EMS To Be Absorbed by Nursing

Officials within the US Department of Health and Human Services acknowledged today that effective January 1st, 2015 all governance and control of Emergency Medical Services will be relegated to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), specifically the Advanced Nursing ...

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HIPAA police to be established

HIPAA Police

The US Department of Heath and Human Services (HHS) wants people to take HIPAA more seriously. To get compliance they are establishing a new federal investigative agency, the HIPAA Police.

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Fight over term “First Responder” brewing

Police responder

Police in Durachit, WA, are leading a movement to re-classify the term “first responder” to only mean Law Enforcement. Thier reasoning is that at most calls they [the police] are first on scene, thus fire and EMS must be the ...

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