According to a September 2 story by the Associated Press, the California State Treasurer’s Office is offering $9 million in interest-free loans to rural hospitals and community clinics impacted by the legislature’s failure to approve a state budget. Loans are available for up to $750,000 for those rural facilities experiencing financial hardship due to delayed Medi-Cal reimbursements
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California Extending Interest-Free Loans to Hospitals and Clinics Affected by State Budget Stalemate
Librarians in our nation’s 123,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of people every day. If a librarian has made a difference in your life, now is the chance to tell your story. The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community
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Love Your Librarian? Nominate Him/Her Before Sept 20
When Iowa City was named a City of Literature in 2008, it joined Edinburgh and Melbourne to become the third city worldwide to receive this designation (Dublin, Ireland was named fourth city in July 2010)–a recognition of a century and a half of activity in a small university city that has played a role in the world of literature far out of proportion with its size. Iowa City has long been host to a lively literary scene that has extended beyond the university’s campus to inform the spirit of the community. An exhibit in The University Main Library, “City of Literature: Literary Life in Iowa City” highlights diverse aspects of literary life both at the University of Iowa and throughout Iowa City
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City of Literature in the UI Main Library
Marketing interns will assist in all aspects of the marketing and publicity work for promotion of the 2011 Iowa City Book Festival. Interns must be in Iowa City for the summer of 2011. ICBF 2010 intern, Katelyn McBride says “The internship gave me experience in many different areas: event planning, community outreach, media relations, public relations, creative projects, writing and editing… you meet a lot of different people and do a lot of different things
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Iowa City Book Festival Publicity and Marketing Interns Wanted
Representatives from more than 130 companies gathered in San Diego on August 30 for the start of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Pharmacy and Technology Conference 2010—one of the country’s leading annual gatherings for retail pharmacy professionals. The annual event, which runs until August 31, is a chance for high-profile members of the retail pharmacy industry to share their insights and market forecasts with associates, political leaders and members of the media
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National Conference for Retail Pharmacy Professionals Kicks Off in San Diego
Please join us for a special Sciences Library Open House. This is your chance to see all that the Sciences Library has to offer, while enjoying some sweet treats and refreshments! Sciences Library Open House Tuesday, August 31 1:00 – 3:00pm Sciences Library – 120 Iowa Ave (across from Joe’s Place) Specifically, come check out the Books, Journals, Reference and Reserve for Biological Sciences, Geosciences, Physics & Astronomy AND Reference and Reserve for Chemistry and Psychology! Please contact Kari Kozak ( kari-kozak@uiowa.edu or 5-3024) or Leo Clougherty ( leo-clougherty@uiowa.edu or 5-3083) for more information and/or view the attached flyer. Hope to see you there!
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Sciences Library Open House, Aug 31
With August temperatures in Northern California peaking in the 90s and even 100-degree range, the California Department of Public Health is urging all residents, including health professionals like Bay Area LVN s, to promote and practice cautionary measures during periods or extreme heat. The state agency provides an extensive series of tips for pet owners, seniors and other residents, such as Sacramento LVN s, to help treat and combat the effects of high temperatures. Its “Be Prepared California” website recommends valuable heat-safety practices like: 1) Remaining in cool indoor environments that, if possible, maintain colder temperatures through air conditioners
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California Department of Public Health Offers Important Tips for Avoiding Heat-Related Illnesses
August 26, 1920 marks the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. But the campaign for women’s suffrage began long before that and the story of Iowa women reflects the stories of women across the country.
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Celebrate 90 years of "Votes for Women", Aug 26
When anyone who works with the vascular plants of Iowa—researchers, conservationists, teachers, agricultural specialists, horticulturists, gardeners—have needed information about the state’s plants, they have turned to Lawrence Eiler and Dean Roosa’s The Vascular Plants of Iowa: An Annotated Checklist and Natural History . This meticulously researched volume was first published by the University of Iowa Press in 1994.
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Vascular Plants of Iowa is newest addition to the Iowa Digital Library
In the July-August 2010 edition of the Journal of Pharmacy Technology , Charles Peterson, David Scott, Ann Rathke, Patricia Killingsworth and George Hill describe a telepharmacy model where a central site processes orders for 9 North Dakota CAHs, where 24/7 pharmacist review of medication orders was not affordable before: Background: Smaller, critical access hospitals continue to be challenged in finding sufficient pharmacist staffing to deliver quality pharmacy services. Innovative solutions are being explored, including use of technology, to address the problem of access to pharmacy services in remote rural areas. Objective: To describe a new telepharmacy model that is being developed in North Dakota; the model establishes a central order entry site (COE site) that provides 24-hour pharmacist staffing and telepharmacy services to rural critical access hospitals within the state
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Central Order Entry Site Makes 24/7 Review Affordable for 9 North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals
Filipino community organizations and a leading state nurses association are charging San Francisco hospital California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) with “systematic discrimination,” due its reported ongoing practice of discouraging the employment of Filipino nurses. In a press release issued on August 19, the California Nurses Association (CNA), an advocacy group comprised of healthcare professionals like San Francisco registered nurse s and San Jose RN s, announced it had filed a complaint with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
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Major San Francisco Hospital Charged With Discrimination by California Nurses Association and Filipino Community Groups
Tim Landis of Illinois’ State Journal-Register writes about a new outpatient pharmacy that opened in Illinois where the owner might convert it to a telepharmacy soon thanks to new legislation in the state.
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Illinois Added to the 9+ States which Provide for Outpatient Telepharmacies, Fills Rural Pharmacy Gap
More than 800 California health clinics, hospitals and medical facilities in underserved urban and rural communities are set to be connected via a pioneering broadband network known as California Telehealth Network (CTN), announced Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, state health officials and the United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at a press conference held Tuesday, Aug. 15, at UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento. Described as the “the largest single-state grant award of its kind,” the California Telehealth Network is designed to allow for the safe, reliable and efficient digital transfer of patient information, medical data and other information to facilities that may currently lack the resources for such telemedicine networks, or are located in remote areas throughout the state.
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New Telehealth Broadband Network Set to Connect More than 800 California Medical Facilities
In the latest issue of Library Journal , the UI Libraries’ own Ruthann B. McTyre, MLS, head of Rita Benton Music Library (RBML), Iowa City, and president of the Music Library Association (MLA), talks to LJ columnist Matthew Moyer about the evolution of music librarianship, building a music collection on any budget , and more.
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Music for the Masses: Q&A with Music Librarian McTyre
California’s first 2010 human cases of the disease West Nile Virus (WNV) were recently confirmed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The infections were discovered in two women from central California’s Stanislaus County through routine blood testing. The tests were conducted when the women attempted to donate blood to an area blood bank.
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California Department of Health Reports First Human West Nile Virus Cases for 2010
According to their May minutes (PDF), the Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy is about to begin drafting telepharmacy legislation: Borcher requested help from the Department in writing proposed legislation for tele-pharmacy and also requested the Department’s support of the tele-pharmacy legislation … Borcher mentioned that he would help with the concept papers for the proposed legislation on tele-pharmacy
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Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy to Write Telepharmacy Legislation
This free hands-on learning opportunity will provide a guided tour of just released easy-to-use Iowa data. August 3, 2010 University of Iowa Libraries, Main Library Information Arcade Classroom (1015A) Learn: How to use 2007 Economic Census resources How businesses use data locally Which types of reports are available How to navigate free online resources Choose between a morning session (9:00 – Noon) or an afternoon session (1:00 – 4:00) To see the agenda and to register, go to: http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/www/conferences/ This workshop is for everyone interested in learning more about the economy.
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It’s the ECONOMY! Workshop, Aug 3
Castro Valley registered nurse ( RN ) Kristeen Klaas was awarded more than $344,000 in damages last week by an Alameda County jury in response to her lawsuit against ValleyCare Medical System. According to a July 24 story in the San Francisco Chronicle , Klaas, an RN for more than 30 years, claimed her former employer refused to rehire her after she quit her job in May 2008.
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Alameda County Registered Nurse Awarded $344,000 in Lawsuit Against ValleyCare Medical
A ballot measure backed by the retail giants Wal-Mart and Walgreen’s aims to change a nearly 50-year-old law that requires North Dakota pharmacies be majority-owned by independent pharmacists. Since 1963, the North Dakota Pharmacy Ownership Law it has barred hospitals, chain drug stores and retail businesses without majority-ownership by local pharmacists from operating pharmacies in the state
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Ballot Measure May Allow Big Box Retailers to Compete with North Dakota’s Locally-Owned Pharmacies
A group of California-based nurses departed July 21 for a month-long medical mission to Haiti and Central America, announced National Nurses United, the largest nursing union in the United States. The California registered nurses ( RN ) will join nurse volunteers from Michigan and Washington state as part of the international humanitarian assistance program Continuing Promise 2010
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California Nurses Join Naval Medical Mission to Haiti and Central America