AARC News

Current news and information from the AARC:

• Take a Break and Celebrate “You!”—Dec. 29, 2014
• Medicare Payment for Pulmonary Rehab Gets a Boost in 2015—Dec. 26, 2014
• MA Medical Firm Fined for Using Unlicensed Personnel—Dec. 4, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—Nov. 25, 2014
• Nebulizer Cleaning—Final State Survey Worksheets Released—Nov. 25, 2014
• AARC Attends National Coalition on Opioid Patient Monitoring—Nov. 14, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—Nov. 13, 2014
• Second Group of Fall Bulletins Online Now—Nov. 13, 2014
• ACA Open Enrollment Starts Nov 15—Nov. 13, 2014
• AARC Election Results Announced—Nov. 5, 2014
• RC Week 2014 Celebrates the Breath of Life—Nov. 4, 2014
• New Exhibit Hall Website Helps You Navigate Better—Nov. 4, 2014
• Raise Awareness of COPD in November—Oct. 30, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—Oct. 22, 2014
• First Five Fall Bulletins Online Now—Oct. 21, 2014
• COPD Awareness Month: Resources from the NHLBI—Oct. 21, 2014
• Tell Us How You’ve Celebrated—Oct. 16, 2014
• Inspirational, Educational and FREE CRCE—RC Week Exclusive—Oct. 16, 2014
• The Ebola Crisis: Information for RTs—Oct. 13, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—Oct. 8, 2014
• Request for Proposals at AARC Congress 2015—Oct. 3, 2014
• Changes Made on AARConnect Emails—Oct. 2, 2014
• Meet the Candidates for AARC Election 2015—Sept. 16, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—Sept. 16, 2014
• AARC Website Down for Maintenance—Sept. 4, 2014
• AARC Sponsors Program for Innovation for Members Only—Sept. 4, 2014
• Another Germ Bites the Dust—Aug. 27, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—Aug. 22, 2014
• Latest Prize Winners Share Common Bond—Aug. 15, 2014
• Cast Your Vote Online for the 26th Annual AARC Zenith Awards—Aug. 14, 2014
• Texas Commission Supports Recommendation
• AARC Urges FDA on Final Rule for Tobacco—Aug. 12, 2014
• Texas Sunset Commission Gives Thumbs Up to Respiratory Therapists—Aug. 8, 2014
• Second Group of Summer Bulletins Online Now—Aug. 7, 2014
• First Five Summer Bulletins Online Now—Aug. 1, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—July 31, 2014
• California Makes the RRT Mandatory—July 24, 2014
• Time to Touch Base on HR 2619—July 22, 2014
• Do You Believe One of These Myths?—July 21, 2014
• RTs Can Help Influence Tobacco Policies—July 21, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—July 10, 2014
• Continuing Education Accepted for AE-C Until Aug. 31—July 7, 2014
• Texas Legislators Hear RTs, Promise Further Study—June 26, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—June 24, 2014
• Respiratory Therapist Human Resource Survey—June 24, 2014
• Attack of the Killer Email!—June 20, 2014
• AARC Congress 2014 Advance Program Now Available—June 20, 2014
• Jerry Bridgers Passes Away—June 16, 2014
• TSRC, AARC Fight Deregulation Concerns in Texas—June 12, 2014
• Ghana to Begin RT Training Program—June 10, 2014
• The Countdown Is On to Reduce 30-Day Hospital Readmissions—June 10, 2014
• Military RTs Can Fly Free to Interview—June 9, 2014
• ACCS Comp Registration Goes to Maryland Member—June 3, 2014
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—June 2, 2014

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Industry/Professional News

Information from other news outlets:

