity complications in low-income mothers

IOM report: Researchers must engage LGBT population in health studies

CASE District IV honors MD Anderson's associate vice president with Achievement Award

Symposium to discuss about healthcare reform issues in the U.S. and China

Merck's VICTRELIS phase III study results against HCV presented at EASL annual meeting

Viewpoints: Controlling long-term-care spending; march madness and health reform; hospital physicians

Roundup: Minn. and Fla. weigh changes in programs for disabled, poor; Iowa lawmakers consider new abortion restrictions

Important updates on spondyloarthritis highlighted at 2010 SPARTAN meeting

McKesson releases Horizon Cardiology 12.2 cardiovascular information system

EPA approves Clorox DISPATCH disinfectant towels registration to fight against C. difficile

Lack of equipment, venues and motivation are main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys

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