Career Step Launches New Exam Prep Course for Medical Transcription Industry Credential
Career Step has released a new online training program designed to help medical transcriptionists prepare to take the Registered Medical Transcriptionist exam and earn their RMT credential.
Provo, Utah (PRWEB) July 29, 2009 -- Career Step, a leading online healthcare ed...
Humanitas Designated as Approved Provider by California Board of Registered Nursing for Continuing Education Course Credit and Units
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Humanitas, Inc., a woman-owned small business, announced that it met the stringent criteria to be designated as an Approved Provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).
Humanitas offers a variety of educati...
NIH Plan Charts Course to Better Treatments and Cure for Most Common Known Genetic Cause of Autism: Fragile X
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) research is moving closer to finding a cure with the recent approval by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of a comprehensive plan created by a group of leading scientists, parents and advocates.
The Co...
For Medical Device Makers, Full Spectrum Software Presents a Live, One Hour Audio Course on Implementing QA Automation in an FDA Controlled Environment
For medical device makers, Full Spectrum Software presents a live, one hour audio
course on Implementing QA Automation in an FDA Controlled Environment. The event is hosted by Foreign Exchange Translations. detailed information on the
course can be found here
Southbor...
Major NIMH research project to test approaches to altering the course of schizophrenia
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is launching a large-scale research project to explore whether using early and aggressive treatment, individually targeted and integrating a variety of different therapeutic approaches, will reduce the symptoms and prevent the gradual deterioration of...
New Report Sets a Course for Improving Foster Care Systems
Innovative child welfare practices from across the country offer hope for America's most vulnerable children and families
SEATTLE, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- All across America, child welfare systems are making crucial changes to the way they do business. These changes...
New Villanova University Online Course Enables Black Belts to Attain Lean Master Black Belt Certification
TAMPA, Fla., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Villanova University , the leader in Lean Six Sigma education, is enhancing its professional education offerings with the world's only 100% online Advanced Master Certificate in Lean Six Sigma. In addition to enabling those with Black Belt training to achie...
Autism Course Added to HealthForumOnline's Continuing Education (CE) Website for Mental Health Professionals & Nurses
HealthForumOnline (HFO), announces the addition of a new online CE/CEU course, Effective Therapy Techniques for Persons Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Families, to our extensive resource library for mental health professionals, nurses and allied healthcare workers. The number ...
Want to Learn How to Testify? New Home Study Course by Practicing Physician Teaches Medical Malpractice Defendants and Physicians How to be Effective in Court
"Medical Malpractice Expert Witnessing: Introductory Guide for Physicians and Medical Professionals" (Potomac Press, ISBN-10: 1420058959, 592 pages) with a complete CD-ROM by Perry Hookman MD can be purchased at http://www.MedMalBook.com .
Rockville, MD (PRWE...
HealthForumOnline Offers New Online CE/CEU Course on Pain Screening Instruments for Medical and Mental Health Providers
HealthForumOnline (HFO), announces a new CE/CEU
course entitled A Review of Pain Screening Instruments for Medical and Mental Health Providers: Assessment and Coordination of Care of the Pain Patient to their extensive online library of nationally-approved continuing education (CE) courses for me...
International Food Protection Training Institute to Deliver Inaugural Training Course to Food Safety Regulators
'Managing Retail Food Safety,' SET FOR July 14-16
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) announced today that it will deliver its inaugural training
course -- the FDA's "Managing Retail Food Safety" -- on July 14-16, 2009 at ...
2-week course of sleep aid increases CPAP adherence in OSA patients at 6 months
ATS 2009, SAN DIEGONew research suggests that patients newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who use a short-course of the sleep aid, eszopiclone, when beginning continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, are more adherent with therapy in six months.
The findings will be pr...
Home Study Course Teaches Health Care Professionals How to be Effective Experts & Defendants in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Health care professionals in every specialty can earn additional income by testifying as medical experts in medical malpractice lawsuits, but they must learn how to be effective in the courtroom first. A new home study
course developed by board-certified physician and medical expert allows them t...
