Reservations are required, since seating is limited, and can be made by calling 1-888-606-CALL.Bon Secours Charity Health System offers a wide array of health and wellness community programs and support groups to assist individuals in making healthy lifestyle choices, and provides information on screenings that aid in the prevention of heart disease.????As the area's premier cardiac system, the Bon Secours Charity Health System is committed to the heart health of all of the communities it serves.The Bon Secours Charity Health System includes three area hospitals; Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY and St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick, NY. Additionally, Bon Secours Charity Health System provides the services of a Certified Home Health Agency, two long -term care facilities, an assisted living and adult home facility, and several other off-site medical programs. Media Contact:Barbara Demundo(845) 368-5545e-mail protected from spam bots.

I'm a voracious reader and have almost 20 years experience in the industry. Reviewing books was an easy next step."The book reviews are done independently of any author, company or agent. Insurance Squared is a software firm providing websites and online term life insurance quoting systems to agents.Publishers and authors wishing to have their books reviewed can contact Glenn Cooke at 1-866-662-5433 or by email to e-mail protected from spam bots..

The highlighted food service firms are expected to see growth in line with the projected industry average rate of nearly 8%. Casino hotels are expected to experience sales growth of 7%. At the state level, in the fast-growing state of Nevada the highlighted business categories show even stronger historical and forecast growth. Caterers and ice cream, soft serve, frozen yogurt shops, as well as coffee and bagel shops in that state are generally expected to sustain revenue gains in the double-digits. Growth in the number of catering operations in the state, which showed solid gains between 1999 and 2003, is expected to slow significantly through 2007 even as sales gains of some 10% are forecast.Surprisingly, strong growth has also been experienced in Mississippi.

Historical sales growth for caterers and yogurt shops has exceeded 30%, while ice cream, bagel and coffee shops have recorded growth of between 15 and 18%. Forecasts are for strong double-digit revenue gains through 2007. MarketStance integrates business demographic and insurance statistical information to provide market trend, exposure and profitability measures on more than 24 million U.S. businesses of all sizes to support market and operational planning and execution in the insurance industry. About MarketStanceMarketStance is a registered trademark of IntelliStance, LLC, located in Middletown, Connecticut.

MarketStance integrates economic and business demographic data with insurance statistics to provide an up-to-date resource for firms operating in the insurance market. The company additionally provides a highly skilled statistical and analytical consulting resource that is enhanced by an understanding and experience in insurance.Contact:MarketStance???Jeanne Hotchkiss????????????213 Court Street, 6th Floor????????????Middletown, CT 06457????????????860-704-6391888-777-2587??????????????????.

In Stage#1 a custom designed finger gel pack provides cold therapy to reduce swelling and relieve pain. In Stage#2 a comfort splint protects the recovering finger while immobilization is needed. Additionally, the finger gel pack can be warmed to provide targeted relief for arthritic fingers. The Universal Splint is the only splint that adjusts to fit all fingers and injuries. Unlike other splints on the market, the Universal offers a customized fit for better protection.

"This is an exciting time for Health Enterprises. Our Acu-Life brand is the #1 Finger Splint, Finger Cot, and Tubular Gauze brand based on IRI data, and we look forward to expanding our leadership with these new and innovative products," commented Glenn Leman, President of Health Enterprises, Inc.Health Enterprises, Inc. is a worldwide leader in niche healthcare products including Medical Compliance, First Aid, Medical ID's and Lice Care. Health Enterprises' products are sold at pharmacies and supermarkets, including: CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, Meijers, Brooks, Eckerd, and Stop & Shop. For more information about Health Enterprises and its complete product line, please visit www.healthenterprises.com.Contact: Brendan Leonard Health Enterprises, Inc.508-695-0727 e-mail protected from spam bots.

