|  An expert panel set up by the federal government has embarked on a national consultation process to explore health-care innovation possibilities. The eight-member group has been asked to recommend ways in which the federal government could better support innovation that strengthens the health-care system and improves care for patients. - Read More Suffolk health organisations have disputed claims that nearly half the county's district nursing is carried out by unregistered healthcare assistants amid warnings of a "watering down" of the service's skill mix. The Royal College of Nursing's district nursing statistics for East Anglia highlight an increasing reliance on less qualified staff, citing cost saving challenges as a possible explanation. - Read More When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Northeast nearly two years ago, hospitals found themselves dealing with surges in patients, lost power supplies and employees who couldn't get to work - problems that a new federal report finds they were not prepared to handle. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Inspector General Office released a study Wednesday on the emergency preparedness and response during the storm at 172 hospitals in the hardest-hit areas of New York, most of Connecticut and all of New Jersey. - Read More Andrea Jaime was at Georgetown University to study nursing, hoping to make a difference in the lives of the sick and the ailing. But before she could graduate as a nurse, she became a patient. - Read More A group of unions has banded together to launch a legal challenge against a Nova Scotia law that ended a strike by 2,400 nurses in Halifax in April. The statement of claim filed Friday in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court alleges the law contravenes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international law by interfering with the right to strike by health and community services employees. - Read More Texas is the worst state in the nation when it comes to nursing home quality, according to a new report from a national advocacy group - Families for Better Care. The group has ranked Texas last for the second year in a row, so Texas lawmakers have been discussing what to do to change this when they return to Austin in January. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network Nice try, kiddos. The couple that dresses together, IMPRESSES together. This is so cool. The '60s put a new and gross twist on your favorite Game Day buffet foods. These are almost right. ALMOST. | 
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