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CareSouth Homecare Professionals Sells California Agencies to Kindred Healthcare

CareSouth Homecare Professionals Sells California Agencies to Kindred Healthcare

CareSouth to Focus on Expansion in Southeast, Southwest, Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic Areas. CareSouth Homecare Professionals today announced that it has sold its four California home healthcare agencies to Kindred Healthcare, Inc. The agencies are located in Southern California and the San Jose area. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. - April 04, 2011 - CareSouth Health System, Inc.

The Midwest Reproductive Symposium and SRxA Enter Into an Exclusive Publications Collaboration

SRxA Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors, a leading healthcare consulting, marketing and education firm, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Executive Directors and organizers of the Midwest Reproductive Symposium (MRS) and Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI), to... - March 25, 2011 - SRxA Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors, LLC

Avant Healthcare Professionals Will be Exhibiting at the AONE American Organization of Nurse Executives' 44th Annual Meeting and Exposition

Avant Healthcare Professionals will be exhibiting at the AONE American Organization of Nurse Executives' 44th Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego April 13-16, 2011. According to Shari Sandifer, CEO of Avant healthcare Professionals, “Avant Healthcare is excited to exhibit and attend the AONE 44th Annual Meeting this April, especially in light of the many reform changes and challenges facing nurse leaders." - March 25, 2011 - Avant Healthcare Professionals

Atlanta Publisher Wins Book of the Year

Atlanta publisher, Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc. wins the American Journal of Nursing’s “Book of the Year” award for the patient education guide, No Time to Teach - February 18, 2011 - Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc.

Ashland University Board Approves College of Nursing Construction Plans; New Facility to Hold Nursing Classes in 2012

Ashland University Board of Trustees Approves Construction Plans for New Schar College of Nursing Facility; Groundbreaking Set for July of 2011. - February 10, 2011 - Ashland University

DirectRooms.com – Nurses Meet in Kuching to Discuss Issues in Community Health from 11 to 13 March 2011

DirectRooms.com reports that public health nurses will be meeting in Malaysia’s Kuching to review the latest health concerns affecting the area and formulating measures to better help people within the community. - January 23, 2011 - DirectRooms.com

Halamandaris Names Orsini to Help Lead the NAHC Private Duty Homecare Association of America

Halamandaris Names Orsini to Help Lead the NAHC Private Duty Homecare Association of America

Val J. Halamandaris, President of NAHC, today announced that Merrily Orsini, CEO of corecubed, has agreed to help lead NAHC’s related Private Duty Homecare Association of America. “We are proud to have Ms. Orsini play this significant leadership role. There is no one who has greater... - January 21, 2011 - National Association of Homecare & Hospice

Unbound Medicine Releases Medical Applications for Windows® Phone  - Microsoft Names Relief Central™ Top Federal Application

Unbound Medicine Releases Medical Applications for Windows® Phone - Microsoft Names Relief Central™ Top Federal Application

Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today announced the release of mobile medical applications for Microsoft’s new and completely redesigned mobile platform, Windows® Phone 7. This release enables a growing number of healthcare professionals to... - January 21, 2011 - Unbound Medicine

EBW Healthcare and the Sister Lilian Centre Launch Maternal Care SMS Education Project

EBW Healthcare and the Sister Lilian Centre are launching a free SMS education project for health workers in South Africa. Condensed extracts from EBW Healthcare's Maternal Care coursebook will be SMS'd to subscribers every Tuesday from 18 January until 5 July, at no cost to the recipient. The... - January 19, 2011 - Electric Book Works

Uniform Advantage Launches Website in Spanish

Uniform Advantage is the first in the industry to translate their US site into Spanish. Doing so will help to better serve the Hispanic community both in the US and abroad. - November 24, 2010 - Uniform Advantage

Bayshore Home Health Launches Bridging the Gap One-on-One on First National Seniors Day

Bayshore Home Health Launches Bridging the Gap One-on-One on First National Seniors Day

Bayshore Home Health, Canada’s largest provider of home and community health care services, is inviting elected officials to meet with local seniors for a cordial, thought-sharing series of lunches across its network of 50-plus branches. The initiative, called Bridging the Gap One-on-One... - September 22, 2010 - Bayshore Home Health

RN Builder Gets Social with Facebook and Twitter

Become a Fan on Facebook & Follow Their Tweets. - September 19, 2010 - RN Builder

American Nurse Today Launches Series of Education Handouts on Immunization

American Nurse Today has launched the first in a series of immunization educational handouts for nurses as part of the American Nurses Association’s “Bringing immunity to every community” campaign (www.anaimmunize.org). One side of the colorful handout explains the importance of... - September 13, 2010 - HealthCom Media

Find Out How to Start a Career in Nursing With RN Builder’s New Squidoo Lens

Job Descriptions, Degree Options, Nursing Salaries & More at Rnbuilder.com's new Squidoo lens. - September 12, 2010 - RN Builder

Gloria Charlier President, Holistic Wellness Solutions to Speak at the HomeBiz Networking, After Hours Introductory Event

Gloria Charlier President, Holistic Wellness Solutions to Speak at the HomeBiz Networking, After Hours Introductory Event

Gloria Charlier LLC, Holistic Wellness Solutions, a Cincinnati, Ohio based company dedicated to decreasing stress, promoting healing and enhancing wellness recently announced that President Gloria Charlier will be the speaker at the HomeBiz Networking, After Hours introductory event for home business entrepreneurs on Thursday September 16 in Blue Ash, OH. - August 28, 2010 - Gloria Charlier LLC, Holistic Wellness Solutions

Long Term Care & Nursing Home Information Systems Markets to Reach $674.9 Million by 2016

New long term care information systems have revolutionized the market, creating units that work across the board in long term care situations. This means that clinicians have more flexibility of care decisions, caring for people. - August 06, 2010 - MarketResearch.com

Florence Community Healthcare in Florence Arizona, a Full-Service Hospital, Opens Its Doors to the Public, July 23, 2010

With the economy still struggling and jobs scarce in many sectors, one rural community in Florence Arizona is celebrating the opening of a new full-service hospital. Not only will it bring much needed medical care and specialties to the region, it will add over $10 million annually in "collateral benefit." FCHC has already created over 100 new jobs and will add over 100 more in the next year. - July 29, 2010 - Florence Community Healthcare

Marc Ecko & koi Team Up to Launch New Designer Scrubs Collections

Marc Ecko & koi Team Up to Launch New Designer Scrubs Collections

Marc Ecko Enterprises and koi, a leading maker of designer scrubs, are partnering to launch two new lines of designer scrubs under the Ecko Unltd. and Ecko Red brands. The new scrub collections will be available for the Spring 2011 season. - July 20, 2010 - koi Design LLC

Hanu Surgical Devices’ ROTIGS Intubation Medical Device by Inventor Dr. Brad Napier Demonstrates How Creatively Combining Known Concepts Is Key to Innovation

Hanu Surgical Devices’ ROTIGS Intubation Medical Device by Inventor Dr. Brad Napier Demonstrates How Creatively Combining Known Concepts Is Key to Innovation

Honolulu Dr. Brad NaPier, Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, invents new medical tracheal intubation device that showcases the process of new product innovation by creatively combining known concepts. - July 16, 2010 - Hanu Surgical Devices

Unbound Medicine Adds Grasp™ Study System to Unbound™ Platform - Technology Update Features New Capabilities for Mobile and Web

Unbound Medicine Adds Grasp™ Study System to Unbound™ Platform - Technology Update Features New Capabilities for Mobile and Web

Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today announced enhancements to the Unbound™ Platform highlighted by the addition of a customizable study system, Grasp™. Grasp is an innovative mobile and web study solution that uses a proven learning method... - July 13, 2010 - Unbound Medicine

CVPH Medical Center Partners with Avantas for Scheduling & Staffing Application

Avantas is proud to announce a new agreement to provide the healthcare scheduling software, Smart Square, to Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Medical Center in Plattsburgh, NY. Smart Square is a comprehensive labor management tool designed specifically for healthcare. Intuitive,... - July 04, 2010 - Avantas, LLC.

Trang N. Nguyen, M.D., Joins Visiting Physicians Association's® Dallas Office

Nguyen serves the Dallas office, which covers Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall and Ellis counties. - June 19, 2010 - Visiting Physicians Association

Visiting Physicians Association® Adds Rosema to Muskegon, Mich. Office

Rosema brings a great deal of experience with her as she joins the Muskegon office, which covers the greater Lakeshore area. - May 19, 2010 - Visiting Physicians Association

Home Care Alliance of MA Celebrates National Nurses Week

Organization Looks to Recognize Contingent of Nurses in the Community - May 09, 2010 - Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts

HealthSaaS, Inc. Releasing Online Vertical Suite of Condition and Disease Specific Personal Health Records (PHR)

HealthSaaS, Inc. Releasing Online Vertical Suite of Condition and Disease Specific Personal Health Records (PHR)