Crisis issues tend to develop unstoppable momentum once they begin and by then, it's too late to try to go back and change clinical errors or omission and commission. These errors range from not knowing how to assess for risk factors to breaching confidentiality without having an understanding of the legal therapeutic duty regarding mandated or permitted reporting to protect a client from harming him/herself or others. This course presents a detailed structure that would support a reasonable and prudent clinician's legal and ethical therapeutic duty to assess, diagnose, and treat according to the standard of care throughout the duration of treatment.The structure proposed in this course introduces the clinical dangers faced by mental health clinicians when they face crisis issues including, child abuse, elder/dependent abuse, Tarasoff situations, anorexia, bulimia, suicide, spousal abuse, etc. Any of these situations can cause severe physical or emotional harm to the client, his or her family, others outside of the treatment unit, and even the clinician and those associated with him or her. The structure next addresses the necessary and appropriate assessment protocols that would support a clinician's legal duty to assess appropriately.

In conjunction, these serve to provide the clinician to obtain an appropriate 5-Axis diagnosis, which is the standard of care of the profession and supported by many prominent expert witnesses in this arena. The appropriate use of treatment plans, used as a treatment and assessment tool, and other documentation protocols are used extensively throughout the course to support the clinician's decisions. The course also relies on a variety of clinical vignettes exemplifying the standard of care, errors of omission and commission, and these help clinicians navigate the vagaries of crisis issues. Dr. Grosso's forensic and clinical experience makes this an extremely useful and valuable course for new and seasoned clinicians.

As he frequently reminds clinicians: "Once the crisis has taken place, it's too late to change clinical decisions." He also warns clinicians about altering written records: "The technology is such that alterations are easily discernable by forensic experts. Should the clinician be found to have altered a mental health record, he or she can be found guilty of unprofessional conduct and most likely will place his or her license in jeopardy."This course will be presented at the following locations: a) The Woodland Hills Hilton Hotel, Friday, March 11th, 2005; b) The Paso Robles Inn, Saturday, March 19th,, 2005, in Paso Robles, CA; and c) the annual conference of the California Chapter of National Association of Social Workers at he San Francisco Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel, April 22-23, 2005. Clinicians can register for these courses by accessing http://www.FGrosso.com, and clicking on LECTURES. He also provides these courses in online and self-study format. These are available at the same website and clicking on Interactive Online CEU Courses.

The self-study course can be found by clicking on Self-Study CEU Courses. Dr. Grosso continues to receive recognition as the leader in these types of courses. Those courses enhancing the safety of clinicians when facing unpredictable and unmanageable clinical issues, such as crisis issues. Background on FGrosso.com.

FGrosso.com provides mental health clinicians with practical and easy-to-use clinical resources including practice enhancement workbooks, online and self-study continuing education, software, consultation as an expert witness, lectures, and academic publications. Dr. Grosso also provides expert witness services in malpractice actions involving marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, alcohol and drug abuse counselors, certified addictions treatment specialists, and dentists accused of child abuse when providing treatment in the dental office. He also lectures for and consults with mental health organizations. He is an official lecturer on law and ethics and other subjects for the California Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers..

Flush valves are eliminated as well; there are no handles to touch, no sensors, no moving parts! The urinal bowl surfaces are urine repellent; urine is 99% liquid and its drainage is effected without flush water. Daily cleaning procedures are the same as for flushed urinals. ConservationThe conservation of water has become a requirement for many facilities, cities, states and the federal government. This need is driven by three main reasons: the availability of water, current sewer capacity and rising costs or budget cuts.Toilets and urinals are still flushed with potable water and it is estimated that up to 20% of the available drinking water in the world is flushed down the drain.Waterless Urinals achieve zero water consumption.A Waterless Urinal saves on average 45,000 gallons of water a year. Twenty-two Waterless urinals save approximately 1,000,000 gallons of water per year.

It can be estimated that there are 8 million urinals installed in the US alone with approximately 100 million people using these fixtures. Assuming an average 2 gallon flush, the potable water use of urinals in this country per year is approximately 360 billion gallons.360 billion gallons of water is equivalent to the water usage of 1,470,000 homes or 5.7 million people per year. This vast amount of effluent to the sewer and septic systems can be eliminated and will not run into our natural waterways and oceans.On your local level this could mean: A typical office building restroom with 3 urinals and 120 mens urinals equals a yearly water use of 5,400,000 gallons of potable water flushed down the drain. The financial savings to a 40 story office building would be about $64,000 a year depending on local & sewer rates. For a small restaurant with say three urinals the savings over a five period could be $4,500+.Waterless Urinals improve rest room hygiene:Microbes, bacteria and viruses thrive in moisture, but they die when dried.

