Idaho hospitals lobby insurers for telehealth coverage
A telemedicine system using video screens and robots is connecting more rural Idaho patients to specialist care at urban medical centers, and hospitals in the state are lobbying insurers to add coverage for the services. Clearwater Valley Hospital CEO Casey Meza said a telehealth alliance is being created to show insurers how it improves access to care and saves money. The Idaho Statesman (Boise) (6/24)
Technology wonders will have to be part of the future and be covered by Insurance..
Nurse leaders promote the value of higher education
As nurses take on a bigger role in the changing health care landscape, higher education is a crucial tool, according to this article. Kim Sharkey, CNO/vice president of medicine at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, received a master's degree in business administration and now is enrolled in a doctor of nursing practice program. "I ask my nurses: When you're sitting around the table with care managers, physicians, physical therapy, etc., do you really want to be the least-educated person at the table?" Sharkey said. HealthLeaders Media (6/28)
The fact is that many are graduating with degrees and jobs are few, but nursing will always have a place in patient care. The other side is that more and more education and degree levels are going to be expected if not required..
Internet tools help dieters lose weight, study finds
A review of 23 studies found that people in weight-loss programs that included a Web component lost an average of 1.5 pounds more than those in programs without online help. However, the Internet-based interventions alone did worse than face-to-face counseling, while Web-based programs paired with face-to-face interaction fared better than counseling without a Web component. Participants also saw more benefits from Web-based programs when they aimed to lose weight rather than maintain the weight they lost, researchers wrote in the International Journal of Obesity. Reuters (6/28)
This was just interesting...The very long arm of the internet...
Career resources for new nursing graduates
According to research done by the National Student Nurses Association, about 45% of the 2010 nursing graduates still don't have jobs because of cutbacks in hospital hiring of new nursing grads. We've organized career-related resources from across the Web to help new nursing grads find jobs in today's competitive job market.
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