An investigation using hidden surveillance cameras inside a Long Island nursing home has led to criminal neglect and other charges against four employees, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.
The employees of Medford Multicare Center for Living in Suffolk were accused of failing to move and turn over a patient for hours on end, Cuomo said. [...]

Some 60 high school students were on the Armstrong Atlantic State University campus April 16 doing hands-on activities in the Department of Nursing.
The visit was part of the Memorial Medical Explorer Post’s Learning for Life Program. The program is designed to foster an interest in careers in the health professions.
The students participated in a series [...]

A 58-year-old restaurateur died at a Dallas hospital emergency room after waiting nearly 19 hours for treatment, hospital officials and family members said.
Mike Herrera, co-founder of a popular chain of Tex-Mex restaurants across North Texas, collapsed just as he was about to receive medical treatment at Parkland Memorial Hospital, relatives told the Fort Worth [...]

Her name means resilient fighter and her doctors and nurses said she is more than that — Amillia Sonia Taylor is making history.
“To me it’s just a miracle,” a nurse on staff at Baptist Children’s Hospital said.
Amillia is the new world record holder for a baby to survive through gestational age, according to the University [...]

Hospitals would be prohibited from forcing nurses to work mandatory overtime, except in emergencies, under a bill that took a big step toward becoming law Tuesday.
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee unanimously approved the bill sponsored by Rep. Dan Surra, D-Elk.
Supporters say the bill is needed to prevent overworked nurses from putting patients at risk [...]

Physiotherapists are not doctors and therefore should not be allowed to prefix “Doctor” in front of their name. This is the stern warning issued by the Medical Council of India, the statutory body regulating medical colleges, affiliations, new colleges and doctors registration, after it received representations from several quarters complaining that the rule was being [...]

SearchAmerica, today announced an upcoming webinar, Red Flag Rules Compliance, to discuss the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Red Flag Rules designed to reduce identity theft in the United States and how SearchAmerica’s financial clearing solutions can aid compliance.
According to the FTC, the Rules require companies, including hospitals, to submit a written program to identify, [...]

Biospace med announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to market the Company’s EOS x-ray imager along with its new image workstation, sterEOS, which enables 3D skeletal reconstruction.
EOS is particularly well-suited for clinical indications such as spine pathologies and hip and knee arthropathies, where a weight-bearing assessment [...]

Lifelink today announced that it has launched an expansive campaign to bring a comprehensive diet and nutrition curriculum to all of its Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms in an effort to have a dramatic impact on lowering childhood obesity and diabetes in minority children. Lifelink also will offer the program in home-based settings [...]

A.M. Best Co. will attend the California Association of Health Plans 23rd Annual Conference, October 20-22 at the JW Marriott Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, CA. Representatives will be on hand to discuss A.M. Best’s interactive credit ratings for insurers.
A.M. Best provides Financial Strength Ratings, Issuer Credit Ratings and Debt Ratings for insurers worldwide. [...]