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Nurses are the most trusted profession in America, followed by doctors and pharmacists

Health Populi

Nurses rank top in Americans’ minds for the seventeenth year-in-a-row, Gallup found in its annual survey of honesty and ethics in professions. Gallup conjectured that in 2017, some consumers were associating pharmacists with contributing to the opioid addiction crisis (that discussion covered here in Health Populi ).

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Ren Ci Nursing Homes in Singapore to implement 3D wound management app in 2019

Mobi Health News

Created in response to the challenge of wound management in the community care sector in Singapore, the CARES4WOUNDS wound management application was developed and pilot-tested with 25 patients at Ren Ci Hospital and Tetsuyu Healthcare since November 2017, with good initial results.

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Doctors and nurses raise the alarm on WhatsApp being used to transmit patient medical information

Lloyd Price

Specifically – if doctors and nurses choose to exchange information about their patients' health via WhatsApp – can patients count on this private data to remain safe – according to the standard set by the protected health information (PHI)? That, in the end, cost the NHS a lot of money and good faith in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware disaster.

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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Murdering Eight with Insulin

Insulin Nation

An Ontario nurse admitted in court that she used insulin to murder eight older Canadians in her care, according to media reports. She told investigators she quit nursing because she was worried about what she might do to the children at the new job. Wetlaufer is scheduled to be sentenced for her crimes in late June 2017.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – November 2017

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Title: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Agency: Board of Nursing. Amends rules regarding advanced practice registered nurses. The post South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – November 2017 appeared first on LearnTelehealth. 067.00.17. 9/27/17: Proposed rule. Comment Deadline: 11/3/17. TAC 0800-2-17-.1-.25.

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Avera eCARE connects diabetic student to registered nurse within seconds

American Well

As the number of children in the United States with significant health challenges rises, so does the need to provide experienced nursing care within schools. Within seconds, 8-year-old Aiden Knutson is connected to an Avera eCare nurse – Aiden at school in Toronto, the nurse in Sioux Falls.

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Avera eCARE connects diabetic student to registered nurse within seconds

American Well

As the number of children in the United States with significant health challenges rises, so does the need to provide experienced nursing care within schools. Within seconds, 8-year-old Aiden Knutson is connected to an Avera eCare nurse – Aiden at school in Toronto, the nurse in Sioux Falls.

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