. Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:13:31 -0600 From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Net-Gold] TX and SW Articles . TX and SW Articles Houston Doctor's License Suspended KPRC Houston HOUSTON -- A Houston doctor's license has been suspended because the Texas Medical Board has determined that her practice is a threat to public welfare. ... http://www.click2houston.com/news/ 26529330/detail.html Granbury chaplain arrested on suspicion of placing hidden camera in nursing ... Fort Worth Star Telegram Porter, a volunteer associate pastor at The Church at Granbury, was a chaplain at the nursing home, police said. "We are still actively trying to identify ... http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/01/18/2777473/ granbury-chaplain-arrested-on.html U.S. Supreme Court won't hear case involving woman's claim to Kenedy fortune Corpus Christi Caller Times Her son Dr. Ray Fernandez, who referred a call seeking comment Tuesday to Ronquillo, has said his elderly mother lives in a nursing home and suffers from ... http://www.caller.com/news/2011/jan/18/ us-supreme-court-wont-hear-case- involving-womans-c/ Texas agencies fret over budget San Angelo Standard Times AUSTIN, Texas Nursing home administrators across the state are worried they'll soon have to start turning out the elderly. Community college presidents ... http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2011/jan/17/ texas-agencies-fret-over-budget/ Hazards come with his job Denton Record Chronicle He's taking that expertise to Austin next month for his first meeting as a member of the Texas Radiation Advisory Board. Gov. Rick Perry's office announced ... http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/ drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Harris- Radiation_Board_0118.c5cd8521.html MHMR CEO, Board Member Defend CEO's Lucrative Contract KVIA El Paso By ABC-7 Reporter Darren Hunt EL PASO, Texas -- The vice chairman of the El Paso Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board of Trustees spoke out Monday ... http://www.kvia.com/news/26527919/detail.html See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.com/news/ story?ncl=http://www.kvia.com/news/ 26527919/detail.html&hl=en Harris County jurors asked to deliver historic 'pill mill' ruling Houston Chronicle He was forced to surrender his license to the Texas medical board three days after Skorpenske died. Other defendants in the civil case are Melissa Martin, ... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ metropolitan/7385695.html Bargain plastic surgery procedure uses only local anesthesia but can be ... msnbc.com In March 2010, the board of medical examiners found Dr. Su guilty of malpractice, keeping inaccurate records and trying to deceive board staff. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40950317/ ns/health-womens_health/ Dr. Murray's Medical Shingle Hangin' By a Thread TMZ.com Sources connected with the Texas Medical Board and the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners tell TMZ they are weighing their options regarding the http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/12/conrad- murray-medical-michael-jackson-license- texas-medical-board-nevada-state-board- examiners-condition-of-bail-manslaughter/ Med board: Jackson doctor still has Nevada license San Francisco Chronicle Nevada Board of Medical Examiners chief Douglas Cooper tells The Associated Press the board is reviewing a California judge's order suspending Dr. Conrad ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2011%2F01%2F12% 2Fstate%2Fn115618S08.DTL TMA suspends Spring clinic certification Bizjournals.com A disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board has temporarily suspended the pain management clinic certificate of Spring Wellness Center, barring it from ... http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/ news/2011/01/12/tma-suspends-spring- clinic-certification.html Richard Johnson: Parents Sue Over Texas' Handling Of His Health Care Houston Press (blog) Despite this, Texas Medicaid plans to entirely eliminate the life-sustaining private-duty nursing care that Richard has received in his home simply because ... http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/ 2011/01/texas_medical_care_cutoff.php Kennedale medical supply owner pleads guilty to submitting fake claims Fort Worth Star Telegram White provided fewer skin barrier wipes to patients than what she billed the health-care benefit programs, the release stated. Out of the amount submitted ... http://www.star-telegram.com/ 2011/01/13/2766853/ owner-of-kennedale-medical-equipment.html Med board: Houston pain clinic violates state law Houston