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Windsor Place of Wilmington opens to welcome new residents

Windsor Place of Wilmington, a premier assisted living residence for seniors, announced today that it will welcome residents this month. Windsor Place has 87 distinctive luxury suites. A portion are designated for individuals with memory impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.

15 Oct 2009

Forum Extended Care Services earns accreditation for quality operational practices

Forum Extended Care Services, the largest independent long-term care and hospice pharmacy in Illinois, has achieved the Award of Accreditation from the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation, based in Waterloo, Iowa.

15 Oct 2009

Senator Snowe's continued fight to ensure stable Medicare funding for seniors praised

The long term care sector's ongoing concern with deep Medicare cuts, in conjunction with the state Medicaid funding crisis fueled by the recession, was reflected in Senator Snowe's comments on the Senate Finance Committee health care reform package. We thank her for focusing much-needed attention on the unique challenges our sector faces in the continued provision of quality care to the vulnerable patients we serve in Maine and across the nation.

15 Oct 2009

Human populations may have some level of existing immunity to the pandemic H1N1 influenza, say researchers

University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have been circulating for years. These molecular sites appear to result in some level of immunity to the new virus in people who were exposed to the earlier influenza viruses.

15 Oct 2009

New anesthesia information management system from iMDsoft

iMDsoft®, a global leader in clinical information systems for perioperative, critical and acute care, unveiled MVexpressTM, a complete anesthesia information management system designed for rapid deployment.

15 Oct 2009

AAPA welcomes Senate Finance Committee's vote to approve the America's Healthy Future Act

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), representing 75,000 clinically practicing physician assistants (PAs) in the United States, applauds the Senate Finance Committee's vote to approve the America's Healthy Future Act. AAPA is committed to seeking health care reform legislation that provides the American people with access to quality, affordable, cost-effective health care.

15 Oct 2009

Environmental Solutions launches alcohol-free hand sanitizer

Environmental Solutions International announces alcohol-free Smart & Silky Instant Foaming Hand Sanitizer and Smart & Silky Kids Instant Foaming Hand Sanitizer now are available at more than 975 OfficeMax® locations nationwide and on www.officemax.com beginning this week, in addition to nationwide Target® stores.

15 Oct 2009

Dramatic effects on Norway's health service

If we continue to use our hospitals in the same way as we do now, the health service in 2030 will need to employ every second young person in the country and increase hospital bed capacity by 5000.

15 Oct 2009

Medtronic announces results of study comparing INFUSE Bone Graft to autogenous bone graft

Medtronic, Inc. today announced results of a study comparing the safety and effectiveness of INFUSE® Bone Graft to autogenous bone graft (bone harvested from the patient) when used in maxillary sinus floor augmentation.

14 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems to discuss the CareBot's low cost differential drive locomotion system

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) (http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009, attendees will be able to observe and discuss the CareBot's™ low cost differential drive locomotion system.

14 Oct 2009

University of North Carolina awarded grant to continue research on rare disease-causing gene mutations

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million renewal grant to continue its work as part of the National Institutes of Health's Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN).

14 Oct 2009

MEDai to implement Pinpoint Review at Sharp HealthCare

MEDai, Inc., an Elsevier company and leading provider of advanced healthcare solutions including hospital outcomes analysis and award-winning predictive analytics, has announced that Sharp HealthCare, a 1,700-bed, seven-facility system serving the San Diego area, has selected the company's Pinpoint Review(TM) product.

14 Oct 2009

Geckosystems' Mobile Robots conference to focus on economics of personal companion robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to learn and discuss the expected cost savings and ROI of personal companion robots in an eldercare setting.

14 Oct 2009

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's initiative to raise awareness of healthcare-associated infections

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority supports "International Infection Prevention Week," October 18-24, 2009, to raise awareness of the need to protect patients and the public from healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

14 Oct 2009

TAXIS Pharmaceuticals, Rutgers and UMDNJ to develop and commercialize a novel antimicrobial technology

TAXIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TAXIS), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for worldwide rights to develop and commercialize a novel antimicrobial technology addressing multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections.

14 Oct 2009

Patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying: Study

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52 percent lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality chasm that has persisted for the last decade even as mortality rates, in general, have declined.

14 Oct 2009

LiveProcess receives patent for its "Networked Emergency Management System"

LiveProcess Corporation, the market leader in web-based emergency preparedness and incident management solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations, announced today that the U.S. Patent Office (PTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,596,608 to LiveProcess.

14 Oct 2009

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Windsor Place of Wilmington opens to welcome new residents

Forum Extended Care Services earns accreditation for quality operational practices

Senator Snowe's continued fight to ensure stable Medicare funding for seniors praised

Human populations may have some level of existing immunity to the pandemic H1N1 influenza, say researchers

New anesthesia information management system from iMDsoft

AAPA welcomes Senate Finance Committee's vote to approve the America's Healthy Future Act

Environmental Solutions launches alcohol-free hand sanitizer

Dramatic effects on Norway's health service

Medtronic announces results of study comparing INFUSE Bone Graft to autogenous bone graft

GeckoSystems to discuss the CareBot's low cost differential drive locomotion system

University of North Carolina awarded grant to continue research on rare disease-causing gene mutations

MEDai to implement Pinpoint Review at Sharp HealthCare

Geckosystems' Mobile Robots conference to focus on economics of personal companion robots

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's initiative to raise awareness of healthcare-associated infections

TAXIS Pharmaceuticals, Rutgers and UMDNJ to develop and commercialize a novel antimicrobial technology

Patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying: Study

LiveProcess receives patent for its "Networked Emergency Management System"

Case Western Reserve University researchers step up to National Institutes of Health challenge

Case Western Reserve University receives a $20.5M gift to support medical education and research programs

New ambulatory EMR and practice management solution from HMS

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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