| 05/12/08 | Company Profile for Reliant Healthcare Professionals | FASTAFF Travel Nursing | U.S. Nursing Corporation (Business Wire) |  |
Published 05/12/08 16:40:00
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Based in Denver, Colorado, Reliant Health Care Professionals, Inc. is a premier provider of rapid response nurse staffing services, operating as FASTAFF Travel Nursing and U.S. Nursing Corporation Source : Business Wire (subscribe) Explore : Cities and Towns, Colorado, Denver, Health Industries |
| 05/12/08 | Planned Parenthood Indiana Offends The Baby Jesus, Michelle Malkin [Roe Vs. World] (Jezebel) | |
Published 05/12/08 15:30:00
As briefly mentioned earlier this week, Planned Parenthood Indiana is offering gift certificates so that local women can get a leg up when paying for their health care. However, conservative... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : Jezebel (subscribe) Explore : Abortion, Celebrity, Conservatives, Indiana, Planned Parenthood Federation of America |
| 05/12/08 | Papers Examine Potential Challenges For Obama Administration, Congress; Perspectives Examine Expected Demand For Home-Based Health Care Services, More (Medical News Today) | |
Published 05/12/08 12:00:00
"Doctors, Dollars & Quality," Health Affairs: The Web-exclusive package includes a series of papers and perspectives that examine the relationship of several factors -- the supply of physicians, the composition of the physician work force, the quality of health care and overall health spending -- t Source : Medical News Today (subscribe) Explore : Health, Health Care Services |
| 05/12/08 | Nurses 'can't take silence' (Toronto Sun - News) | |
Published 05/12/08 09:46:37
Doris Grinspun, right, speaks to the media at St. Michael's hospital yesterday on preventing workplace violence against nurses. (ALEX UROSEVIC/Sun Media) Doris Grinspun remembers how terrified she was when a patient attacked her with a knife and all she had to defend herself was a chair. The executive director of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) spoke candidly... Source : Toronto Sun - News (subscribe) Explore : Counties |
| 05/12/08 | Pigheadedness and Medical Errors (Liberal Values) | |
Published 05/12/08 04:38:32
Megan McArdle , after reading an article in The New York Times , wonders if ?disruptive doctors actually account for a notable percentage of medical errors.? This New York Times article suggests that doctor arrogance is a significant cause of medical error. I certainly wouldn?t be shocked if this were true. Still, given the thinness of the data, I have to wonder: ?A survey of health... Source : Liberal Values (subscribe) |
| 05/12/08 | Explosive Cholera Epidemic Threatens Southern Africa (Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet) | |
Published 05/12/08 02:40:05
Earthweek - December 5, 2008 An outbreak of cholera has killed several hundred Zimbabweans and infected more than 11,000 others across a country now without an effective economic or health care system. Source : Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet (subscribe) Explore : Africa, Epidemics, Harare, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe |
| 05/12/08 | Medical graduates told to service shortage (Fijilive) | |
Published 05/12/08 01:34:39
New graduates from the Fiji School of Medicine have been advised to look for jobs in areas that face shortage of medical staff.Speaking at the FSM graduation, the Acting Dean of FSM Professor Robert Moulds said the FSM was doing its best to uphold the promise by the Health Minister to address the problem of doctor and nurse shortages, especially in the rural division.?Being in the... Source : Fijilive (subscribe) Explore : Fiji |
| 04/12/08 | Can the Internet drive a health care consensus? (ZD Net) | |
Published 04/12/08 18:31:04
The Internet, specifically a Web site called change.gov, is the tool with which the Obama Administration hopes to drive the health care debate, from the bottom up. by Dana Blankenhorn Source : ZD Net (subscribe) Explore : Internet, Software, Technology |
| 04/12/08 | Extra-billing battle heading back to B.C. court (CBC.ca) | |
Published 04/12/08 17:53:39
A five-year legal battle between the B.C. Nurses Union and the province over fees for health care services is expected to take another turn Thursday afternoon. Source : CBC.ca (subscribe) Explore : British Columbia |
| 04/12/08 | Hope makes way for Faith (New Zealand Herald ) | |
Published 04/12/08 17:00:00
