The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) third edition of evidence-based lung cancer guidelines, Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, recommends offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for lung cancer screening to people with a significant risk of lung cancer due to age and [...]
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New Lung Cancer Guidelines Recommends Offering Screening to High-Risk Individuals
May 8th, 2013 
John Buck
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Lab, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Professions, Radiology, Respiratory 
Tags: American College of Chest Physicians, CHEST, Guidelines, Lung Cancer, screening 
No Comments »Guest Blog: Mary Foley RN, PhD, Chairperson, Safe in Common
May 8th, 2013 John BuckSafe in Common Chairperson Mary Foley, PhD, RN, is former President of the American Nursing Association and a US leader for needlestick prevention. She is the Director at the Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. She continues to write and lecture about healthcare policy, [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Lab, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health Tags: ANA, healthcare, Mary Foley, Needlestick, Nursing, Occupational Safety, Safe in Common, UCSF No Comments »Awareness: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
May 8th, 2013 John BuckThe Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) declares May to be “National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.” It’s a peak season for asthma and allergy sufferers, and a perfect time to educate patients, family, friends, co-workers and others about these diseases. The AAFA offers free Awareness Month Kits from the EPA and other tips [...]
Vanderbilt, Tim McGraw Share Important Message Regarding Dangers of Distracted Driving
May 7th, 2013 John BuckVanderbilt University Medical Center is raising awareness of the dangers associated with distracted driving through its participation in the newly released video for the song “Highway Don’t Care,” performed by Tim McGraw and featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Adult Emergency Department were featured in the video, which [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory Tags: Distracted Driving, Highway Don't Care, Tim McGraw, Vanderbilt University, video No Comments »PCORI Awards $88.6 Million in Funding for Comparative Effectiveness Research Projects
May 7th, 2013 John BuckThe Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved 51 new awards, totaling $88.6 million over three years, to fund patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects under the first four areas of its National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. This brings the total that PCORI has awarded for projects addressing these priorities to $129.3 [...]
