Nursing - News June 7, 2011

JMH officials show off new $176 million hospital (Http)
Long, sterile hallways, bright lights, squeaky tile floors people looking for these signs of a typical medical facility in the new Johnston Memorial Hospital will be disappointed.

Cameron sets out NHS reform changes (Romsey Advertiser)
David Cameron has set out the first significant changes to the Government's controversial NHS reforms as he admitted ministers had "learnt a lot" in recent weeks.

New Hanover officials block hospital's agreement with Charlotte system (StarNewsOnline)
Published: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 7:16 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 7:16 a.m. The New Hanover County commissioners on Monday voted 4-1 to keep New Hanover Regional Medical Center from entering into a management contract with a health-care system based in Charlotte.

HSE takes charge of Dublin nursing home (RTE.ie)
The HSE has taken charge of a Dublin nursing home and its residents after HIQA secured a court order cancelling its registration.

Hypothermia procedure slows heart, brain while body heals (Athens Banner-Herald)
Joann Cox has a long list of factors to thank for still being alive. In January, her heart stopped beating, and she stopped breathing during a faculty meeting at the Barrow County school where she teaches.

Emergency care, but not at a hospital (Portland's CW32 KRCW-TV)
Emergency departments are struggling to keep up with demand, serving a growing number of people at the same time that their numbers are shrinking.

Robert J. Samuelson: Medicare will have to change (Columbus Dispatch)
Almost everyone agrees that America's health-care system has the incentives all wrong.

Telethon in Horseheads aids babies like Hannah (Star-Gazette)
Hannah Bauer of Elmira weighed barely more than a pound when she was born 13 weeks premature in 2007.

Bits: H.P. Tests Mobile Technology in Fight Against Malaria (The New York Times)
A nurse in Botswana using a new app on a Palm Pre 2 smartphone to detect and track malaria outbreaks.

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