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AMN Healthcare launches new corporate brand identity

In an effort to more effectively symbolize its position as the leader in the healthcare staffing and management services industry and the unique strength of its interconnecting service offerings, AMN Healthcare announced today that it has launched a new corporate brand identity.

12 Jan 2010

Interest in studying psychology on the rise

"I hope I will be able to touch the lives of people when they most need help and to offer them advice and guidance."

9 Jan 2010

SEIU-UHW members call for NLRB to schedule elections early

Healthcare workers at 26 California hospitals and nursing homes are seeking elections to join more than 55,000 other union members who have already chosen to stay united in the Service Employees International Union - United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), rather than switch to an organization formed by the union's ousted leaders.

9 Jan 2010

Carnegie Foundation report calls for enhanced education training for nursing workforce

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) applauds Dr. Patricia Benner and her team at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for recognizing the critical role education plays in a nurse’s ability to practice safely and achieve optimal outcomes in their new book titled Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation.

9 Jan 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

A Lancet Comment examines the "grossly insufficient" progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing under-5 child mortality. "Accelerated progress can be achieved, even in the poorest environments, through: integrated, evidence-driven, and community-based programmes that focus on addressing the major causes of death, including pneumonia, diarrhoea, newborn disorders, malaria, HIV, and undernutrition; reaching the unreached with a basic package of interventions at large scale and achieving coverage with equity; and using data for action and advocacy," the comment concludes (You et al., 1/9).

9 Jan 2010

Monarch Staffing and DCI announce the award of new contract with CDCR

Monarch Staffing, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary Drug Consultants, Inc. ("DCI"), a provider of healthcare staffing services, announced the award of a new contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR").

9 Jan 2010

New agreement to ensure patients' safety at KCHC approved

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York today announced that they have entered into an agreement with New York City to correct conditions of confinement at the Kings County Hospital Center's (KCHC) psychiatric emergency room and psychiatric in-patient units located in Brooklyn, N.Y.

9 Jan 2010

IHSS supporters vow to fight Governor's budget cut proposals

Representatives of more than 450,000 seniors and people with disabilities and those who care for them today urged the State Legislature to fight Gov. Schwarzenegger's mean-spirited and hypocritical proposal to destroy the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program.

9 Jan 2010

Mediture implements web-based EHR at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia

Mediture, a leading software developer for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, today announced that they have implemented a web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) for more than 90 staff at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia.

9 Jan 2010

Health policy research roundup: Long-term care, diabetes disparities, health IT

Annals of Internal Medicine: Cultural Competency Training and Performance Reports to Improve Diabetes Care for Black Patients - In this study, researchers measure the effects cultural competency training and performance training for physicians has on the clinical outcomes for black patients with diabetes.

8 Jan 2010

SEIU ULTCW comments on recommended cuts to the In-Home Supportive Services program

Laphonza Butler, Co-Trustee of SEIU ULTCW released the following statement regarding Governor Schwarzenegger's recommended cuts to the state's In-Home Supportive Services program in his FY 10-11 proposed budget today.

8 Jan 2010

MUHC unveils new Lung Cancer Navigation Program

A diagnosis of lung cancer can come as a hard blow. The disease has one of the highest mortality rates of all cancers and the sheer complexity of therapy - often involving radiation, chemotherapy and surgery - can leave patients feeling confused and isolated. To help these patients navigate through the complicated treatment process and medical appointments, the MUHC has unveiled its new Lung Cancer Navigation Program (LCNP).

8 Jan 2010

Medsphere Systems announces new partnerships to promote EHR systems in healthcare facilities

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source healthcare enterprise solutions, announced new partnerships with Network Infrastructure Technologies (NIT) Health, Inc., The Acacia Group LLC and M*D and suResources, Inc., to promote, implement and support the company's OpenVista electronic health record (EHR) solution among healthcare facilities throughout the country.

8 Jan 2010

Fort Worth Endoscopy Center selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation software

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Fort Worth Endoscopy Center has selected its ProVation® MD software for procedure documentation and coding, and its ProVation® EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution.

8 Jan 2010

LSUHSC receives $2.1 million grant for pneumonia research

Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chairman of Genetics at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, has been awarded a $2.1 million grant over five years by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to further his work on a discovery that plays a critical role in the body's defense against pneumonia.

8 Jan 2010

Fountainview offers innovative amenities for independent seniors

Fountainview at Eisenberg Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), will officially open its doors for Charter Members to begin moving in on Monday, February 15, 2010.

7 Jan 2010

Health care jobs top future employment opportunity list

Health care jobs, especially in nursing, dominate the country's employment future in the next decade. NPR reports that "[m]ore than 3 million jobs in the health care industry will be created this decade, ranging from highly paid neurosurgeons to home health aids making barely above minimum wage.

7 Jan 2010

Meridian Health and Cypak collaborate to improve patient care and clinical outcomes

Meridian Health and Cypak today announced a partnership to jointly develop new technology-based products and services aimed at improved patient care and clinical outcomes.

7 Jan 2010

New evidence suggests long-term exposure to cell phone signals may protect against Alzheimer's disease

The millions of people who spend hours every day on a cell phone may have a new excuse for yakking. A surprising new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves associated with cell phone use may actually protect against, and even reverse, Alzheimer's disease.

6 Jan 2010