... were somehow supporting Hope."Faith was in stable condition yesterday in the hospital's intensive care unit. Her chances of survival are about 50 per cent, Pierro said, and she will require further surgery to close the incision in her stomach.The twins were born on November 26 by Caesarean section, joined from their chests to the lower part of their stomachs. They had separate hearts,... Source : New Zealand Herald (subscribe) |
| 04/12/08 | House rules (Nova Scotia Scott) | |
Published 04/12/08 16:17:26
... contributes to medical mistakes, preventable complications and even death. [?] A survey of health care workers at 102 nonprofit hospitals from 2004 to 2007 found that 67 percent of respondents said they thought there was a link between disruptive behavior and medical mistakes, and 18 percent said they knew of a mistake that occurred because of an obnoxious doctor. (The author... Source : Nova Scotia Scott (subscribe) |
| 04/12/08 | Egypt Offers Training for Nurses, Midwives (All Africa) | |
Published 04/12/08 16:10:09
The Egyptian government has offered eight scholarships to five Liberian nurses and three midwives to undergo specialized advanced training at the Egyptian National Research Center in Cairo. Source : All Africa (subscribe) Explore : Cairo, Egypt, Government, Liberia |
| 04/12/08 | Just what the doctor ordered (Political Animal) | |
Published 04/12/08 14:35:03
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.... Barack Obama unveiled a fairly ambitious healthcare plan during the presidential campaign, and during the transition, he and his team have reiterated their interest in pursuing a national policy during the first term. Pushing back... Source : Political Animal (subscribe) Explore : Political Blogs, Politics |
| 04/12/08 | And you thought your Nursing Orientation was difficult (PixelRN) | |
Published 04/12/08 14:05:22
The other day I was talking to a veteran CCU nurse. She told me that she worked at the hospital where the first defibrillations were studied and performed. Like many health care studies, the testing was done on animals - dogs in this case. She then went on to tell me that one of the requirements [...] Source : PixelRN (subscribe) Explore : Health, Nursing |
| 04/12/08 | Mary Washington Hospital to Deploy RadarFind Tracking System (Business Wire) | |
Published 04/12/08 13:00:00
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. & MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mary Washington Hospital, part of Fredericksburg, Va.?s MediCorp Health System, has chosen the RadarFind Real Time Location System (RTLS) for tracking the Source : Business Wire (subscribe) Explore : Health Industries |
| 04/12/08 | Zimbabwe declares national health emergency (Miami Herald) | |
Published 04/12/08 12:47:00
Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said Thursday. Source : Miami Herald (subscribe) Explore : Africa, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe |
| 04/12/08 | Zimbabwe declares national health emergency (kansascity.com) | |
Published 04/12/08 12:47:00
Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said Thursday. Source : kansascity.com (subscribe) Explore : Africa, Harare, Robert Mugabe, World, Zimbabwe |
| 04/12/08 | Zimbabwe declares national health emergency (Boston Globe) | |
Published 04/12/08 09:50:12
A state-run newspaper says Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency because of a cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health system. Source : Boston Globe (subscribe) Explore : Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| 04/12/08 | Tales of a charmed existence. (Valancy Jane) | |
Published 04/12/08 04:28:28
The other night some friends and I were discussing our health care and I said that I?ve always been very well treated by both my insurance company and every health care provider I?ve had. I mentioned that I I was amazed that with all they do, they find time to write all those notes and [...] Source : Valancy Jane (subscribe) |
| 04/12/08 | The Hymen Mystique (Alternet) | |
Published 04/12/08 01:00:01
... aware of this widespread confusion because of the adolescent patients I see in my work as a nurse practitioner providing health care to teens. Often, in my exam room, they'll ask, "What does it mean to be a virgin?"Despite all the sex that teens are exposed to in the media--whether in the hit TV show "Gossip Girl" or reality shows on MTV such as "A Shot At Love With Tila... Source : Alternet (subscribe) |
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