Articles by: AARC Staff
December 9, 2015
Patient Advocacy Summit Strengthens Bonds Between RTs and Patients
AARC leaders recently gathered with representatives from patient advocacy groups and patients for a patient advocacy summit on how to best address issues most important to people with chronic respiratory diseases. “It’s important for us to be able to hear from patients what we can do to be better advocates for them,” said AARC Executive Director... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 7, 2015
Patient Safety Efforts Pay Off
Patient safety has been a growing concern in the nation’s hospitals ever since the Institute of Medicine published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” in 1999. The AARC has been a big part of patient safety efforts in respiratory care, working with groups and organizations to promote safer respiratory care in facilities across the... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 2, 2015
Take This to Your Alarm Management Committee
As a member of the National Alarm Coalition sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), the AARC has been working with a range of fellow organizations to further the safe and effective use of alarms in the nation’s hospitals. Now that work has come together in a new resource called the... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 2, 2015
New and Easy Way to Support the ARCF
The American Respiratory Care Foundation supports the profession, and now there’s a new and easy way to support the ARCF. When you go to purchase something on Amazon, first enter the URL smile.amazon.com and then select the American Respiratory Care Foundation as your beneficiary. A portion of your purchase price will go directly to the ARCF!... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 23, 2015
Good Press: AARC Members in the News
Good Press: AARC Members in the News spotlights AARC members who have recently been featured in the news. Wes Phy comments on a new bachelor’s degree program for RTs in this article in the University of Southern Indiana Shield. “Respiratory therapy really is a broad field,” he was quoted as saying, “so we mandate that every... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 20, 2015
Legends Gallery Adds Five New Inductees
Living legend George Burton, MD, FAARC, and four others were recently inducted into the Legends of Respiratory Care gallery. Five more leaders in the profession have been inducted into the Legends of Respiratory Care gallery in the AARC Virtual Museum. Announced at the awards ceremony at AARC Congress 2015 in Tampa, the inductees include Robert... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 19, 2015
Exhibitor Giveaway Helped Respiratory Therapist Save a Life
Exhibitors who display their wares at the AARC Congress and Summer Forum love to have lots of giveaways on hand to help attendees remember their booths when they get home, and that was certainly the case at the recently concluded AARC Congress in Tampa, FL. Terri Lesser, RRT, used a Draeger mask she received at... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 19, 2015
AARC Supports the RT Role in Telehealth
In a letter sent to the acting administrator of CMS on Tuesday, AARC President Frank Salvatore, MBA, RRT, FAARC, reiterates that AARC supports the RT role in teleheath. He offered the Association’s final comments regarding implementation of Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System, including incentive payments for those who participate in eligible Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Salvatore specifically... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 18, 2015
Forrest Bird Video Chronicles Life of Respiratory Legend
Many RTs are familiar with Dr. Bird’s story — how he translated his lifelong interest in aviation into the development of medical devices capable of saving lives. This historical journey was captured on film and played at his memorial ceremony. In the Forrest Bird video, we get an inside look at how “Fate, Chance &... Read more »
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