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ScienceIndex.com’s Health Sciences Category covers the effects of disease and medical treatment on the overall condition of organisms. Its eighteen subsections include Audiology, Dentistry, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Healthcare, Immunology, Medicine, Neurology, Nutrition, Oncology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Radiology, Rheumatology, and Surgery. Users can receive alerts if new content has been posted in this category by subscribing to ScienceIndex.com’s Health Sciences RSS feed.

ScienceIndex.com’s Gastroenterology category covers disorders of the stomach, intestines, and associated organs. It currently contains 8,842 articles partly derived from 55 scientific journals. The latest articles in this category are also available through a Gastroenterology Sciences RSS feed. One of the latest additions covers a meta-analysis of probiotics in antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. While diarrhoea is a common occurrence in association with antibiotic administration many studies and meta-analyses suggest that probiotic administration reduces the incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD). The authors of these 34 new studies with 4,138 patients assessed the influence of age, duration of antibiotics, risk of bias and incidence of diarrhoea and confirms earlier results supporting the preventive effects of probiotics in AAD. Another recently published article in this category describes different patterns of decompensation in patients with alcoholic versus non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis. The authors of this study evaluated the different patterns of hepatic decompensation including ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome or hepatocellular carcinoma. They conclude that ascites is the leading initial pattern of decompensation in alcoholic cirrhosis whereas hepatocellular carcinoma dominates in non-alcoholics and that non-alcoholics developing ascites show poor survival.

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Onward Healthcare, the nations leading provider of travel healthcare jobs for nursing and allied health professionals, is excited to announce its participation in The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)’s Annual Convention. The event is scheduled to take place from April 26 to April 29, 2012, and will run concurrently with the end of National Occupational Therapy Month.

The convention will be held in the Indiana Convention Center, located at 100 South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN. Nearly 5,000 occupational therapy professionals and 350 exhibitors are expected at the expo, which will include seminars, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, tech sessions, and book signings, and the opportunity to network with leaders and innovators throughout the industry. Speakers attending include MIT’s Joseph Coughlin , WFOT president Sharon Britnell; AOTA president Florence Clark, and many more. Details for the event can be obtained by calling AOTA at (301) 652-6611.

This year’s event marks the 92nd Annual Conference for AOTA, and the fifth year of participation on the part of Onward Healthcare. Attending representatives from Onward Healthcare will be Heather Markelz, vice president, business development, and Amanda Wauthier,campus relations specialist,, who can be found at booth #1526 in the Exhibit Hall. The company will be displaying their new Guide to Travel Therapy Jobs which they released early this year, which includes information on salary, benefits, and social media trends for therapy professionals. The hall will be open for the public on Thursday, April 26 from 5:30pm-9pm, Friday, April 27, from 11am-5:30pm, and Saturday, April 28, from 9:30am-2:30pm.

The annual AOTA convention is is a fantastic way for us to connect with occupational therapy professionals from across the country, including many of our current travelers, as well as active job seekers and graduating OT students, said Markelz. It’s also great to see all of the cutting edge advancements and innovations within this continually evolving profession.

Since it was first founded in 2002, Onward Healthcare has long been a leader in providing travel occupational therapy jobs to specialists nationwide, as well as positions in travel physical therapy and travel nursing. Its subsidiary, Onward MD, specializes in locum tenens jobs for physicians, as well as permanent, temporary, and temp-to-permanent positions in advanced practice. Onward Healthcare is headquartered in Wilton, CT and maintains regional operations in Solana Beach CA, Englewood, CO and Deerfield Beach, FL, Livingston, NJ, Mount Laurel, NJ, Albuquerque, NM, and Melville, NY.

This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is designed to provide training on the Incident Command System (ICS) to healthcare professionals whose primary responsibility is emergency management, to include middle management within a hospital or healthcare system. Such professionals may include physicians, department managers, unit leaders, charge nurses, and hospital administrators that would have a leadership role during an incident.. IS-200.HCa course should be completed by the hospital personnel that would have a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management, and/or emergency response during an incident. This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for IS-200.

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This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is designed to provide training on the Incident Command System (ICS) to healthcare professionals whose primary responsibility is emergency management, to include middle management within a hospital or healthcare system. Such professionals may include physicians, department managers, unit leaders, charge nurses, and hospital administrators that would have a leadership role during an incident.. IS-200.HCa course should be completed by the hospital personnel that would have a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management, and/or emergency response during an incident. This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for IS-200.

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Over the last few years, smartphones and tablets, such as Apples iPad, have become essential communication tools for Canadians. But what if the apps and video technology currently used to play games or watch YouTube videos on a smartphone or tablet can be used to help save lives?

Vancouver Career College is one of a handful of post-secondary institutions in the Lower Mainland to anticipate this trend towards a digital revolution in the healthcare field. The college, which offers 10 healthcare programs, launched iPads in the classroom last fall for incoming students. Pre-loaded with an interactive learning platform and e-textbook reading capabilities, the iPad is an all-in-one educational device for students. The Ottawa Hospital, which went digital last summer, has set an example for doctors and nurses who are now using iPads for conducting bedside checkups, displaying x-rays, and maintaining medical records. It wont be long before other hospitals and healthcare facilities across Canada begin to catch up.

