• Congressional reform proposals also include a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) intended to facilitate beneficial delivery-system changes. NEJM
  (March 8, 2010)


• Reduced Drug Use and Hospitalization Rates in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Who Received Pharmaceutical Care.
  (December, 2009)


• One of the Top 10 Articles in Healthcare 2009: Nurse Practitioners’ Role In Health Care Reform.
  (December, 2009)


• Pharmacists Partnering with Physicians Improves Blood Pressure over Control Group.
  (December, 2009)


• “Housecalls Make All the Difference in the World”.  Highlights from NBC video.
  (December, 2009)


• RevolutionCare Celebrates National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week! The AANP theme for National Nurse Practitioner Week this year is “Nurse Practitioners -- 125,000 Solutions to the Primary Care Shortage.” With health care reform at the top of the national agenda this year, RevolutionCare demonstrates its commitment to NP-delivered health care.
  (11/8/2009-11/14/2009)


• House calls as cost-saver in health care reform?
  (10/31/2009)


• RevolutionCare Celebrates National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week! The AANP theme for National Nurse Practitioner Week this year is “Nurse Practitioners -- 125,000 Solutions to the Primary Care Shortage.” With health care reform at the top of the national agenda this year, RevolutionCare demonstrates its commitment to NP-delivered health care.
  (11/8/2009-11/14/2009)


• House calls as cost-saver in health care reform?
  (10/31/2009)


• RevCare's Orsula V. Knowlton presented at the Women in Health Care and Government Lunch on the topic 'Using the Latest EMR Technology to Improve Patient Care' at the NJ Hospital Association, Princeton, NJ. To request a copy of the slides, click here.
  (10/29/2009)


• RevolutionCare Taps Technology to Keep Elderly Healthy, Philadelphia Business Journal
  (10/16/2009)


• RevolutionCare adds new member to the Management Team, Harry Hayman, VP Finance & CFO.
  (10/2009)


• RevolutionCare adds new member to the Management Team, Ed Fleegler, MD, Senior Director, Clinical Pathways.
  (10/2009)


• RevolutionCare Senior Nurse Practitioner presented the poster “Empowering Advance Practice Nurses Through Technology” at the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Meeting, Savannah, GA. (Download Eirene Poster)
  (10/3/2009-10/4/2009)


• RevolutionCare Announces Participation in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Studies (CMS) Demonstration Project to reduce Hospital Recidivism entitled 'Care Transitions' in New Jersey.
  http://www.hqsi.org/index/Healthcare-Providers/Healthcare-Providers-Care-Transitions.html
  (3/2009)


• Vincent Healthcare, a Philadelphia, PA, based, nurse-practitioner specialty practice focused on Continence Management, merges with RevolutionCare.
  (1/2009)

2010


March


• March 3rd, 5:30-8:00 P.M.

Pharmacogenomics in Practice: Where the Puck is Heading. Speaker: Calvin H. Knowlton, BSPharm, MDiv, PhD and Management of Chronic Pain in Older Adults. Speaker: Jeannette Kates, MSN, APN-C, GNP-BC. Erini Restaurant, 1140 River Road (Rt. 29) Ewing, NJ. Light dinner fare will be provided. (Click here to register | Download Flyer)

2009


November


• November 30th, 6-7:30 P.M.

Pharmacogenomics: The Future of Pharmacotherapy, Presented by Calvin H. Knowlton, BSPharm, MDiv, PhD, CEO, RevolutionCare, Inc. Four Points by Sheraton, Allentown Airport-Lehigh Valley, 3400 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109. Light Fare and Beverages. (Click here to register | Download Flyer)

• November 11th

Top 25 Geriatric Medications Prescribed in 2008: Implications for Nurse Practitioner Practice, Presented by Robert M. Alesiani, PharmD, VP, Clinical Support Center and Pharmacotherapy Support Services, RevolutionCare, Inc. Approved for 3.0 hours Nurse Practitioner Pharmacology Credit. (Click here to request more information)

• November 4th, 5:30-7 P.M.

Pharmacogenomics: The Future of Pharmacotherapy, Presented by Calvin H. Knowlton, BSPharm, MDiv, PhD, CEO, RevolutionCare, Inc. The Marriott Seaview, 401 South New York Road, Galloway, NJ 08205. Light Fare and Beverages. (Click here to register | Download Flyer)

• November 2nd, 6-7:30 p.m.

Pharmacogenomics: The Future of Pharmacotherapy, Presented by Calvin H. Knowlton, BSPharm, MDiv, PhD, CEO, RevolutionCare, Inc. The Sheraton Suites, 4101 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153. Light Fare and Beverages. (Click here to register | Download Flyer)

October


• October 14th

John Whitman, MBA, NFA, RevolutionCare President, to present at the PA Adult Day Services Association Meeting. (Click here to register)

• The Top Risks for Hospital Readmission
  (12/2009)


• A nurse discharge advocate and clinical pharmacist working together to coordinate hospital discharge, educate patients, and reconcile medications led to fewer follow-up emergency visits and rehospitalizations than usual care alone saving money, according to a study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2009/redpr.htm , http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/150/3/178
  (2/2009)

Senior Resources

• Sign-Up for Medicare
• Sign-Up for Medicare Prescription Drug plan

• www.state.nj.us/health/senior/index.shtml
• www.aging.state.pa.us/

• http://nihseniorhealth.gov/index.html
• http://www.alz.org/index.asp
• http://www.phillystroke.org/
• http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Copd/Copd_WhatIs.html

• www.IHI.org
• www.aanp.org
• www.acnpweb.org
• www.gapna.org
• www.suna.org
• http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/outreacheducation.asp