ShareCourseware.org - Free Lecture Notes and Course Notes Sharing Site Launched
Sharecourseware.org, a site that provides students, educators and researchers free lecture notes and
course notes, has been launched. The site is one of the largest depositories of university level
course materials on the internet. It includes thousands of courses collected from various open cour...
New Nonprofit Health Consulting Firm Charts Course With Integrated Mind/Body Approaches
Efforts help organizations where employees are at greatest risk for burnout
LOS ANGELES, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Grounded in the belief that traditional approaches to health and wellness alone are not enough, A Thousand Joys (ATJ), a new nonprofit, launched today in Los Angeles....
HealthForumOnline Offers New Online CE Course on Working with Transgender Individuals
HealthForumOnline (HFO), announces a new CE
course entitled Health Care Needs and Health-Related Disparities: Building Cultural Competence in Working with Transgender Individuals to their extensive online library of nationally-approved continuing education (CE) courses for mental health professio...
GUMC researcher creates first Web-interactive CME course for physicians on pharmaceutical marketing
Washington, DC Difficult-to-remember generic drug names. Unregulated continuing medical education talks for physicians. These are only two of the strategies used by some in the pharmaceutical industry to influence the prescribing habits of doctors, according to a Georgetown University Medical C...
House Committee Vote Sets Congress on Course for Historic Regulation of Tobacco Products
WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO )
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today set Congress on a
course to take trul...
Wound Care Certification Course Endorsed by the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
GREAT RIVER, N.Y., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- WoundEducators.com, LLC, an online educational company committed to promoting the practice of evidence-based wound management, is proud to receive endorsement from The American College of Certified Wound Specialists for our online
course in wound manageme...
Maximum Potential Offers Affordable Training Course for Parents of Children with Autism
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents of children with autism often face a daunting task of paying for the prescribed hours of ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy for their children. With the rate of autism listed at 1 in every 150 children, and the average yearly cost of ABA therapy...
HeartSaving Solutions Offers Free CPR Course for Parents
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The economic meltdown has taken its toll; family budgets are being slashed as belts tighten. But Seattle-based CPR training firm HeartSaving Solutions ( http://www.onlinebabycpr.com ) believes all parents should have the right to learn how to save their chil...
Nurses: Command Spanish Online's Occupational Spanish Language Course Accepted for Credit by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
PETAL, Miss., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A partnership between Command Spanish(R), Inc. and ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, LLC, one of the country's leading providers of nursing education, makes the two companies co-providers of job-specific Spanish language instruction for nurses. The instruction bein...
'Blind' Man Navigates Obstacle Course Without Error
Researchers say finding suggests alternate vision routes in the brain
MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Call it a case of second sight: Scientists report that a blind man in Switzerland was able to make his way through a maze, even though he has no conscious sensation of seeing the w...
Baxa Announces 2009 Course Dates for Its STAR Center(R) Training Facility
Baxa Corporation announces record number of
course dates for its STARCenter in 2009. Together with the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the company plans 22 class sessions focused on pharmacy best practice in relation to USP < 797 > regulatory compliance and hazardous drug handling.
...
STOP Obesity Alliance Releases Obesity GPS to Change America's Course in the Fight Against Overweight and Obesity
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The S trategies t o O vercome and P revent (STOP) Obesity Alliance today released the Obesity GPS - Guide for Policy and Program Solutions ( http://www.stopobesityalliance.org/404.htm ), the first navigation tool developed to guide public and priva...
SCAI's Annual Fall Fellows Course Prepares New Interventional Cardiologists to Work in the Field
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The end of fall marks an exciting time
for interventional cardiologists about to enter the field and begin their
professional careers. Fellows from around the world will gather this week to
attend the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)...
New Research Reports on Interventions that May Alter the Course of Epilepsy Diagnosis and Management
Data to be Presented at 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society
SEATTLE, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- New studies presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) will preview interventions that may alter the
course of epilepsy diagnosis and management to...
La Rabida Children's Hospital to Host Three-Day Course on Gait Treatment Options for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Development of Normal Gait Deviations and Treatment Options for the Child with Cerebral Palsy will be the focus of a three-day workshop to be held at La Rabida Children's Hospital Dec. 5 through 7.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 2, 2008 -- Development of Normal Gait Devia...
