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Southern RNs Not Keen on New Union Push
Workplace Advocacy States "Not Distracted by Some of the Contentiousness Created by Unions"Leaders of the United American Nurses-National Nurses Organizing Committee (UAN-NNOC) are confident that other state associations will join the newly formed 150,000-member group, established to ramp up unionization efforts across the country.
LYNNE JETER |
Healthcare Goes HITECH
Accessing Stimulus Money for EHRs
When President Obama signed the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in mid-February, the new law contained provisions to propel the use of electronic health records (EHRs) forward at a much more robust pace than the industry has seen in the past.
CINDY SANDERS |
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Educating Tomorrow's Public Health Professionals
"One problem we face in public health is that people really don't understand public health." Yet, people are catching on fast, and the evidence is in the number of higher education institutions offering public-health degrees.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Vanderbilt Study Aims to Develop Vaccine for Serious Prenatal Infection
A study at Vanderbilt aims to develop a vaccine against cytomegalovirus (CMV), an infection that can cause serious complications for unborn children. One patient knows the importance of the study... Shannon Payeur contracted a CMV infection while she was pregnant. CMV, which causes few problems for healthy people, can have devastating effects on a fetus.
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And Baby Makes Fourteen
Suleman Case Shines Public Spotlight on Reproductive TechnologiesIn the late 1970s, a popular television show led us to believe that "Eight is Enough." Fast forward to 2009, and the resulting furor over the "octomom" seems to indicate that eight is actually way too many.
CINDY SANDERS |
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