HealthSaaS today announced they are releasing an online suite of condition and disease specific Personal Health Record (PHR) services. The first to be released is PainPHR http://www.painPHR.com DiabetesPHR and SportsmedPHR will be available later this year. BreastcancerPHR and ProstatecancerPHR... - May 07, 2010 - HealthSaaS, Inc

Carmel Pharma/PhaSeal® Exhibiting at Booth #1923 at ONS Congress

Booth Attractions Include Product Demonstrations, “Passport to Care” and More. - May 05, 2010 - Carmel Pharma

New Pritchett & Hull Nursing Education Book is Now Available for iPhone and Blackberry

Pritchett & Hull Associates' Lions and Tigers and Nurses: A Nursing Novella about Lateral Violence is now available on Kindle for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Blackberry and PC. - April 12, 2010 - Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc.

San Francisco Bay Area Dentist Makes House Calls ‘Cool’ Again

San Francisco Bay Area Dentist Makes House Calls ‘Cool’ Again

Home Care Dentist gets to the ‘route’ of the problem for patients with chronic frailty, mobility issues, phobia or other concerns with high-tech house call visits. - April 09, 2010 - Home Care Dentist

American Nurse Today Publishes Medication Error Prevention Education Program

Prevention of medication errors is a high priority to keep patients safe and avoid nurses’ distress if an error occurs. American Nurse Today is helping nurses prevent medication errors by publishing a continuing education (CE) article, “Medication errors: Don’t let them happen to you,” in its March issue. - March 20, 2010 - HealthCom Media

Avant Healthcare Professionals Will be Exhibiting at the AONE American Organization of Nurse Executives 43rd Annual Meeting

Avant Healthcare Professionals will be exhibiting at the AONE American Organization of Nurse Executives 43rd Annual Meeting and Exposition in Indianapolis April 9-13, 2010. The AONE 43rd Annual Meeting and Exposition offers more than 40 educational sessions designed to help address the critical... - February 28, 2010 - Avant Healthcare Professionals

Dentist House Calls Stage a Welcome Return in the Bay Area

Dentist House Calls Stage a Welcome Return in the Bay Area

Home Care Dentist offers Bay Area seniors and professionals the convenience of seeing the dentist in the comfort of home. Their portable dental equipment transforms into a full-service dental office, complete with x-rays, in a matter of minutes. - February 25, 2010 - Home Care Dentist

Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) Courses Offered in Little Rock, Arkansas

CAOHC Course offered in Little Rock, AR. by Worrkplace INTEGRA, Inc. - February 25, 2010 - Workplace INTEGRA

Workplace INTEGRA, Inc. Adds a New NIOSH Course

Workplace INTEGRA, Inc. has added another Spiromerty Initial Certification Course to the schedule. - February 25, 2010 - Workplace INTEGRA

Edvance360 LMS™ to be at the Alabama League for Nursing Conference 2010

Edvance360, formerly Scholar360, plans to exhibit at the Alabama League for Nursing Conference, held March 5, 2010. Edvance360 provides LMS software and support to schools, non-profit organizations, and training programs, worldwide. - January 28, 2010 - Edvance360

North American Seminars Inc. Release 2010 Dates for A Master Clinicians Approach to Advanced Concepts in Examination and Treatment of the Shoulder Complex

North American Seminars Inc. Release 2010 Dates for A Master Clinicians Approach to Advanced Concepts in Examination and Treatment of the Shoulder Complex

North American Seminars Inc release 2010 for the physical therapy continuing education course, A Master Clinicians Approach to Advanced Concepts in Examination and Treatment of the Shoulder Complex. This course will be present to physical therapists and occupational therapists in Pennsylvannia, Nevada, Illinois, Colorado, Maryland, Oregon, North Carolina and Florida. - January 09, 2010 - North American Seminars

Arthur S Shorr, FACHE President of Arthur S. Shorr & Associates, Inc., Announces the Publication of His Book, "Hospital Negligence: Legal and Administrative Issues"

Arthur S Shorr, FACHE President of Arthur S. Shorr & Associates, Inc., Announces the Publication of His Book, "Hospital Negligence: Legal and Administrative Issues"

Arthur S. Shorr & Associates, Inc., Consultants to Healthcare Providers, consults to hospitals, healthcare providers, and offers expert witness services to plaintiff and defense attorneys involved in hospital negligence actions. Mr. Shorr states that the book will expand the firm's capacity to provide consulting services to hospital clients, especially in the area of Governing Board education, executive management accountability and maintaining compliance with community standards. - December 15, 2009 - Arthur S. Shorr and Associates Inc.: Consultants to Healthcare Providers

