As a student of pharmacy back in the late 1960’s, Ron Grooms never envisioned that someday he would help young students embarking on careers in healthcare. After nearly 40 years of successfully operating his own pharmacy and 11 years as Indiana State Senator for the 46th district, on December 14, Grooms endowed a $25,000 community …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–IU Southeast’s health information management (HIM) program has earned initial accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). With nearly a century of developing record-keeping best practices in its DNA, CAHIIM accredits degree programs in health informatics and health information management. “CAHIIM accreditation is …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Nursing students recently took part in the first poverty simulation of 2018-19. Poverty simulations are facilitated group exercises designed to immerse learners in the world of the poor by placing them in the shoes of the disadvantaged and challenging them to walk a few miles in them. In the simulation, …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—The Common Experience is sponsoring and co-sponsoring a series of events to educate the public about the ongoing opioid epidemic, and to highlight the urgent need for action on this national addiction crisis that is particularly acute in Appalachia and the Ohio Valley. As part of its 2017 program, The …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—How do you apply for food stamps? Can you open a bank account when you live in your car? How do you prepare for a job interview when you have no place to bathe? If you are a teenager in a family of three, living with a single parent who …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—“The singing, drums and dancing mixed with the smell of sage to create an energy that I never want to forget,” wrote Audrey Stillwell, a senior nursing student from Madison, Ind., in a blog post after taking part in a Lakota Sioux pow-wow on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South …
FULL STORYJudy Myers Associate Professor of Nursing School of Nursing Biography Judy Myers is associate professor of nursing at IU Southeast, current chair of the diversity committee and coordinator of public health nursing services in the School of Nursing. She joined the faculty in 1997 and immediately began implementing a community-based nursing curriculum featuring partnerships with …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak Medical coding is booming. And with it, the demand for expert coders. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks the projected growth rate of this occupation above all others, at 22% through 2020. With the rapid expansion of the health care industry and the implementation of new coding protocols, systematic training has become …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak Medical coding is booming. And with it, the demand for expert coders. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks the projected growth rate of this occupation above all others, at 22% through 2020. With the rapid expansion of the health care industry and the implementation of new coding protocols, systematic training has become …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak “Wouldn’t you want to be here?” asked Sister Barbara Ann Zeller. Amid the sounds of gentle laughter and the smells of home cooking, one would be hard pressed to respond with anything but yes. “Here” is The Villas of Guerin Woods, a unique residential care community for seniors in Georgetown, Ind., owned …
FULL STORYIndiana University Southeast
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