Chronicle On Monday, Texas Medical Board investigators along with US Drug Enforcement Agency agents, inspected the clinic and learned it is owned and managed by http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ hotstories/7379220.html 2 more US states might strip Michael Jackson's doctor of license Montreal Gazette A spokeswoman for the medical board in Texas, where Murray runs a cardiac clinic, said the ruling by Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor "gives us the ... http://www.montrealgazette.com/ more+states+might+strip+Michael+ Jackson+doctor+license/4100071/story.html Top Winkler officials indicted Odessa American Roberts is accused of getting non-public complaints filed to the Texas Medical Board in order to identify the authors, and giving them to Tidwell. http://www.oaoa.com/articles/ indicted-58605-winkler-officials.html National nursing association honors UT Arlington professor CisionWire (press release) It is designated as one of nine "High Performing" nursing programs in Texas based on RN initial licensure exam and graduation rates of more than 90 percent. ... http://www.cisionwire.com/university-of- texas-at-arlington/national-nursing- association-honors-ut-arlington-professor73199 East Texans' Bad Health and Bad Habits Promote a 'Stroke Belt' New York Times It's the old biscuits and gravy that sticks to the arteries,” said Connie Fiser, a nurse who runs the hospital's intensive-care unit and inpatient-care ... http://feeds.nytimes.com/ click.phdo?i=9359a25cc6cc2e61b1fe066c0971eb6e The New Old Age: Report Questions Nursing Home Charges New York Times (blog) ... of health policy and management at Texas A&M. And as a look at the Nursing Home Compare site shows, some nonprofits also have serious problems. ... http://feeds.nytimes.com/ click.phdo?i=7632872706af2e115b0a9c1ebdb2e729 Old-Fashioned Weapons Against MRSA May Be Best HealthNewsDigest.com Patients who tested positive for MRSA were more likely to have diabetes, be HIV positive, live in a nursing home or long-term care facility, have a recent ... http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/ Health_Tips_620/Old-Fashioned_Weapons_ Against_MRSA_May_Be_Best.shtml On the Border, Long Lives Despite Dismal Statistics New York Times They rarely put their parents or grandparents into nursing homes, instead caring for them in the ever-expanding family home. Being in the presence of a ... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/us/ 16ttexpectancy.html?src=twrhp Fighting Medicare rip-offs TheDay.com Those arrested included doctors, office managers and health care equipment businesses. Federal authorities arrested suspects in Michigan, Texas, Florida, ... http://www.theday.com/article/ 20110116/OP04/301169904 Beilue: After losing life goal, he now fights for life Amarillo.com That was almost five years ago, and his first year in West Texas A&M University's nursing school. Now he's lost his apartment, his car, his schooling. ... http://amarillo.com/news/news-columnist/ 2011-01-16/beilue-after-losing-life- goal-he-now-fights-life Lufkin emergency workers seeing spike in patients with coughs and colds KTRE ... to this," said Jeremy Belschner a family nurse practitioner. "Their body's aren't used to the hot one day, cold one day that we have here in East Texas. ... http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=13850628 After years of drug abuse, Texan reborn as inspirational speaker Fort Worth Star Telegram Two days later, a nurse gathered the family members together and told them there wasn't much hope for Childers, who was in a coma and on a respirator. http://www.star-telegram.com/ 2011/01/15/2771886/after-years- of-drug-abuse-texan.html Seniors, people with disabilities no longer riding buses for free Austin American-Statesman 7 , giving her just eight days of free rides Tucker, a former nurse who said her disability is bipolar disorder, has applied for what she said will be a ... http://www.statesman.com/news/local/ seniors-people-with-disabilities-no- longer-riding-buses-1188408.html Lawyer for Texas exonerees faces misconduct suit abc27 The most recent exoneree in Texas, Cornelius Dupree, served 30 years in prison for a sexual assault and robbery he did not commit. Under the new law, ... http://www.abc27.com/Global/story.asp?S=13862998 Unhealthy inmate relationships: 5 danger signs CorrectionsOne Dr. Schoenly has been a nurse for 25 years and is currently specializing in correctional healthcare. She is a clinical education specialist and author... http://www.correctionsone.com/ correctional-psychology/articles/ 3201165-Unhealthy-inmate- relationships-5-danger-signs/ "Barbara Acello, RN" bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx .