November Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

When cleaning up needles or broken glass, you should…

a) Carry the sharp objects to an approved container and dispose.

b) Carry an approved container to the sharp objects and dispose.

c) none of the above

October Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

Medicare decisions are highly personal. And there may be as many different questions about Medicare as there are beneficiaries—maybe more. But certain questions seem to come up more often than others. Here are the answers.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving genetic testing.

Genetic testing fraud occurs when Medicare is billed for a test or screening that was not medically necessary and/or was not ordered by a Medicare beneficiary's treating physician.

September Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

Stress. It's a killer. In fact, it is THE killer.

Disease (AKA "Dis" "Ease") is caused by stress and it comes in forms of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Whether it's physical inflammation causing pain or emotional distress causing insomnia or external forces bearing down on us, it is all stress.

Numbness or a pins-and-needles sensation in your hand is no laughing matter. Your symptoms may be due to a stretched or compressed nerve on the outside of your elbow.

“It is my belief, you see, that thinking is a double phenomenon like breathing.” – Asimov

If you have ever watched the classic television series House — you’ll find that every medical mystery is solved in the most unusual moments. Without fail, House’s uncanny ability to problem solve, kicks in while he sits in the hospital cafeteria, mid-sentence while talking to a team member or any other situation where he doesn’t outwardly appear to be focusing on the problem on deck.

August Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

July Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

Help Assured Healthcare Staffing Stuff the Bus! We will be taking school supply donations to help students be prepared with what they need for the 2019/2020 school year! We are asking all of our employees, clients, colleagues and friends to join us in this effort. Please stop by our office between June 1st and July 31st with your new school supply items. We will then donate these items to United Way of Lake County to deliver to the community!

Important Safety Tips for Bicyclists

Always Ride with Traffic and Follow the Rules of the Road

Don't Ride on the Sidewalk

Be Predictable and Visible

Watch for Turning Traffic

June Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

More than 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and 1 in 7 people don’t know they have it. The good news is you can help change this – spread the word about National HIV Testing Day on June 27.

Des Plaines, IL--The Des Plaines History Center is proud to announce their next Coffee Talk speaker, Dr. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi. She will address the History Center during National Nurses Week on Thursday, May 9 at 1:30pm. She will present the subject of her nonfiction book: "This is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines."

May Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!

School nurses are heroes to the more than 50 million children in our nation’s schools, and it is highly likely that more people interact with a school nurse than any other nursing specialist.

In depth resources for School Health Issues and School Wellness.

Words have power. They can shape how kids with learning and attention issues feel about themselves. Here are nine things not to say, plus some suggested alternatives.

1 - “Normal.”
Avoid comparing your child’s challenges to what’s “normal.” If you use this word, you may imply your child is abnormal—even if you don’t mean to. Talking about what’s usually “expected” could be a more useful approach.