Our healthcare students graduate with the most current technological skills, says Randy Cox, President of Vancouver Career College. On top of their academic accomplishments, they are equipped with the ability to adapt to new digital tools and platforms after having hands-on experience with technology in the classroom.

The support from healthcare professionals, ranging from doctors to nurses to administration, is critical to the integration of technology in the workplace. Determining where smartphones and tablets fit in within a hospital or clinical setting, and training professionals on how to take advantage of these tools, is the next step.

Our graduates bring value to the industry because they are already familiar with how to navigate new digital tools. They also understand the potential for major changes in how healthcare professionals will diagnose, treat, prescribe, and care for patients in the future, says Dr. Bohdan Bilan, VP of Academics for Vancouver Career College.

For more information about the healthcare programs at Vancouver Career College, visit http://www.vccollege.ca. You can also find Vancouver Career College on Facebook and Twitter.

About Vancouver Career College

Vancouver Career College is dedicated to providing students with the highest standard of education and career training, with all programs granted approval by the provincial government of British Columbia. With small classes, industry-relevant programs and six convenient locations across BC, Vancouver Career College is one of the regions leading career training schools with solid results in job placement for graduates.

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It is no secret that healthcare costs in the United States are increasing. Doctors, patients and insurance companies alike believe that part of the reason for the increase is expensive and sometimes inefficient medical malpractice litigation. The cost of medical lawsuits has steadily increased over the past decade. The American Medical Association says that 60% of malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed, but the cost of these lawsuits is driving the cost of healthcare up and even causing some medical professionals to limit their practices.

Attorneys are often required to spend countless hours researching to determine whether a case has medical merit. Without this research, healthcare consumers can make the costly mistake of filing unnecessary law suits.

Certified Legal Nurse Consulting is a growing field that helps healthcare consumers, attorneys and healthcare systems save time, money and their sanity. In addition to determining the medical merit of a case, a nurse consultant also organizes and interprets medical records, locates expert witnesses and assists with discovery and trial preparation.

Donna Post, an RN with 25 years experience as a critical care nurse and nurse manager and a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant(CLNC®) says, “Having detailed knowledge of the healthcare system along with the additional CLNC® training allows the legal nurse consultant to adapt to many types of cases including medical malpractice, personal injury and workers’ compensation. A CLNC® can provide this expertise efficiently and cost effectively, saving the attorney time and saving the average client money.

Post is the owner and founder of Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, Inc (MVLNC) in Clovis, CA. The team at MVLNC has access to a nationwide network of healthcare professionals to ensure success in today’s complex medical litigation cases. She says teamwork is a critical element in providing a win-win situation for all parties involved. Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, Inc. provides nurse consultant services throughout California and the US.

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Nurses and computers of olden days never really had much in common. The nurse tended to her patients, and the computer techs administered their computers. Today, nurse informatics have the skills and abilities in both those worlds. As computers and networks are crucial to the very existence of most businesses today, healthcare is-by far—no exception.

Talk about Versatility!

Virtually everything nurses do in diagnosing, treating and caring for patients involves the use of a computer. Computers, along with back-end servers and databases, hold millions of vital patient records and hospital operational programs. All of this information has to be secure, confidential and readily accessible to key healthcare personnel, especially the nurse.

As a nurse informatics, you will have advanced knowledge of in the area of healthcare information systems and how they directly relate to daily operations such as scheduling, research and billing. You will also, typically, be well-trained in such industry standards as DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) and HL7 (Health Level Seven). E-Health, or Electronic Health, is the generally the umbrella term that encompasses all aspects of technology in the workplace that nurse informatics are very familiar with. In addition, being trained-on, maintaining and using hand-held communication devices (e.g. PDA’s). This area of the job is referred to as mHealth (mobile health) and refers to all mobile devices that facilitate communication between healthcare providers.

Besides all of the technical aspects you will learn about (including the above), your career as a nurse informatics will entail learning about and applying the broad set of standards there are for electronic health records (EHR), HIPPAA (government-sanctioned confidentially standards) and various standards set forth by the CCHIT, or the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.

Holy Acronyms!

Wow! Assuming you got through that herd of acronyms above, you may want to know a few more concepts of nurse informatics that are initially easier to understand:

Nurse informatics understands and applies the key concepts of the previously mentioned standards and many more.

They understand the inner-workings of the data that is collected, manipulated, stored and retrieved electronically. In addition to patient records and miscellaneous needs—billing and insurance, nurse personnel scheduling and policies/procedures are all stored and transmitted digitally. Therefore, all fall under the helm of the nurse informatics.

Sure, there is a vast, sometimes overwhelming, amount of information nurse informatics must learn and adapt to. However, that only goes with virtually any highly-specialized job in any job market. The following is one of the latest, official definitions:

“Nursing informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the integration of data, information, and knowledge to support patients, nurses, and other providers in their

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With today’s critical nursing shortage, finding qualified professionals for your healthcare facility is an enormous challenge to clinical managers and human-resource professionals alike. That’s why so many clients have come to rely on the services of Quality Care Nursing.

Quality Care Nursing provides hospitals, nursing homes and clinics with healthcare professionals. With the ultimate goal of helping our clients deliver the highest quality services to patients, Quality Care Nursing is your solution for filling per diem and extended contractual assignments.

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