600 pound capacity with 0.2 lb readability – weighs in both pounds and kilograms. With motion sensing weighing technology, re-weigh, auto off and low battery indicator. Moveable arms and footrest for patient comfort. Features a sanitary cushioned seat and heavy-duty wheels. Powered by 6 C-cell batteries (not included) or AC Adapter (included). 3 year warranty.

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We can do better! Health care is at a crossroads. Medical Informatics 20/20 identifies both the problems faced in realizing healthcare transformation and, proscribes vital solutions that can guide us in creating better systems to save lives, improve quality and reduce costs. The three strategies profiled in the book Collaboration, Open Solutions and Innovation are prescriptions for correcting what ails medical care. Kevin Fickenscher, MD, Executive Vice President, Healthcare Transformation, Perot Systems Features: Delivers vital insight and case studies on Collaboration, Open Solutions and Innovation and how they are being used today by leading private sector organizations, governments and health care leaders throughout the world to improve quality and performance. Describes how world s highest quality and most widely used health information technology system (available without license fees through the Freedom of Information Act) is effectively supporting (more…)

Your body clock affects your sleep, mood, and energy, and it’s located near the center of your brain. This is the center that tells you when to be alert, awake, asleep, and it uses light to regulate your sleep, mood, and energy cycles. If you struggle with these cycles, your body clock may not be responding properly to normal light signals. The good news is that you can manage your body clock. When your body clock doesn’t get the right type of light, it can make you feel tired and moody. But the right light at the right time will reset your sleep, mood, and energy cycles, so you can sleep great and feel great during waking hours. The goLITE M2 safely and quickly provides the light your body needs. The M2 is easy to use and most people notice a difference in just a few days. See what you’ve been missing. Your mood and energy levels will improve, and you’ll enjoy sleeping again.

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Review “[An] inspiring book, inspiring not through its loftiness (although it speaks of lofty goals) but in its practicality… Anyone who thinks about, talks about, and endeavors to promote recovery in relation to severe mental illness will find this book valuable, but it is perhaps most useful for the architects of “the system,” the administrators who can–and must–do the most to speed the revolution on its way.”–Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
This book takes a lofty vision of “recovery” and of “a life in the community” for every adult with a serious mental illness promised by the U.S. President’s 2003 New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and shows the reader what is entailed in making this vision a reality. Beginning with the historical context of the recovery movement and its recent emergence on the center stage of mental health policy around the world, the authors then clarify various definitions of mental health recovery and address the most common misco (more…)

“Implementing an Electronic Health Record System” addresses the range of issues and opportunities that implementing an electronic health records system (EHR) poses for any size of medical organization – from the small one-man operation to a large healthcare system. The book is divided into sections on preparation, support, implementation and a summary and prospects section, enabling the clinician to define the framework necessary to implement and evaluate a clinically effective EHR system. With the increasing involvement of clinicians in the day-to-day running of the practice, interest is now focused on EHR as a key area for improving clinical efficiency. This book uniquely provides the guidance a clinical team needs to plan and execute an effective EHR system within any clinical setting. Practical in its scope and coverage, the authors have provided a tool-kit for the medical professional in the often complex field of medical informatics. Designed for senior clinicians, d (more…)