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Intermountain Healthcare chooses Optilink software to enhance nursing productivity management

Intermountain Healthcare, one of the nation's most progressive health systems in leveraging technology to improve care delivery, has chosen OptiLink to enhance nursing productivity management across its health system. OptiLink is a software solution from The Advisory Board Company that captures patient acuity and determines staffing demand.

25 Aug 2010

Healthcare Trust of America to acquire 228,870 square foot West Penn Allegheny Building for $41.34M

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the execution of an agreement to acquire an office building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the "West Penn Allegheny Building") for approximately $41,340,000. The closing of the acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions.

25 Aug 2010

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to implement RelayHealth's HIE connectivity solution

RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, today announced that Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in California has selected RelayHealth's health information exchange (HIE) connectivity solution to improve the quality of care and safety for its patients, create closer alignment with its physicians, and address the governance issues that arise in the process of connecting healthcare communities.

25 Aug 2010

NPR: Technology can help seniors stay in homes

Part two examined a company called Adaptive Home, "one of a growing number of startups that use monitoring technology to revolutionize elder care. These companies are also betting on a big market as the baby boomers enter old age. Chris Bridgers says a basic package includes about a dozen motion sensors placed strategically around a house. They can provide adult children with a stunningly detailed rundown of a parent's day" (Ludden, 8/23).

25 Aug 2010

PharMerica Corporation announces repurchase of $25 million common stock

PharMerica Corporation, a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $25 million of the Company's common stock.

25 Aug 2010

Virginia Attorney Gen. approves stricter oversight on abortion clinics; Indiana fails to follow up inspection reports on nursing homes

The Washington Post: "Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has concluded that the state can impose stricter oversight over clinics that perform abortions, a move immediately decried by abortion-rights organizations and others as an attempt to circumvent the General Assembly, which has repeatedly rejected similar measures.

25 Aug 2010

Streamline Health implements Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution at Children's National

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that it has successfully implemented the Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution (AuditACE) at Children's National in Washington, DC.

24 Aug 2010

Canadian Nurses Association to lead in development of national strategy for aging and health

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is poised to take on a leadership role in developing a national strategy for aging and health as Canadians reveal they are increasingly worried about the future of their health-care system.

24 Aug 2010

Gold Standard/Elsevier launches consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages

Gold Standard/Elsevier, a leading developer of drug information and medication management solutions, announced today the launch of MEDcounselor Languages, a module that provides trusted MEDcounselor consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages. The new MEDcounselor Languages will enable healthcare providers to help non-English speaking patients better understand their drug therapy, take their medications safely, and avoid potentially harmful errors.

24 Aug 2010

Ingen’s products fill key void for Mountainside Medical Equipment

Ingen Technologies, Inc.,an emerging medical device manufacturer developing innovative proprietary solutions for the $8 billion respiratory market, today announced that its products have filled a key void for Mountainside Medical Equipment (www.mountainside-medical.com), a veteran-owned worldwide distributor of medical supplies based in Upstate New York.

24 Aug 2010

Fla.'s Jackson Health System struggles with nursing home and hospital losses; Advocates push marijuana cultivation in Calif.

The Miami Herald: As the Jackson Health System's "governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses. Almost 100 of the 289 nursing home patients in the Jackson Health System are uninsured. Half of those are undocumented immigrants under age 50.

24 Aug 2010

Aspen University lowers tuition for Master of Science in Nursing Program

Aspen University, a leading provider of affordable online education, announced today it is lowering its tuition for its CCNE accredited Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Program. The program now has a total tuition cost of $4,800. Aspen is a 100% online, accredited university with a rich history dating back almost 40 years.

24 Aug 2010

HHS to offer $32 million to increase health care access for rural Americans

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today more than $32 million in FY 2010 funds to increase access to health care for Americans living in rural areas. The funds reach across seven programs administered by the Office of Rural Health Policy in HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration.

24 Aug 2010

Rural development in Australia

Rural health services in Australia are in bad shape. Cancer mortality rates are higher, waiting lines for doctor visits are longer, and budget share of Medicare spending is lower. Despite this the issue has not drawn the attention of the election campaign.

23 Aug 2010

'Village' movement and community health clinics offer alternative models of care

"The village movement dates to the 2001 founding of Beacon Hill Village in Boston. This year, the Village to Village Network launched to help other communities create their own senior support groups. Other sites created to help arrange help for seniors who want to live independently at home: Senior Helpers' services include companionship, conversation, meal planning and house cleaning as well as Alzheimer's and dementia care."

23 Aug 2010

Researchers find new way to study oncogene's role in DNA repair

A key step in understanding the origins of familial breast cancer has been made by two teams of scientists at the University of California, Davis. The researchers have purified, for the first time, the protein produced by the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and used it to study the oncogene's role in DNA repair.

23 Aug 2010

GM-CSF protein reduces AD pathology, reverses memory loss: Study

A signaling protein released during rheumatoid arthritis dramatically reduced Alzheimer's disease pathology and reversed the memory impairment of mice bred to develop symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease, a new study by the University of South Florida reports. Researchers found that the protein, GM-CSF, likely stimulates the body's natural scavenger cells to attack and remove Alzheimer's amyloid deposits in the brain.

23 Aug 2010

Stanford Hospital installs high-definition monitors to enhance patient care

When a patient checks in to Stanford Hospital from now on, the room wall will have an extra special something. Most hospitals have had televisions in patient rooms for decades. But few now have what Stanford offers its patients on new, 26-inch high definition monitors

21 Aug 2010

Pharma-Nutrition conference to highlight latest research on medical nutrition

Pharma-Nutrition, the new international scientific conference organised by Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, aims to discuss the latest research, concepts and practical applications of medical nutrition in patient treatments, disease management and patient outcomes.

21 Aug 2010

Elsevier Health Sciences and India's medical library consortium Helinet announce agreement

Elsevier Health Sciences and Helinet, India's premier medical library consortium for e-resources, have announced an agreement that will provide all medical students at Helinet's medical colleges with access to leading international and local medical content through Elsevier's electronic platforms: ScienceDirect(R) and MD Consult(R).

21 Aug 2010

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Intermountain Healthcare chooses Optilink software to enhance nursing productivity management

Healthcare Trust of America to acquire 228,870 square foot West Penn Allegheny Building for $41.34M

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to implement RelayHealth's HIE connectivity solution

NPR: Technology can help seniors stay in homes

PharMerica Corporation announces repurchase of $25 million common stock

Virginia Attorney Gen. approves stricter oversight on abortion clinics; Indiana fails to follow up inspection reports on nursing homes

Streamline Health implements Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution at Children's National

Canadian Nurses Association to lead in development of national strategy for aging and health

Gold Standard/Elsevier launches consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages

Ingen’s products fill key void for Mountainside Medical Equipment

Fla.'s Jackson Health System struggles with nursing home and hospital losses; Advocates push marijuana cultivation in Calif.

Aspen University lowers tuition for Master of Science in Nursing Program

HHS to offer $32 million to increase health care access for rural Americans

Rural development in Australia

'Village' movement and community health clinics offer alternative models of care

Researchers find new way to study oncogene's role in DNA repair

GM-CSF protein reduces AD pathology, reverses memory loss: Study

Stanford Hospital installs high-definition monitors to enhance patient care

Pharma-Nutrition conference to highlight latest research on medical nutrition

Elsevier Health Sciences and India's medical library consortium Helinet announce agreement

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