March 8th, 2010
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "The frustration of finding out what hospitals and doctors charge for common services -- from routine office visits to diagnostic tests and surgical procedures -- could soon get a lot easier in Wisconsin...
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March 8th, 2010
Reversing a 15-year trend, the percentage of infants born at home rose slightly in 2005 and remained stable in 2006, according to a report published Wednesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics Reports, USA Today reports. Marian MacDorman, a demographer at CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, said it is not clear what caused the slight increase...
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March 7th, 2010
MPs from all the main political parties have rallied behind the RCN's General Election call to back specialist nursing. Almost sixty MPs have signed a cross party Early Day Motion calling for specialist nursing provision to be available to all patients with long term conditions - one of the six health priorities for the next government, according to the RCN...
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March 7th, 2010
The NMC has revealed significant improvements to the length of time it takes to process fitness to practise cases, meaning better protection for the public...
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March 5th, 2010
Registered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have achieved a tentative settlement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining agreement that nurses say bring significant improvements in patient care protections and economic gains for the RNs. Some 375 St. Joseph Eureka RNs are represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC)...
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March 5th, 2010
The San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors and hospitals by 5 percent and from cutting in-home care workers' wages by nearly 20 percent, saying the state's budget crisis doesn't justify violating federal laws that protect the poor and disabled. In four rulings, the Ninth U.S...
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March 5th, 2010
According to new survey data released by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollment in doctoral nursing programs increased by more than 20% this year, signaling strong interest among students in careers as nursing scientists, faculty, primary care providers, and specialists...
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March 5th, 2010
Soon after The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its proposed rules for "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) on December 30, 2009, Siemens asked two prominent chief nursing officers (CNO) how the new guidelines support nurses' commitment to quality patient care delivery, enhance their care documentation capabilities, and can spur further health...
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March 5th, 2010
Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England sets out the way forward for the future of the professions. Nurses and midwives must renew their pledge to society to deliver high quality, compassionate care - and must be better supported to do so by their employers, according to a new report on the future of nursing and midwifery in England published today...
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March 5th, 2010
Feb. 25, 2010 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched the first national surveillance system to monitor adverse events in patients who receive blood transfusions. CDC is encouraging healthcare facilities across the country to enroll in this new surveillance system, which was designed to improve patient safety.
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