PhD candidate Andrea Barnes Grant has an AAS from the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), a BSN from State University of New York-Downstate Brooklyn and an MS as an adult/gerontological nurse practitioner from Hunter College. For the last thirteen years, she has practiced at the Brooklyn campus of the Veterans Administration, New York Harbor [...]
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Feature: Andrea M. Barnes Grant, BSN, MSN, Adult & Gerontological NP, Jonas Scholar
May 7th, 2013 
John BuckNCPA Endorses Bipartisan Bill to Address Egregious Pharmacy Audit, Reimbursement Tactics in Medicare
May 7th, 2013 John Buck
Bipartisan legislation that would let pharmacists devote more time to Medicare beneficiaries and less to haggling with drug benefit middlemen over clerical issues and below-cost payments for generic drugs was introduced in the US Senate and won the backing of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) May 7. “Patients trust independent community pharmacists for the [...]
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Tags: Audits, Medicare, NCPA, PBM, Perscription, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, S. 867, Senate 
No Comments »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 »May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May 6th, 2013 John Buck
For more than 60 years, Mental Health America and its affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. This year’s theme is Pathways to Wellness. Key Messages Wellness – it’s essential to living a full and productive [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Featured, Home Care, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health Tags: Awareness, May, Mental Health, Resources 2 Comments »Discovery Helps Show How Breast Cancer Spreads
May 6th, 2013 John BuckResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered why breast cancer patients with dense breasts are more likely than others to develop aggressive tumors that spread. The finding opens the door to drug treatments that prevent metastasis. It has long been known that women with denser breasts are at higher risk [...]