There are surface areas in water flush urinals that are constantly damp where bacterial growths appear. These growth colonies are seeded by fecal material carried in air-borne droplets and aerosols that were produced by the turbulence in flushing the rest room's toilets. When the rest room urinals are themselves flushed they in turn create aerosols containing the new-growth bacteria, and inject still more microbes into the rest room atmosphere. Installing Waterless Urinals with predominantly dry surfaces and no flushing actions lessen rest room visitor exposures to airborne bacteria..

Stearic and palmitic acids are forms of saturated fat ? not so good. Saturated fats are linked to increases in LDL-cholesterol and risk of developing heart disease. Research indicates that stearic acid appears to have a neutral effect on cholesterol; neither raising nor lowering LDL-cholesterol levels. Palmitic acid on the other hand, does affect cholesterol levels but only comprises one-third of the fat calories in chocolate. Therefore, if we base our chocolate eating habits on latest research, the fat issue isn't so worrying.

Beware milk chocolate may not be so heart healthyAs with mist things in life, there is also a down-side to chocolate. When we eat milk chocolate or lower grade chocolate, part of the total fat content comes from milk fat or various other types of fat contained in the processed chocolate, and not from the pure cocoa, which do adversely affect cholesterol levels.Despite all the good news on cocoa not raising LDL cholesterol, even dark chocolate is a very calorie-dense food, so while the fat content may not invite heart disease or clogging of the arteries, its regular consumption will add a lot of extra calories to someone's daily total. In fact, many chocolate bars list sugar as the number one ingredient. And as we all know lots of white refined sugar is not going to help you keep your waistline nice and slim. Remember obesity is a serious risk factor for developing heart disease.Concerning cholesterol, new and yet-to-be-published studies are showing that some antioxidants contained in chocolate, in particular dark chocolate and cocoa powder, may actually increase "good" (HDL) cholesterol levels by as much as 10 percent.

In the studies, the selected people ate 22 grams of cocoa powder and 16 grams of dark chocolate every day The result: Their "bad" (LDL) cholesterol was less susceptible to oxidation, a process that normally leads to artery-clogging plaques. While many people take vitamins and other antioxidants to help prevent plaque development, the study shows that cocoa could help.In summary, whether chocolate and heart health do walk hand in hand is still an open topic, however, in moderation it won't do your heart any harm, however, watch those calories. Most of all, enjoy it cause it tastes so good!.

Insurers benefit with up-to-the-minute usage stats, decreased fraudulent claims, improved underwriting guidelines and enhanced revenue and profits. Eventually this product can level the playing field for all insured individuals because rates will be based solely on usage, not gender, your neighborhood or the time of usage "For insurers the ability to reduce fraudulent claims and recover stolen vehicles quickly, means less pay out and increased profit. Leaner and more underwriting data can increase revenue. For example, data from the vehicle history and impact records can help determine who is at fault if a car rear ends another. Velocity if negative tells which car was moving backwards, positive velocity tells a different story, thereby taking the risk out of determining who is at fault and who should pay.

Vehicle history and impact data also verifies a driver's claim to have been involved in an accident at a particular time and location. Ignition detection can provide data on whether a vehicle was driven with a key or hotwired. If hotwired it will be caught by the AutoSearch 3D Geo Fence feature. Overall, the device offers benefits to the insurer and security for the insured. AutoSearch can be customized to access information such as diagnostics, speeding, and vehicle location through the Internet, by phone or PDA.

Stolen vehicles can be remotely disabled for recovery. AutoSearch can be manipulated to meet the demands of small and large fleets, individual use, in addition to other equipment and personal assets such as boats. Its return on investment can be calculated by increased productivity, improved consumer satisfaction and loyalty, extended life of mobile assets, reduced theft and damage and decreased insurance costs.EarthSearch will be the first in the US to offer the breakthrough 3D Geo Fencing technology. 3D Geo Fencing provides the shortest theft detection radius on the market today--10-feet in any direction?up, down, backwards and forward. Other features offered by AutoSearch include vehicle route tracking, navigation capabilities, panic buttons for emergency support, remote alarm devices that detect unauthorized drivers and disconnect batteries, real-time start/stop logging, and mileage and hour counters to monitor engine use.

To date the AutoSearch device has been successfully marketed to Volkswagen, Renault, Telecom Italia Mobile, Mercedes Benz, and Claro in South America. ESC is a privately held company based in Atlanta, GA, with fleet management and PR divisions in the US, Curitiba and Sao Paulo, Brazil; and a market development office for its UK operation. EarthSearch Technologies, a research & development office in New York City, is currently developing proprietary software products that will facilitate location-based billing solutions. ESC is scheduled to launch this fall 2004. The company will offer the most advanced application of Location Based Solution technology on the market for Mobile Asset and Fleet Management operation.

For more information visit www.earthsearch.us, or contact Karen Glover at SingleSource Consulting 718-941-5049 or e-mail protected from spam bots..

This will enable us to communicate better, provide important information and provide more effective services for our employer clients and their injured workers."CompassCare's clinical information system will optimize SH@W's practice by streamlining their workflow with CompassCare's rules-based methodology. This integrated solution will enable SH@W to send in "real-time" a HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record and all associated billing information to their clients. CompassCare is the only company to offer the occupational healthcare industry a fully digital medical record. This integrated approach reduces costs for healthcare providers, employers and payers alike. Together they can improve quality of care and medical management, while getting the employee the treatment they need as quickly as possible.The CompassCare MedTRAK? architecture shares information through a unified clinical data repository, allowing SH@W to deploy an integrated web-service IT system that enables clinicians to electronically access medical records as well as obtain the latest evidence-based knowledge in a secure and confidential environment.

The care provider can now track a person's health history and treatment over time and across multiple healthcare facilities without having to install and maintain costly software.Clinicians at Sutter will use CompassCare's computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solution to synchronize workflow around the complex process of medical information management. CompassCare's system includes modules for billing, finance, scheduling, prescription, employer, case management and payer claim management. Such capabilities will permit SH@W to share HIPAA-compliant medical information in "real-time" with their MPN, Medical Partners @ Work ("MP@W") and their employer clients. This improves decision-making and clinical processes, provides benchmarking capabilities, and increases customer satisfaction. "SH@W's" occupational health program and CompassCare bring together all of the resources necessary to ensure the highest quality of care is supported with the latest technology" said Stuart Johnstone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CompassCare Inc.

"Our collaborative partnership enables us to integrate innovative technology with the clinical expertise of the SH@W clinicians. As a result, we will provide significant value to their employer clients."????????SH@W's agreement with CompassCare was signed in late October of 2004 and will be operational in January 2005.About Sutter Health @ WorkSH@W is owned by Sutter Health a community based health care provider located throughout Northern California. The organization aspires to consistently high standards of quality, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction. Sutter Health seeks to improve the health of the communities it serves by delivering a broad range of services with sensitivity to the individual needs of patients and their families. About CompassCareCompassCare Inc.

provides occupational healthcare stakeholders (employers, care providers, and TPA/ case managers) a sophisticated and highly integrated management system that connects all parties together in "real-time." By providing instant access to HIPAA-compliant information on an injured worker, all parties have the tools they need to manage the information and activity associated with workers' compensation in "real time" over the Internet. As a result, all parties can benefit from improved quality of care and better financial/operations management. With more than 25 million electronic medical (patient) records accurately processed to date, CompassCare is one of the leading suppliers of healthcare information technology. The following are copyrights of CompassCare: CompassCare, MedTRAK, FasTRAK, ClaimTRAK, CaseTRAK, For more information: www.compass-care.com.Media Contact:Stuart Johnstone1-312-224-2692e-mail protected from spam bots.