More Funding Needed for Nurses in Hospice Care Sector

February 17, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

Ontario, Canada (NursingSalary.Org) – A clinical nurse specialist of palliative care at the Sudbury hospice in Canada says that residential hospice staffs caring for dying patients need to spend time on caring for their families and patients, instead of fund-raising in the mere hope of making the ends meet. Registered… Continue Reading →

8 Miami Nurses Sentenced In a Case of Fraud

February 4, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Criminal Health Professionals Cheating Off Govt. Health Funds

Miami, US (Nursing Salary.Org) – 8 nurses from the Miami area have been sentenced to jail on Friday due to their crimes in a Medicare scheme of fraud worth $18.7 million. The case involved billing unnecessary home health care services as per a news release coming from Departments of Justice… Continue Reading →

Connecticut Health Association to Increase Health Funding Percentage

February 3, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

CAHCF

Connecticut, US (NursingSalary.org) – The largest healthcare association in Connecticut State known as the East Hartford Connecticut Association of Health Care, has decided to increase healthcare funding in the state by four percent. It is the state’s biggest nursing home association and represents around 60 percent among the 230 licensed… Continue Reading →

Arab Health Exhibition Promises Several Healthcare Changes

January 26, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Arab Health Exhibition

Dubai (NursingSalary.org) – The ongoing second largest healthcare exhibition in the world, the Arab Health Exhibition promises much needed changes in the healthcare sector. Issues being discussed in the convention range from stronger IT support to a dedicated healthcare TV channel. To be launched in October 2011, the new dedicated… Continue Reading →

CosyCrib – Advanced Nursing Care for the Newborn

January 13, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Inditherm Medical

Rotherham, UK (NursingSalary.org) – UK based Inditherm Medical at Arab Health will unveil a safe and practical solution for newborn nursing and care – the CosyCrib. The idea behind the new product is the need to provide mothers and clinicians an easily accessible crib that will help them in their… Continue Reading →

Emergency Federal Aid Ends Soon – States in Dilemma

January 12, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

MedicAid

Washington, US (NursingSalary.org) – The emergency federal aid established to cater to citizen healthcare in US is soon to end and this has sent some of the states in a tizzy. With no funds, healthcare facilities to children and adults alike are going to suffer a setback. With billions of… Continue Reading →

Floods in Australia Pose Healthcare Challenge

January 11, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

australia_flood

Queensland, Australia (NursingSalary.org) – The floods in Australia have raised healthcare concerns among the inhabitants and the authorities, says the Australian Medical Association. The authorities at AMA have asked local healthcare centers to prepare themselves for rising illnesses and injuries caused by the ongoing floods. Lack of sanitation and inadequate… Continue Reading →

Brevard County Nursing Home Nonovirus Outbreak

January 7, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Sick Nursing Home Residents

Brevard County, FL (NursingSalary.org) – Eight nursing homes have been quarantined so far in Florida’s Brevard County because of the Nonovirus outbreak. Formerly known as Norwalk agent, it is an RNA virus responsible for gastroenteritis outbreaks all around the world. The virus transmits itself through person-to-person contact, food contamination, water… Continue Reading →

Orange Town Borrowing to Cover Healthcare Costs

January 5, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Governor - Deval Patrick

Orange Town, Massachusetts (NursingSalary.org) – Once a self – insured town that paid for the health coverage of all its employees, the western Massachusetts town of Orange with only 8000 residents has resorted to taking out $445,000 in loan to cover the health care claims. The town claims to pay… Continue Reading →

Worker Sexually Abuses Nursing Home Resident

January 4, 2011 in Health Care | Permalink

Sexual Abuse a Potential Threat for Nursing Home Residents?

Eugene, Oregon (NursingSalary.org) – If one would see Robert Price, the prime accused in the sexual exploitation case; no one can believe that this old man with white beard and light gray eyes can do such a heinous crime. He looks innocent but do take a deep look into his… Continue Reading →