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Congress to Showcase Global Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives by Healthcare Leaders May 8-10 CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DebMed(®), creator of the world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, will feature their group monitoring system at the 15th Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress in New Orleans, May 8-10 at booth #113. The NPSF Annual Patient Safety Congress...

Discover The Secret of Beautiful Hair CHICAGO, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Viviscal(®), the world's leading brand of dietary supplements announces its participation in the 7th annual World Hair Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Taking place May 4-6, 2013, the triennial congress gathers hair research societies from across the world as the foremost conference for those with an interest in hair, including specialist physicians, dermatologists, surgeons and scientists from academia and...

MIDLOTHIAN, Va., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Services, Inc. (PSI) honored several members of Congress and patient advocate, Marcia Boyle, of the Immune Deficiency Foundation at a reception in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. This important event highlighted the access and affordability challenges facing patients with rare, chronic conditions. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130503/DC07412 ) (Logo:...

Six Winners to Receive Cash Awards and Complimentary Travel and Registration to the 15th NPSF Patient Safety Congress. Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 The Doctors Company Foundation, in partnership with the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), has announced this year’s winners of The Doctors Company Foundation Young Physicians Patient Safety Awards, which recognize young physicians for their deep personal insight into the significance of patient...

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Main Street Fairness (AMSF) issued the following statement to highlight eBay's hypocrisy regarding the Marketplace Fairness Act, which is scheduled for a final vote in the U.S. Senate on Monday, May 6. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/PH06215LOGO ) First, eBay calls on Congress to reject ANY e-fairness legislation.Tod Cohen, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Global Government Relations at eBay Inc,...

International Air Traffic Management Event Enters Second Year WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- World ATM Congress - the largest global platform discussing the future of air traffic management (ATM) - has exceeded the 100 exhibitor mark, and continues to grow with 10 months until its second annual event, 4 - 6 March 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130501/PH04817LOGO ) Extending its reach for 2014, World ATM Congress will host a bustling exhibit hall...

Special Sessions Offered on Clinical Alarm Safety, Patient Safety and Hospital Risk, Pain Management as a Safety Issue, at the 15th NPSF Patient Safety Congress in New Orleans, May 8-10, 2013. Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 The National Patient Safety Foundation has announced special breakfast sessions at the 15th annual NPSF Congress, May 8-10, in New Orleans, LA, that will focus on late-breaking developments in the field. On Thursday, May 9, Gerry Castro, MPH, of The Joint Commission...

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bread for the World is disappointed in Congress' ongoing brinkmanship over the most harmful aspects of the sequester as it passes piecemeal solutions to certain agencies' cuts. Late last week, an overwhelming majority of congressional Democrats and Republicans approved the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013. This temporary fix gives the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the authority to spend up to $253 million of its current...

128 Patient MuGard Study Underscores the Powerful Clinical Impact MuGard Provides Cancer Patients Suffering with Oral Mucositis DALLAS and NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTCBB: ACCP), an emerging biopharmaceutical company, announced that Carrie Daly, MS, RN, APN, AOCN of Rush University Medical Center presented data from a MuGard study, performed by the Institution, at last week's Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress in Washington, DC....

HELLPP Act to ensure podiatric physicians will continue to save lives, limbs, and health-care dollars WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Reps. Lee Terry (R-NE) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced HR 1761, the Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians (HELLPP) Act, to the 113th Congress. If enacted as written, the HELLPP Act will accomplish three important goals: Define doctors of podiatric medicine as physicians under...