• Teen's Death Shows Horror of Flu Epidemic—Jan. 5, 2015
• FDA: Tips To Share To Avoid Colds and Flu—Jan. 2, 2015
• EPA: Wood Burning in Homes Can Cause Fine-particle Pollution—Jan. 5, 2015
• Help Smokers Finally Quit in 2015—Jan. 5, 2015
• Nellcor Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator System by Covidien: Class I Recall—Jan. 2, 2015
• KimVent Microcuff Subglottic Suctioning Endotracheal Tubes by Halyard Health: Class I Recall—Jan. 2, 2015
• Virazole (Ribavirin Powder For Solution) by Valeant Pharmaceutical North America: Recall—Jan. 2, 2015
• Bronchoscopic Transplant of Stem Cells Can Close Fistula—Jan. 2, 2015
• CDC: Severe Flu Season Could Grip U.S.—Dec. 31, 2014
• Cancer Death Rate Fell Over 50 Years—Dec. 31, 2014
• Top Health Care News Stories of 2014—Dec. 31, 2014
• Baby Whose Disease Prompted Improved Newborn Screenings Dies"—Dec. 31, 2014
• With 15 Children Dead, CDC Declares Flu Epidemic—Dec. 30, 2014
• Features of Microdirect Laryngoscopy, Bronchoscopy ID'd—Dec. 30, 2014
• South Korea To Disinfect Farms as Foot-and-mouth, Bird Flu Spread—Dec. 30, 2014
• FDA Approves Fast-acting Ebola Test “LightMix"—Dec. 30, 2014
• 2015 Medicare Fee Schedule Offers Payment for Chronic Care—Dec. 29, 2014
• No Mortality Benefit for Longer, Deeper Cooling in NICU—Dec. 29, 2014
• Most Patients Overestimate Treatment Benefits—Dec. 29, 2014
• Enhanced Medical Home Benefits Children With Chronic Illness—Dec. 29, 2014
• Frail Elderly Might Benefit From High-Dose Flu Shot—Dec. 19, 2014
• Ebola Vaccine Trial To Enter Wider Phase in February—Dec. 19, 2014
• Cytisine Versus Nicotine for Smoking Cessation—Dec. 19, 2014
• Many Flu Infections Aren't Good Match for Vaccine: CDC—Dec. 19, 2014
• CDC: Babies Still Sleeping with Soft Bedding Despite SIDS Risk—Dec. 2, 2014
• Health Care Organizations See Value of Telemedicine—Dec. 2, 2014
• Dutch Discover Bird Flu in Wild Ducks—Dec. 2, 2014
• The Man in the Iron Lung—Dec. 2, 2014
• New Coalition Takes Aim at Silent Danger in Healthcare Facilities—Nov. 26, 2014
• Hookahs Deliver Dose of Toxic Benzene in Every Puff—Nov. 24, 2014
• Bird Flu Worries Spread in Europe—Nov. 24, 2014
• History of the Great American Smokeout—Nov. 24, 2014
• National Geographic Channel To Air Documentary on Sleep Nov. 30—Nov. 21, 2014
• Britain Begins Review To Speed Access to New Drugs—Nov. 21, 2014
• Oxygen May Not Help Heart Attack Victims?—Nov. 21, 2014
• Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Second Dutch Farm—Nov. 21, 2014
• FDA Class I Recall: Respironics California, Esprit V1000 and V200 Ventilators—Nov. 20, 2014
• NIH and FDA Toughen Rules for Reporting Clinical Trial Results—Nov. 20, 2014
• Joint Commission Regognizes Top-performing Hospitals—Nov. 20, 2014
• CDC: Fewer Infants Dying Are Dying—Nov. 20, 2014
• Watch for Fatal Artery Tear in Flu Patients—Nov. 17, 2014
• Asthma Raises Heart Attack Risk, Research Suggests—Nov. 17, 2014
• Egyptian Woman Dies of Bird Flu, Second Death in 2014: Ministry—Nov. 17, 2014
• Preemie NICU Products May Harm: Study—Nov. 14, 2014
• CDC: More than One-fifth of High Schoolers Smoke—Nov. 14, 2014
• Undiagnosed Sleep Problems May Be Common in Firefighters—Nov. 14, 2014
• U.S. Prices Soaring for Some Drugs, Experts Say—Nov. 14, 2014
• Kind of Flu Vaccine Chosen Makes a Difference in Children, Asthma Patients—Nov. 11, 2014
• Medicare To Cover Lung Cancer Screening for Long-time Smokers—Nov. 11, 2014
• Surprise Results in Medical Tests Draw New Focus—Nov. 11, 2014
• FDA: Tongue Device Is Minimally Invasive Sleep Apnea Tx—Nov. 11, 2014
• FDA Class I Recall: Nellcor Puritan Bennett, 980 Ventilator System—Nov. 10, 2014
• U.S. Government Probes Medical Devices for Possible Cyber Flaws—Nov. 6, 2014
• Newer Pneumonia Vaccine for Kids Beats Older One—Nov. 6, 2014
• Housing Tied to Higher Asthma Rates in Kids—Nov. 5, 2014
• Air Force Introduces Virus-zapping Robot—Nov. 5, 2014
• Ebola Vaccine for Inhalation Being Tested—Nov. 5, 2014
• World COPD Day Is Nov. 19—Nov. 4, 2014
