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In 2015, hospitals and healthcare systems were the number one victims of cyber attacks. No industry is immune, but hospitals and healthcare systems seem to have become a favorite target of hackers out to profit from insufficiently secure networks, so much so that IBM called 2015 the "year of the healthcare security breach." Almost 100 million healthcare records were compromised last year.
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The California Board of Registered Nursing announces the appointment of Dr. Joseph Morris as its new Executive Officer effective July 11, 2016. Dr. Morris replaces Read the Full Press Release
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A pilot program launching today between six Bay Area hospitals may provide a blueprint for a better way to treat patients who visit multiple emergency rooms on a regular basis — through software that potentially could save the state millions.
The idea is to reduce duplicate tests and procedures, particularly for people with chronic conditions related to homelessness, drug abuse or psychiatric issues.
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Update on the Evolving Treatment Landscape for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Join experts Kerin Adelson, MD, Peter Kaufman, MD, and Andrew Seidman, MD, as they discuss advances in breast cancer research, detection and treatment, and how to implement management recommendations in clinical practice.
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 Dr. Pamela Cipriano is the 35th president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the nation’s largest nurses organization representing the interests of 3.4 million RNs. A distinguished nursing leader, Dr. Cipriano has held executive positions in health care systems, academia and national professional organizations. In 2015, she was named to Modern Healthcare magazine's prestigious Top 100 People in Healthcare and Top 25 Women in Healthcare listings.
Known nationally as a strong advocate for health care quality, Dr. Cipriano has served on several boards and committees for high-profile organizations, including the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission. Dr. Cipriano was the 2010-11 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine.
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"Nurses rustle. If you listen very carefully after lights are out and the hospital is quiet, you can hear them rustling as they walk up or down the hallways checking on their patients. It must be their wings, neatly folded under their uniforms, that make that comforting sound." — Sandra Wren, American Journal of Nursing
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The online RN to BSN program at Pacific College is the perfect fit for Licensed Registered Nurses who are ready for the next step. The curriculum covers topics such as ethics, research, physical assessment, leadership, and critical thinking. The online program provides the flexibility that a working-RN schedule demands.
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The AAMCN Home Study preparatory course provides a comprehensive understanding of the core areas within managed care nursing. The course is an excellent introduction for nurses transitioning from direct patient care, allows flexibility for nurses working in one role to transition easily into another within the organization, as well as enhances the knowledge base of nurses who have been working in managed care for years.
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Designed specifically for the health care professional, this multi-disciplinary part-time degree program (with course offerings also for the non-degree student) provides clinicians and other health care professionals with the training necessary to be adept and versatile leaders.
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By Joan Spitrey
 In the wake of the Department of Veterans Affairs proposal to allow full practice authority for all VA advanced practice nurses, the turf battle over who is best suited to provide healthcare has been fired up again. Although this is not a new battle, the tides have been changing in favor of more authority for ARPNs, which causes the question of quality care to be raised once again.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Even in this digital age, clinicians may have no idea that the patient they just saw in the emergency department showed up in another hospital's ER across town the day before. It may take five minutes of combing through pages of electronic medical data to learn essential information about a patient in the intensive care unit. Two technology projects are under way at Bay Area hospitals, working toward solving those problems and reducing preventable medical errors.
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HealthDay News
The use of patient navigators — people who help patients receive health care services — improved cancer screening rates among low-income and ethnic minority patients, a new study reports. "These findings demonstrate how effective patient navigators can be for patients who, for a variety of reasons, encounter obstacles to receiving cancer screening," said study author Sanja Percac-Lima, MD.
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Hospitals & Health Networks
Nurses need better access to educational tools when it comes to preparing for and responding to disasters, says the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in a recently published brief. While RNs have more than risen to the occasion after tragedies such as the Ebola scare, Boston bombing and Hurricane Sandy, among others, the brief offers several takeaways for improvement. Another lesson: Health organizations must promote teamwork, safety, nurse leadership and candid communication among a diverse group.
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By Jessica Taylor
 Stop what you're doing. Read this entire article. Share it with your friends. Some of you may be doing this, while others are probably just ignoring it. But if I was Kilgrave, the villain in the Marvel Netflix series "Jessica Jones," you would do anything I say. Mind control. Is it fact or fiction? Whether you want to believe it or not, mind control is a real thing in nature. But I'm actually here to discuss another form of mind control that you may not see every day: emotional abuse.
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Reuters
In some U.S. cities, at least 1 in 7 kids have unsafe levels of lead in their blood, indicating exposure to a toxic metal that can lead to lifelong physical, mental and behavioral health problems, a recent study suggests. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a blood lead level equal to or greater than five micrograms per deciliter of lead in blood is considered unsafe for children.
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Healthcare POV
During the previous week, the country has seen about as much tragedy as anyone could bear, especially within the city of Orlando.
Through the rapid-fire response of media, many have been quick to respond, with global outpourings of sympathy and expressions of support. Unfortunately, the opposite has also been true, as politicians and citizens have posted critical, irresponsible messages on social media, with a few maybe patting themselves on the back, offering "I told you so" as a response to grieving survivors.
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Medical Xpress
The itchy, red welts that appear after being bitten by a mosquito may help any viruses the insect is carrying pass on to a new host. A mouse study published June 21 in Immunity suggests that the swelling and irritation that make mosquito bites so unpleasant may provide a mechanism by which viruses like Zika are able to replicate and spread.
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HealthDay News
African-Americans with a common heart rhythm disorder are at higher risk than whites for serious heart complications and death, a new study finds. The disorder, called atrial fibrillation, affects about 1 percent of American adults and more than 5 percent of those 65 and older. Atrial fibrillation can raise a person's risk for stroke. The new findings may "put the focus on improving prevention efforts for adverse outcomes in African-Americans with atrial fibrillation," said study lead author and cardiologist Jared Magnani, MD.
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LiveScience
The conscious mind is quick to adapt to information that flies in the face of stereotype, but the subconscious may ignore even the most glaring of facts, new research finds.
When people are given two names, Jonathan and Elizabeth, and asked who is a doctor and who is a nurse, the respondents typically say that each is equally likely to be in either profession.
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News-Medical
Low dose aspirin is recommended by clinicians as a preventive measure for patients who have already had a heart attack or stroke, but the risk of taking low-dose aspirin to prevent or delay a first heart attack or stroke is less clear, as the benefit for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease must be balanced with the increased risk of gastrointestinal or other bleeding. To help clinicians and patients make informed decisions about aspirin use, researchers have developed a new, free, mobile app that calculates both the CVD risk score and the bleeding risk score for the individual patient, and helps clinicians decide which patients are appropriate candidates for the use of low-dose aspirin (75 to 81 mg daily).
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Telehealth efforts continue to gain traction as more health systems explore ways to implement the strategies to meet patients and move more people to outpatient care. With the growth have come the vendors, the technology and the regulation. Now comes a set of guidelines from the American Medical Association on the "ethical practice" of patient care delivered via telephone, videoconferencing or other remote means.
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Advance Healthcare Network
As nurses, we are in a unique position. Not only do we advocate for our patients, we are active participants in each patient's experience of health and illness. As nurses, we share relevant information with patients-about their medical conditions, treatment options and ways of coping with both.
Whether you work in one of the 25 states that allows the use of medical cannabis, work in one of the 17 states that has passed CBD-only laws, or work in a state that has no legislation at all, you need to understand the science behind the plant Cannabis sativa. Your patients deserve a nurse who is educated about the endogenous cannabinoid system (endocannabinoid system, or ECS) and how cannabis interacts with that system.
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