Unbound Medicine and Wiley-Blackwell Announce Partnership with Launch of Evidence Central™

Unbound Medicine and Wiley-Blackwell Announce Partnership with Launch of Evidence Central™

Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today announced the launch of Evidence Central™, an integrated, evidence-based solution, with content from its partner, Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John... - December 15, 2009 - Unbound Medicine

HealthSaaS.net Signs Reseller and Integration Agreement with BioSign

HealthSaaS.net Signs Reseller and Integration Agreement with BioSign

HealthSaaS.net and BioSign Technologies Inc. (CNSX:BIO) today announced they have entered into an alliance agreement that enables HealthSaaS.net to resell BioSign products and integrate patient driven data into the HealthSaaS.net Personal Health Record (PHR) treatment management service. - December 11, 2009 - HealthSaaS, Inc

Slidell Memorial Hospital Joins Peoples Health Hospital Network

Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) is pleased to announce that it is now a participating provider in the Peoples Health hospital network. Through this new partnership, Peoples Health plan members will now have access to SMH, a premier healthcare facility in Greater New Orleans. As of Dec. 1, 2009,... - December 03, 2009 - Slidell Memorial Hospital

Canada Bound

The leading supplier of Medical Uniforms, Uniform Advantage, is now shipping to Canada - November 26, 2009 - Uniform Advantage

Projects Abroad Pro - Qualified Volunteers in Action

Projects Abroad Pro - Qualified Volunteers in Action

Projects Abroad launch new initiative for skilled and qualified volunteers. - November 23, 2009 - Projects Abroad Pro

One Stop Career System Students Prepared for Careers as Medical Administration Assistants

Eighteen Trident One Stop Career System customers are now ready to begin new careers as medical administrative assistants after graduating from the Trident Workforce Investment Board’s Medical Administration Assistant Program offered through Trident Technical College’s continuing... - November 12, 2009 - Trident Workforce Investment Board

National Nurse Practitioner Week Nov 8 -14

“If a Health-Care Bill Passes, Nurse Practitioners Could Be Key,” said a recent TIME article. Heartstrong also acknowledges the expanding role of Nurse Practitioners in the health-care debate and is celebrating National Nurse Practitioner Week from November 8th through 14th along with... - November 07, 2009 - Heartstrong,LLC

Medical Billing Software MPMsoft Selected by eMedical Systems, Inc. as Practice Management Solution

Far removed from the brouha of Washington D.C. is business owner John Wahlquist of eMedicalSystems of Washington state. Author of his own medical billing software for 17 years, Wahlquist recently made the unusual decision to retire his software and move his medical practices over to a new... - November 02, 2009 - Medical Billing Software - MPMsoft

North American Seminars, Inc. Introduces Advancements in the Management and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury - Limited 2009-2010 Engagements

North American Seminars, Inc. Introduces Advancements in the Management and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury - Limited 2009-2010 Engagements

North American Seminars, Inc. introduces Advancements in the Management and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury for limited engagements in 2010. This course is a physical therapy continuing education course focused on assisting patients with spinal cord injury. - October 30, 2009 - North American Seminars

Demand for Short-Term Medical Help Leads to Growth for Travel Nursing Staffing Agency; Prompts Move to New Location and Addition of New Online Tools for Nurses

Trends in the economy and the medical industry have led to a demand for less permanent nursing positions and more temporary nursing and per diem assignments. - October 30, 2009 - Advantage Medical Staffing

Florence Community Healthcare Names Executive Leadership Team

Florence Community Healthcare's Executive Team brings decades of expertise and leadership to the new organization. - October 21, 2009 - Florence Community Healthcare

Scholarship Program Now Open to Allied Health Students

Scholarship Program Now Open to Allied Health Students

$15,000 in Scholarships Available to Nursing & Allied Health Students. - October 15, 2009 - CampusRN

Carmel Pharma/PhaSeal Exhibiting at Booth #720 at ONS IOL

Offerings to include Live pH Test demonstrations, Wii giveaway and more. - October 15, 2009 - Carmel Pharma

Jeffrey A. Atty to Still Recruit/Consult for Tier ONE Career - Even After His Promotion

After 3 years with Tier ONE Career, an international recruiting firm, Jeffrey A. Atty has been promoted to Director of Operations at Tier ONE Career's sister company, MedBizJob.com, but will continue to work with Tier ONE Career as a recruiter/consultant. - October 03, 2009 - Tier ONE Career

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