News tagged with standard care

Developing universal standards for health-care data

(Medical Xpress) -- The Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics at the University of Arkansas has released a decision-support tool to help hospitals understand and adopt universal standards for identifying ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NY bill would require bachelor's degrees for RNs

(AP) -- New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor's degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Safety risks seen in computerized medical records

The nation's transition to electronic medical records, now in full swing, risks overlooking potential patient safety problems, independent advisers warned the Obama administration Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New study findings reveal US high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate'

A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country's leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America's ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

'One-stop' clinic ups mental health, social work visits for veterans

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who visited a VA integrated care clinic were much more likely to undergo initial mental health and social work evaluations than veterans who visited a standard VA primary care clinic, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast