Healthcare First Offers Internet Policy for Managed Care Organizations.
Policy Underwritten by RLI Insurance Company URAC Accreditation Required to Qualify for Coverage WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare First, a Division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced today the development of the first professional liability insurance policy in the United States...

A tailored approach to identifying and addressing college students' online health information literacy.
ABSTRACT Background: College students may fail to practice information literacy skills because they are unaware of their skill level or are not concerned with the risks. Purpose: In order to develop an effective message that motivates college students to learn online health information literacy skills, a better...

DaimlerChrysler Corporation Partners with Digital Insurance To offer Online Benefit Procurement to its Dealers and Suppliers.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- DaimlerChrysler Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Digital Insurance, an online provider of health insurance options for small business customers, to become the exclusive online resource for employee healthcare benefits offered by DaimlerChrysler to its...

Vimo Wins Web-Health Leadership Awards in Two Categories.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Vimo.com, the Internet's leading healthcare comparison-shopping site, has captured the Gold award for Best Interactive Site and the Silver award for Best Overall Internet Site at the eHealthcare 2006 Leadership Awards, which recognize excellence among Web sites in healthcare, online health pharmaceutical...

Disappearing floors and second chances: men's journeys of prostate cancer.
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of men with prostate cancer. Fifteen men in Western Canada who had received treatment for prostate cancer were interviewed and encouraged to provide their stories about experiencing prostate cancer from the initial diagnosis on. Men narrated...

The experience of living kidney donors.
In 2004, living-donor kidney transplants performed in Canada represented 41 percent of all transplanted kidneys (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2005). More recently, there has been more focus on the long-term psychosocial implications of nonpaid living donation. Donation might improve quality of life to levels higher than those of...

Blue Cross of California Launches NuestroBien.com.
Web Site Resource for California's Latino Community THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross of California (BCC) has launched a Web site called NuestroBien ("Our Well Being") to help promote health and wellness in the state's Latino community. Located at http://www.nuestrobien.com/, the site is designed...

Calendar Canada.
Feb. 6-7: Victim Services Sarnia Lambton Traumatology Conference; Sarnia, ON; www.victimservices.on.ca Feb. 19-22: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Workshop; Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI); Halifax, NS; 1-800-558-5976 or register at www.crisisprevention.com Feb. 26-29: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Workshop; Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI); Toronto, ON; 1-800-558-5976 or register at www.crisisprevention.com...

Vision Sciences Launches New Web Site - EndoSheath.com.
Site Provides Comprehensive Information for Patients, Providers and Affiliates NATICK, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Vision-Sciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: VSCI), manufacturer of the innovative EndoSheath(R) System sterile barrier for endoscopy, today announced that it has launched a new web site, www.EndoSheath.com, that is focused on providing...

Christiana Care Health System Selects GetWellNetwork(R) for Interactive Patient Care Solutions.
Hospital System to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Care BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- GetWellNetwork, Inc., a leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, announced today a major agreement with Christiana Care Health System. Patient populations from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will...