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26 New Resident Physicians Welcomed At Riverside University Health System Medical Center

More than two dozen new doctors began working at this month at Riverside University Health System Medical Center, where they will spend the next three to seven years training in their specialized fields of medicine. The doctors are recent graduates from medical schools across the country. Dr. Roger Garrison, associate director of graduate medical education, […]

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What Philadelphia Is Losing When It Loses Hahnemann Hospital

As a physician, I recently have been devastated by the news that the hospital in which I practice and teach is closing. Philadelphia Academic Health System, LLC, the owner of Hahnemann University Hospital, announced on June 26th that the 171-year old institution would close in about 70 days. Immediate steps toward closure then decreased the number […]

Kaiser Permanente, Seattle Colleges Offer Scholarships For Medical Assistant Students

The Puget Sound Area is in need of more Medical Assistants and Seattle’s students need more access to sustainable careers. That’s why Kaiser Permanente teamed up with Seattle Colleges to create the Career Launch Scholarship program to train Medical Assistants, the frontline care providers who welcome patients into medical offices by taking and charting vitals and […]

Nurse Who Exposed Problems At State’s Only Public Hospital Will Be N.J.’s Next Top Health Official, Sources Say

New Jersey’s top health official is a registered nurse with vast experience running hospitals, and until recently helped the state’s only public hospital gain its footing after a series of management and fiscal problems triggered its CEO’s ouster, two sources have told NJ Advance Media. Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce Judith Persichilli as the next health commissioner […]

University of Missouri System Touts New Health Institute

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri System officials say a new health institute focused on personalized medicine should bring hope to Missourians suffering from deadly diseases. The official groundbreaking for the $220.8 million NextGen Precision Health Institute was held on Friday at the University of Missouri campus. Read More

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Texas Tech Celebrates Funding, School of Veterinary Medicine

Texas Tech University System officials today (June 17) recognized all who played a part in helping secure funding from the Texas Legislature that will help establish the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, a first for the State of Texas in more than a century. On Saturday (June 15), Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the […]

Alabama State University Lands $1.5M Grant From National Institutes of Health

Alabama State University was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health that will help the school provide training to minority students in the biomedical sciences fields. The $1.47 million grant will be used by the university’s Center for Nanobiotechnology to diversify its pool of Ph.D. students, a news release stated. The grant comes […]

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Baker Center And College of Nursing To Host Diplomacy Lab This Fall

This fall, a group of UT students will learn more about health-care systems in the Americas thanks to a collaboration between the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and the College of Nursing to host a Diplomacy Lab. The Diplomacy Lab is a partnership between the US Department of State and a small group of […]

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A Major Shortage Of End-Of-Life Doctors Is Coming

A declining number of physicians specialized in palliative care looms and won’t recover for 25 years without major U.S. health policy changes, new research in the June issue of Health Affairs shows. Research led by Dr. Arif Kamal at Duke University shows about one-third of palliative care clinicians are burned out and about two in five are 56 […]

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Fitchburg State Signs Nursing Degree Agreements With Community Colleges

Fitchburg State University has signed nursing-degree agreements with community colleges in Worcester, Gardner, Bedford and Fall River. The agreements, which the university announced Monday, guarantee students a spot at Fitchburg State’s bachelor’s nursing program and is aimed at helping ensure more of the state’s nurses have bachelor’s degrees in the coming years. Read More

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Florida’s Universities Get Creative to Meet Demand For New Nurses

With more rehabilitation facilities, urgent cares, walk-in medical clinics and outpatient facilities, it is easier than ever to get medical treatment outside of a hospital or doctor’s office. But will there be enough nurses to provide proper care? Amid a potential nursing shortage that threatens Florida’s healthcare system, the state’s universities and colleges are devising […]

Carthage Honors First Class of Nursing Students

Carthage College honored a group of pioneers with a symbolic ceremony on Saturday. The school’s inaugural graduating class of nursing students received the school’s first nursing pins in front of college officials, local health-care professionals and proud family and friends at the Todd Wehr Center. The 13 seniors receiving their pins will graduate today with […]

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