Nurse Blog of the Week:...

Epstein LaRue, RN, BS created Highway Hypodermics:  The Website as a precursor to the book, “Highway Hypodermics:   Your Road Map To Travel Nursing.” Features of this website include city guides, destination, locations, travel company profiles, and travel...

BioMedical Social Netwo...

Dell and Collexis Holdings, Inc., plan to launch today BioMedExperts - an innovative social networking community that will promote collaborative medical research and development. BioMedExperts will allow health care and life sciences professionals to easily connect and collaborate with...

Infection Control and M...

Interesting article on the use of mobile devices for infection control: http://www.hhnmostwired.com/hhnmostwired_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMOSTWIRED/Article/data/Fall2007/080109MW_Online_Davidson&domain=HHNMOSTWIRED ...

Mr. HISTalk nominations...

Yes folks it is that time of the year again. Mr. HIStalk – HISsies nomination for 2008: your nominations for “The Brutally Honest Healthcare Information Systems Awards” in 18 categories are now welcome. Among them: who’s the worst vendor, what’s the biggest HIT news story...

Epilepsy Follow-up Care...

Feasibility of epilepsy follow-up care through telemedicine: A pilot study on the patient’s perspective. Ahmed SN et al. – Cost analysis and patient satisfaction with telemedicine in epilepsy care…Telemedicine production costs are similar to the patients’ savings in traveling...

64% of Nurses Believe W...

  According to a study released by Spyglass Consulting Group, the results of a comprehensive end-user market study focused on the current state of computing adoption by nurses across the United States. Spyglass conducted more than 100 in-depth telephone interviews with nurses...

Nurses Often Left Out o...

Nurses are generally not included in widespread health IT adoption initiatives or asked how they feel IT can affect care delivery. Maximizing nurses’ input and providing them with training are two places where IT vendors and hospitals should focus to integrate nurses and IT, experts...

GP Launches YouTube Hea...

A GPs’ surgery in mid Wales has launched a series of health education films on YouTube, better known as a website featuring home videos. Advice about flu vaccination and cervical screening are two of the topics covered by Builth and Llanwrtyd Medical Practice in Powys. Doctors said they...