• MRSA Traced to UK Livestock—Nov. 4, 2014
• Tonsil Removal for SDB May Improve Kids’ Asthma—Nov. 4, 2014
• Menthol Cigarettes No Safer Than Regular Tobacco—Nov. 4, 2014
• FDA Accepts New Drug Application for Respimat Spray—Nov. 3, 2014
• Flu or Ebola? Hospitals Prepare for Confusing Season—Nov. 3, 2014
• Study: Sleep Apnea May Affect Memory—Nov. 3, 2014
• Adult Asthma Tied To Higher Dementia Risk—Nov. 3, 2014
• CDC Issues Winnable Battles Progress Report 2010-2015—Oct. 31, 2014
• Boehringer Ingelheim Presents Product Data at CHEST 2014—Oct. 30, 2014
• Bristol Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Lung Cancer Trial—Oct. 30, 2014
• Drager Receives Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award—Oct. 30, 2014
• COPD Foundation Launches COPD Readmissions Initiative—Oct. 30, 2014
• AAP Updates Guidelines for Bronchiolitis in Infants—Oct. 27, 2014
• Overweight Youth with Asthma May Overuse Rescue Meds—Oct. 27, 2014
• Drowsy Driving Prevention Week: Nov. 2-9—Oct. 27, 2014
• Study: Patients Need To Wash Their Hands, Too—Oct. 27, 2014
• WHO Releases Global TB Report 2014—Oct. 23, 2014
• Cigarette Maker Bans Smoking in Its Offices—Oct. 23, 2014
• Plan Now for World COPD Day November 19—Oct. 23, 2014
• CF Patient Pens Perspective on CNN—Oct. 23, 2014
• CDC Flu Update—Oct. 20, 2014
• 'Enterovirus in Taiwan Associated with Increased Risk of Childhood Diabetes—Oct. 20, 2014
• Nintedanib Now Available in the United States—Oct. 20, 2014
• Sustained Benefit for Parental Tobacco Control Program—Oct. 20, 2014
• Five-month-old Boy Dies from Enterovirus—Oct. 17, 2014
• 'Lost Pleasure' from Smoking Not a Cost in Economic Analyses—Oct. 17, 2014
• Higher Incidence of Surgery-related Breathing Problems in African-American Kids—Oct. 17, 2014
• National Radon Action Week Oct. 20—Oct. 17, 2014
• Evidence-to-Action Networks Help Awardees Share Knowledge—Oct. 16, 2014
• Philips Launches SleepApnea.com—Oct. 16, 2014
• JAMA: Study on MRSA and Pneumonia—Oct. 16, 2014
• FDA Approves Boehringer Ingelheim’s IPF Treatment—Oct. 16, 2014
• U.S. Needs To Rethink Ebola Infection Controls, Says CDC Chief—Oct. 14, 2014
• Safety Advocates Seek Stronger Warning Labels for Chantix—Oct. 14, 2014
• What You Need To Know About Enterovirus D68—Oct. 14, 2014
• October Is SIDS Awareness Month—Oct. 14, 2014
• CDC Issues Response on Ebola—Oct. 13, 2014
• CareFusion EnVe and ReVel Ventilators: Class 1 Recall - Power Connection Failure—Oct. 13, 2014
• NIH: Candidate H7N9 Avian Flu Vaccine Works Better with Adjuvant—Oct. 13, 2014
• Covidien Gets FDA 510(k) Clearance for New Patient Monitoring System—Oct. 13, 2014
• Study: COPD Patients Breathe Easier with Lung Flute—Oct. 13, 2014
• Striverdi Respimat Information Available—Oct. 10, 2014
• Recall Issued on Hudson RCI Circuits—Oct. 8, 2014
• Enterovirus Death Reported as Outbreak Apparently Wanes—Oct. 8, 2014
• Interactive Telehealth Program Effective at COPD Self-management—Oct. 8, 2014
• Monaghan Medical Releases Study on Drug-Free Relief for COPD Patients—Oct. 6, 2014
• Study Finds Potential New Target to Treat Asthma Brought on by Colds—Oct. 6, 2014
• Lack of Ventilation in Gas Stove Kitchens Increases Asthma Risk in Children—Oct. 6, 2014
• NJ Boy Who Died of Enterovirus Showed No Symptoms—Oct. 6, 2014
• Pre-term Birth, Pneumonia Leading Causes of Child Mortality—Oct. 3, 2014
• Tobacco Plant May Be Key to Ebola Drugs—Oct. 3, 2014
• First U.S. Child Dies from Enterovirus D68 While Over 400 Kids Infected—Oct. 2, 2014
• Fall 2014 Flu Season Report—Oct. 2, 2014
• New Clues to How Colds Can Spur Asthma Attacks—Oct. 2, 2014
• Philips Respironics Assisting U.S. Gov’t in Vent Solutions for Disaster Prep—Oct. 2, 2014
• Boston Kids Hospitalized with Respiratory, Neurologic Problems—Oct. 1, 2014
• Good Hygiene Urged as Illness Crosses U.S.—Oct. 1, 2014
• Researchers Say Public Data Unavailable on Majority of New FDA-approved Devices—Oct. 1, 2014
• Salt Intake Plus Smoking May Raise Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis—Oct. 1, 2014