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Poll: Use of booster seats drops sharply to 40% by age 8

All 50 states have some type of child safety seat law, 28 of which require kids to use child safety seats or booster seats through age 8 to reduce the risk of injuries in car crashes. But the latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds that while nearly all parents report their kids, ages 5 and younger, use booster seats or car seats while riding in vehicles, use of booster seats drops sharply to 40 percent by age 8.

18 Mar 2010

SEIU's civil lawsuit against former local union staff and elected leaders: Trial set for Monday

For the last year, SEIU officials have been suing 29 local union reformers and whistleblowers who exposed the union's corruption and backroom deals and helped healthcare workers protect their democratic right to join a new union after a hostile takeover.

18 Mar 2010

Evaluating all Medicare plan options can reduce healthcare costs

Nearly 8 million former workers have disabilities so severe that they rely on Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, and an estimated 3.3 million more will apply for disability benefits this year. For these people and others suffering from serious conditions and disabilities, taking the right steps quickly to manage costs is essential for their financial and health well-being, according to Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security disability representation and Medicare plan selection services.

18 Mar 2010

Societies endorse AIUM Training Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound

The AIUM is pleased to announce that 4 professional societies have collaborated with AIUM to endorse the recent AIUM Training Guidelines for the Performance of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examinations. The guidelines allow for a several practitioners, including physicians, osteopathic physicians, podiatrists, and sonographers, to perform musculoskeletal ultrasound examinations, marking significant promise for the future of this growing field.

18 Mar 2010

Patients can partner with their caregivers to prevent health risks and errors

Being hospitalized for acute care presents health risks beyond the medical treatment at hand. Medication errors, patient identification errors, falls and infections are just some of the risks that can be prevented through a closer partnership of patients, their families and medical providers.

18 Mar 2010

Rauland-Borg, Visonic Technologies integrate Elpas RTLS technology with Responder 5 Nurse Call System

Rauland-Borg, the leader in Healthcare Nurse Call Systems and Visonic Technologies a global provider of scalable Active RFID/RTLS based safety, security and management solutions for the healthcare industry announce the integration of Elpas RTLS technology with the Responder 5 Nurse Call System. This joint collaboration between Visonic Technologies and Rauland-Borg provides Responder 5 with real-time staff presence functionality throughout the hospital to room and sub-room level accuracy, automatic visual indication that a patient's needs are being responded to and automatic nurse call cancellation.

18 Mar 2010

Physicians push back on healthcare overhaul

Docs for Patient Care (D4PC), the nation's leading voice of doctors opposing Obamacare and offering better healthcare reform, has produced an ad on the DrudgeReport.com linking to educational videos developed by the organization.

18 Mar 2010

Phytel to receive AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award

The American Medical Group Association announced today that it will present the AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award on March 20 to Phytel, Inc. at its 2010 Annual Conference, March 18-20 at the New Orleans Marriott.

18 Mar 2010

MedeFile International signs revenue-sharing distribution agreement with NSD

MedeFile International, Inc., leader in portable electronic medical records management, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with one of the country's largest suppliers of auto-related supplemental products, Nation Safe Drivers (NSD), a partnership unparalleled in the field of Personal Health Records(PHR).

18 Mar 2010

New campaign invites people share their journeys through Ontario's health care system

Ontario's doctors are giving a voice to patients across the province with their latest public awareness campaign. The campaign features real people sharing their journeys through Ontario's health care system and highlights the unique relationship between patients and their doctors.

18 Mar 2010

Standardized skin-care guidelines

Given the complexity of cancer treatment, skin care may seem like a small matter. However, a nurse at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center knew that skin issues were a constant source of anxiety for many patients receiving radiation therapy, and through research she discovered that routine advice was rooted in myth instead of scientific evidence.

18 Mar 2010

HRSA survey shows RN workforce is becoming more diverse

The number of licensed registered nurses (RNs) in the United States grew to a new high of 3.1 million between 2004 and 2008 according to a report released today by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

18 Mar 2010

Intense experience in Haiti raises many difficult ethical questions, says Johns Hopkins emergency physician

In an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave of patients and inadequate medical resources.

18 Mar 2010

Jordan Physician Associates implements MedAptus Inpatient Edition for charge capture automation

MedAptus(R), the market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced that providers across multiple specialties at Jordan Physician Associates, located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are using the MedAptus Inpatient Edition to capture and submit professional charges while on service at Jordan Hospital.

18 Mar 2010

MediCare International offers insurance for all nationalities

The Lebanon is an important centre for international workers - Post conflict international health cover hard to arrange - Good hospital facilities can only be accessed with the right cover - MediCare International offers insurance for all nationalities

18 Mar 2010

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. was pleased on learning that The Federal Communication Commission’s national strategy for broadband issued today emphasizes health care, including electronic health record adoption and use, health data exchanges, telemedicine and mobile health services.

18 Mar 2010

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

"Canada's 'signature' initiative at June's G8 summit - a strategy to improve the health of mothers and young children in poor countries" will not include family planning programs, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Tuesday, the Globe and Mail reports. Cannon said the initiative "does not deal in any way, shape or form with family planning. Indeed, the purpose of this is to be able to save lives."

18 Mar 2010

U.N. Secretary-General launches report aimed at meeting MDGs by 2015

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "warned on Tuesday that failure to meet" Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by the 2015 deadline could result in "increased instability, violence, epidemic diseases and overpopulation," Agence France-Presse/Mail & Guardian reports (3/17).

18 Mar 2010

AARP opposes passage of ‘Freedom of Conscience’ bill

Idahoans may soon learn someone else's "conscience" at the worst possible time. Today, after two days of heated debate, the Idaho House passed the Freedom of Conscience bill (SB 1353), which allows all health care professionals, including dieticians, nurses and pharmacists, to walk away from any end-of-life care that violates their conscience.

18 Mar 2010

Kinetic Concepts’ Prevena Incision Management System may help reduce post-operative complications

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced the initial European and Canadian launch of the Prevena™ Incision Management System, the first and only powered negative pressure product designed specifically for management of surgically closed incisions.

18 Mar 2010

Healthcare News

Poll: Use of booster seats drops sharply to 40% by age 8

SEIU's civil lawsuit against former local union staff and elected leaders: Trial set for Monday

Evaluating all Medicare plan options can reduce healthcare costs

Societies endorse AIUM Training Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound

Patients can partner with their caregivers to prevent health risks and errors

Rauland-Borg, Visonic Technologies integrate Elpas RTLS technology with Responder 5 Nurse Call System

Physicians push back on healthcare overhaul

Phytel to receive AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award

MedeFile International signs revenue-sharing distribution agreement with NSD

New campaign invites people share their journeys through Ontario's health care system

Standardized skin-care guidelines

HRSA survey shows RN workforce is becoming more diverse

Intense experience in Haiti raises many difficult ethical questions, says Johns Hopkins emergency physician

Jordan Physician Associates implements MedAptus Inpatient Edition for charge capture automation

MediCare International offers insurance for all nationalities

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

U.N. Secretary-General launches report aimed at meeting MDGs by 2015

AARP opposes passage of ‘Freedom of Conscience’ bill

Kinetic Concepts’ Prevena Incision Management System may help reduce post-operative complications

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