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E Ink and IntelliCentrics Work Together to Create an Eco-Friendly Smart Badge with ePaper Display as a Medical Credentialing Solution

Apr 13, 2021

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 12, 2021-- E Ink Holdings, “E Ink” (8069.TW), the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, today announced its partnership with IntelliCentrics, the innovator of the SEC³URE Ethos, SEC³URE Passport, Link & GO!, BioBytes™ and BioBytes™ Visitor, serving healthcare facilities across North America, the United Kingdom, and China, in developing a smart badge with...

Chronic Stress Could Still Affect Mental Health Years After COVID-19

Mar 30, 2021

The American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey has revealed that Americans were under greater stress in 2020 than in previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This stress could have an impact for years to come. No one is immune to stress, but certain groups, like Gen Z teens and young adults, have been particularly affected. Connectedness and self-care are important ways we can become more...

New program helps shift unemployed Georgians into allied health careers

Mar 23, 2021

ATLANTA - Lawrenceville resident Mylyn Ho is focused on her new career as an ophthalmic assistant and already has a full-time job lined up with an optometrist after she graduates in April from Ocuprep --an Allied Health training program that combines virtual and socially distant in-person instruction. "It's very exciting for me to enter a new field. I just wanted to get out and try something new after years of working in...

How nurses, midwives can have a greater impact in the new normal

Mar 11, 2021

COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | It’s already March, the last month of the first quarter of 2021 and we are still in challenging times full of uncertainty due to COVID-19. There is little to cling on as the world keeps moving and waits for no man. Unplanned eventualities such as pandemics, political tension, financial hardships are worsening the already worrying circumstances. Like everyone else, nurses and midwives are...

Gaining Knowledge One Database At A Time

Mar 02, 2021

On Feb. 26, Kean’s Nancy Thompson Library Learning Commons (NTLC) held an Allied Health Digital Library Resources Webinar. Kean students were exposed to the many databases on the NTLC website that can help them find health and medical information. The goal of this workshop was to guide students into access to evidence-based healthcare information. The Nancy Thompson Learning Commons is a great...

Loma Linda University students play crucial role in providing COVID-19 vaccines to community

Feb 24, 2021

A Loma Linda University School of Nursing student chats with a community member about what to expect from the COVID-19 vaccine. Loma Linda University health professions students are playing a crucial role in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in San Bernardino County by administering tens of thousands of vaccines to patients from throughout the Inland Empire. Several hundred students from School of Allied Health...

WSU helping to meet growing demand for pharmacists and technicians

Feb 19, 2021

Vice Dean of External Relations Linda Garrelts MacLean started seeing a growing demand for pharmacy students in April 2020, just two months after the COVID-19 pandemic officially kicked off in the US. First came the requests by public health officials for students to help at COVID-19 testing sites. Soon, the need for student pharmacists and their skills in being able to communicate with patients and knowledge in administering vaccines...

Pharmacy, local church team up for Saturday COVID-19 clinic

Feb 02, 2021

The Missouri United Methodist Church’s multipurpose room was turned into a makeshift clinic Saturday as a local pharmacy took charge of vaccinating Columbia residents. D&H Drugstore sponsored the COVID-19 vaccination clinic after receiving 600 Moderna vaccine doses from the state last week. Tanya Alberty, a pharmacist for D&H, said the priority was vaccinating people included in Phase 1A and Phase 1B, Tier...

More Than Just a Job: Allied Health Careers Can Offer a Life-Changing Opportunity

Jan 01, 2021

Life does not always deal an easy hand, and to thrive, one must decide to change the cards. As part of that process, many times, a new career path is required—one that can be discovered at Campbellsville University in Louisville. Leigh Wood, Allied Health program director, describes a life-changing experience for one of her students who is a mother of two and had previously endured many obstacles in her life preventing...

2-year degrees that go on to the most meaningful jobs

Dec 28, 2020

2-year degrees that go on to the most meaningful jobs A third of a lifetime is spent working, making a meaningful career a critical life decision. Having a consequential career is not about monetary gain for many hard-working Americans. On the contrary, it is about making a marked difference in the world. Take, for example, teachers, who shape the minds of future generations. While the entry-level annual salary for...

MAC board hears update on Allied Health program

Dec 21, 2020

Harvey Faircloth, Scott Sikes and the rest of the Mineral Area Board of Trustee members receive an update on graduation rates for the Allied Health program during last week's meeting. Mineral Area College has put 71 licensed nurses and nine paramedics out in the community during the pandemic, according to Allied Health Director Angela Erickson. Erickson gave the Board of Trustees an update on the programs during its...

Health care industry offers varied career opportunities

Dec 07, 2020

If there is one industry that stands to represent 2020, it is undoubtedly healthcare. As the United States and the entire world came face to face with a deadly pandemic this year, doctors, nurses and others in the healthcare field have shown up and saved lives. Healthcare workers always have been in high demand. That trend will not only continue but grow as demand for expanded medical services rises and our population continues to...

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