| Matron Numbers Doubled To 5,000, UK - More Powers To Ensure Highest Standard Of Cleanliness And Care There are now more than 5,000 modern matrons working in the NHS to drive up standards of cleanliness and care, Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced today. Figures released by the Department of Health show that there are 5,538 modern matrons in post. This follows a commitment the Prime Minister made in September 2007 to double the number of modern matrons to more than 5,000 by the end of May 2008. medicalnewstoday.com |
CMS Issues Historic Star Quality Rating System For Nursing Homes For the first time in history, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released quality ratings for each of the nation's 15,800 nursing homes that participate in Medicare or Medicaid. Facilities are assigned star ratings from a low of one star to a high of five stars based on health inspection surveys, staffing information, and quality of care measures. The ratings are publicly available on the agency's Nursing Home Compare Web site at www.medicare.gov. medicalnewstoday.com |
New York Times Profiles Afghani Maternal Health Advocate The New York Times profiles Pashtoon Azfar, the director of Afghanistan's Institute of Health Sciences, who works for a nonprofit group from Johns Hopkins University that focuses on women and children's health, and "also manages to serve as president of the Afghan Midwives Association." Azfar was the "star" of a recent medicalnewstoday.com |
Nurses, Fair Elections Advocates To Deliver "Prop. 15 Disinfectant Cleanser" To CA's Shadow Government: Lobbyists What This Wednesday, Registered Nurses and advocates for fair elections will deliver a case of "Prop. 15 disinfectant cleanser" to a group sworn to defeating the campaign-finance initiative... mnt.to |
Nurse Practitioner-led Spinal Clinic Produced Impressive Results And Shorter Waiting Times A nurse practitioner-led spinal clinic produced impressive results when compared with the clinics ran by two spinal surgeons. Waiting times were shorter, there was 100% agreement on diagnosis and 95% agreement on management plans. And overall satisfaction among the 177 patients was 96%... mnt.to |