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THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — While most of the research on diet and obesity focuses on what people eat, a new study in mice suggests that more attention should be given to when people eat.
U.S. researchers found that mice that were only allowed to eat for eight hours a day ate as much as mice that were allowed to eat around the clock. Both groups ate a high-fat diet, but the mice with the restricted eating hours gained less weight, had healthier livers and had less inflammation.
The findings, published online May …
ANA to Host 2012 Healthy Nurse Conference
19 May2012
May 17, 2012 – In an effort to improve nurse health and wellness for the benefit of both nurses and the public, the American Nurses Association (ANA) will host the 2012 Healthy Nurse Conference on Thursday, June 14. The conference aims to help nurses integrate healthy habits into their personal and professional lives and become “Models of Wellness in Action” for patients, their families, and the larger community.
The one-day conference takes place at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. Conference attendees can expect health and wellness presentations and panel …
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- Tags: 2012, Conference, healthy, Host, nurse
Robert Ogilvie: Thank you for 41 years of care
19 May2012
Dr. Robert Ogilvie (second from left) celebrates his retirement from 41 years of Ear, Nose and Throat surgical practice at Toronto’s Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH) with HRRH Operating Room, Registered Nurses, Cyndi Difilippo (left); Deborah Reccord (second from right) and Corazon Rayos (right) in December 2011.
He’s a surgeon with a song.
And he hasn’t missed a beat in over 41 years; always singing, smiling and whistling while delivering extraordinary care and compassion to patients at Toronto’s Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH).
Dr. Robert Ogilvie is an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon; a father of four and a …
As the industry shifts toward a patient-centered model, outpatient care is becoming more important to hospitals’ missions and bottom lines. Hospitals across the country are increasingly investing in outpatient services, bringing cost-effective, patient-friendly and accessible care away from urban hospital campuses to local community settings.
One regional example of the trend is found in Ohio, where healthcare organizations have been seeing a growth in newly opened outpatient facilities and increased outpatient staff hiring this year. And less than two weeks ago, Cleveland’s MetroHealth System broke ground on its newest suburban health center.
So FierceHealthcare caught up with MetroHealth’s William R. …
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- Tags: Care, Fierce, gets, MetroHealth, outpatient, patientcentric
May 17, 2012 – Two recent NLN documents respond to a nursing education community troubled by the growing reliance on testing as a graduation requirement. NLN Vision: Fair Testing Imperative in Nursing Education and “NLN Fair Testing Guidelines” were devised to help schools of nursing make more balanced decisions about the use of standardized tests.
“The National League for Nursing recognizes the pressure faced by nursing schools to maintain high NCLEXTM pass rates: stakeholders are concerned with issues of public safety, reputation, recruitment of qualified students, competition, and accreditation,” said NLN CEO Dr. Beverly Malone. “When students are denied eligibility …
- In: Nursing News
- Tags: Addressed, Education, Guides, HighStakes, League, National, nursing, Publication, Testing
Proposal to help prioritize surgical procedures
18 May2012
Dr. Jon Hummel, Program Chief of Surgery at Rouge Valley Centenary, is a member of the Rouge Valley CIO Day proposal team. The team’s winning proposal – a computer program to prioritize surgical wait times – earned them a $ 10,000 grant from Cancer Care Ontario.
An innovative computer program to prioritize surgical procedures at Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) has earned the hospital a $ 10,000 grant from Cancer Care Ontario (CCO).
The winning proposal was submitted as part of CCO’s ‘The Operating Room’ competition, which was held during the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Day 2012, earlier this …
- In: Hospital News
- Tags: Help, prioritize, procedures, Proposal, surgical
Patient safety experts and celebrities are calling for an independent agency modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to better protect patients, American Medical News reported.
Having an NTSB-type entity to look into medical errors and submit deidentified reports to physicians, hospitals and the public could improve safety and save lives and money, according to an article in the Journal of Patient Safety co-authored by Charles R. Denham, founder and chairman of the Texas Medical Institute of Technology; US Airways Flight 1549 pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger; actor Dennis Quaid; and aviation safety expert John J. Nance.
The agency …
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- Tags: agency, aviationlike, celebrities, experts, patients, protect, Safety, want