Parenting Course at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential Gives Parents the Tools to Help their Special Needs Kids Have a Fighting Chance
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institutes for the Achievement
of Human Potential (IAHP) announced today that parents of special needs
children from five continents will converge on The Institutes' world
headquarters in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania on December 1, 2008 to attend "What
To Do ...
Congress Sets New Course for Lung Cancer Research; Approves $20 Million for New Defense Department Program
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lung Cancer Alliance
(LCA) announced today that Congress approved $20 million for a new lung
cancer research program at the Department of Defense (DOD) -- a top LCA
priority.
The president is expected to sign the bill containing the new lung
ca...
How to Help Down Syndrome and Other Special Needs Children - Free Booklet and Parenting Course Available This Month From The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential
WYNDMOOR, Pa., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Since Vice President hopeful
Governor Sarah Palin appeared on national television last week with Trig,
her baby diagnosed with Down syndrome, a new light has been shone on these
children. This is good news for the children, their parents, and the
profess...
Anderson Consulting Group (ACG) Announces "The Art of Hospital Negotiation" -- Strategies & Tactics for Materials Management Course Exclusively for Hospital Personnel
ACG is a team of former medical device sales executives who have almost 50 years of hospital negotiating experience. Our negotiations
course is designed to address the hospital's current issues with a focus of expertise to help buyers become even more effective. Reimbursements are declining and i...
AAPPO Launches Short Course Conference Call Series on Value-added Strategies for PPOs
WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association
of PPOs (AAPPO) today announced the kickoff of a six-part "short course"
for PPO executives on strategies to improve the value of clinical care and
health care benefits. The AAPPO Adding Value Initiative will inform AAPPO
...
Carnegie Corporation funds ASCB course on parasites for African scientists
BETHESDA, MD --JULY 15, 2008 The Carnegie Corporation of New York has funded a new three-year $506,800 international scientific outreach program through the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) to bring new perspectives and new technologies to emerging research institutions in sub-Saharan Afr...
Kroll Fraud Solutions Launches "Handling Sensitive Patient Information in the Healthcare Workplace: An eLearning Course for Safeguarding Patient Data"
New resource teaches healthcare professionals how to reduce data security risks within their organization.
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 14, 2008 -- Kroll Fraud Solutions today launched " Handling Sensitive Patient Information in the Healthcare Workplace ," an e...
The Wound Institute(R) Launches Educational Course on Chronic Wound Infections
New CE
Course Strengthens Clinical Understanding of Infection and Appropriate Treatment
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wound Institute (TWI)
today announced the launch of a new educational module "Chronic Wound
Infections", a CE accredited, online cou...
MDS Inc. Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid
TORONTO, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS, NYSE:
MDZ), a leading provider of enabling products and services to the global
life sciences markets, announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange
(TSX) accepted the Company's Notice of Intention to make a normal course
issuer bi...
The Chopra Center Co-founders Will Teach a Beginning Course in Meditation and Mind-body Healing This August in Chicago
Deepak Chopra, M.D. and David Simon, M.D. created the Renewal Weekend
workshop to share the practical tools of natural health, stress relief, and peace of mind
CHICAGO, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- If you have wanted to explore
meditation, yoga, and the Eastern healing ...
FOX Networks Group in Partnership with Portico Learning Solutions Launches Online Employee Health and Safety Orientation Course for Over 3,300 Employees
BATON ROUGE, La., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Lee Pryor, CEO of Portico
Learning Solutions (Portico), a provider of custom eLearning courseware and
learning management solutions, announced Portico's partnership with FOX
Networks Group (FNG), the umbrella organization for entities such as FOX
Sport...
Wake Forest Class Taps Recordant for Web-Based Search and Playback of Course Materials
Venture Capital
course does away with traditional note-taking
ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 24 /PRNewswire/ --- Students taking a special
course in Venture Capital at Wake Forest University have, over the last
semester, benefited from the use of Recordant audio-capture technology that
allows web-...