CollaborateMD, a leading provider of Internet practice management and medical billing software for the healthcare industry, attributes 3rd quarter growth to their cost-effective hybrid Software as a Service model, which combines the convenience and flexibility characteristic of most browser-based applications with the speed and power found in many locally run Windows-based programs.
The Company—being one of [...]

Wilma L. Ginther, 94, of Wayne City, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at Countryside Manor Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon.
Wilma was born Nov. 9, 1913. She was married to Al Ginther, who preceded her in death in 1992. She and her husband owned and operated Shoe Creek Pharmacy. She was a [...]

New partnerships between the Department of Veterans Affairs and “seven of the country’s finest nursing schools” will ensure “world-class healthcare for veterans,” according to a release from the VA.
The five-year, $40 million VA Nursing Academy expands opportunities for nursing students at VA facilities, adds faculty at the schools to enroll more baccalaureate students and increases [...]

Since the eighth grade, Angela Crisp of Ventura, Calif., has known she wanted to be a nurse. In high school, she earned certification as a nursing assistant. Then, she enrolled at nearby California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) and launched into the prerequisites for a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN)—anatomy, physiology and medical [...]

Health Benefits Direct Corporation, a leading technology innovator in the direct marketing and sales of a wide range of individual health insurance, family health insurance, life insurance and other related products for the individual and family insurance market, today announced its results of operations for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
First Quarter Operational Highlights
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In recent years, private equity investors have increasingly targeted nursing homes as investment opportunities. Spurred by investigative reports and anecdotal evidence that these deals led to worsened quality of care, many companies have found themselves under increased federal scrutiny.
But according to a new study, such conclusions may be premature. Private equity purchases of nursing homes [...]

Tribute: Lucia Monica Lewis was born in Chicago to Anthony and Anne Sutkus. She was raised and attended schools in Waukegan, Ill. In 1940 she graduated with a nursing degree from Loyola University.
In 1941, she married Everett Lewis and raised her family in North Chicago.
A registered nurse for more than 50 years, Mrs. Lewis [...]

A state constitutional amendment letting patients check records on past mistakes by health care facilities and providers should include nursing homes and nurses, a lawyer argued Wednesday before the Florida Supreme Court.
The justices did not immediately rule in the lawsuit over the death of Marlene Gagnon. She had difficulty eating solid food and allegedly choked [...]

Two Harvard professors released a report today that challenges earlier studies showing that nursing home care declined after they were purchased by private equity investors. Nursing homes have been increasingly targeted as investment opportunities and government studies have found declines in patient care.
Spurred by these reports and anecdotal evidence that these deals led to worsened [...]

A reader profile study of Nursing Spectrum/NurseWeek nurse readers released in 2007 provides a mixture of results, influenced by specialty, setting, and experience. Of the 2,598 total respondents, 1,910 answered a study question about their approximate annual incomes and 1,720 answered a question about their hourly wages for a regularly scheduled shift.
How does your salary [...]