Current Headlines
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ConvaTec Launches Enhanced Starter Kit™ Web Ordering Tool
6/18/2013
ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies, today unveiled a faster, more dynamic web ordering tool for its ostomy product portfolio
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Rauland Responder® Nurse Call And GetWellNetwork Integration Improves Collaborative Communication Among Care Team, Patients
6/17/2013
ResponderSync™ -- integrates staff assignment information across multiple hospital systems to improve nursing team workflows, deliver a more complete and timely picture of staff/patient assignments and improve staff/patient communication
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Arizona Medical Training Institute Announces Partnership With Abrazo Healthcare
6/17/2013
The Arizona Medical Training Institute (AMTI) announced today that they have established a Clinical Education Agreement with Abrazo Healthcare that will provide AMTI graduates the opportunity to meet their Clinical Practicum requirements at Abrazo hospitals throughout the valley
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MNA/NNU Quincy Medical Center Nurses Ratify Agreement With Steward Health Care To Promote A Healthy Future For Steward Quincy Medical Center, The Community And Patients It Serves
6/12/2013
In a joint effort to secure a sound future for Steward Quincy Medical Center, the registered nurses represented by Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United and Steward Health Care LLC have announced the ratification of an important one year agreement
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Hospitals, Patients Benefitting From Remote Patient Monitoring
6/7/2013
Hospitals are using remote patient monitoring (RPM) to monitor recently discharged patients, patients with chronic conditions such as dementia or diabetes, and patients who have had devices such as pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy systems implanted. RPMs have taken on a renewed importance for healthcare providers as a result of hospitals facing financial penalties from Medicare because of their high readmission rates. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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TriageLogic™ Implements Nurse Triage On-Call Service™ At Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
6/6/2013
TriageLogic™, a leading provider of quality and affordable triage solutions in healthcare, announces full implementation of Nurse Triage On-Call, a telephone nurse triage service, at Children’s Hospital & Research Center headquartered in Oakland, CA. Children’s Oakland is an independent, full-service hospital for children that has 191 licensed beds, provides inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services with 30 distinct pediatric subspecialties, and supports a nationally recognized pediatric teaching and research programs
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Franklin University Nursing Program Achieves CCNE Accreditation
6/4/2013
Franklin University, a leading educator of working adults, is pleased to announce the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) has granted accreditation to its Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program (RN to BSN)
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Pro-Tem Personnel Recruiting For Registered Nurses
5/31/2013
Pro-Tem Personnel is recruiting Registered Nurses, LVN's, CNA's, and other helathcare positions for numerous openings across the Inland Empire
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Matrix Medical Network Recognizes Nurse Practitioner Professionalism And Care Management
5/30/2013
Matrix Medical Network, a national leader in prospective medical assessment services for Medicare Advantage (MA) plan members, has launched a national award program called WOW!, recognizing the professionalism and care management skills of its Nurse Practitioner (NP) clinical field organization
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3 Ways Technology Can Help Nurses Spend More Time At Patients’ Bedside
5/29/2013
The current hospital-patient care environment does not allow nurses to spend their time where they are needed most, at the patients’ bedside. A time and motion study of 767 medical-surgical nurses in 36 hospitals found that only 7.2% of their time (31 minutes during a typical 10 hour shift) is spent with the patient performing tasks, such as assessing the patient and reading vital signs