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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <title>AARC Election Results Announced</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AARC elections concluded early this month and results have been announced by President Timothy Myers.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC Home Care Section: A Positive Place to Address the Negatives in the Industry</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you’re working in home care, we don’t have to tell you how tough it’s been for your specialty over the past few years. Oxygen cuts, competitive bidding, and other challenges have forced many people out of the business entirely, and those who are left are struggling to survive.]]></description>
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      <title>Request for Proposals for Presentation at the 56th International Congress</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC invites you to submit Proposals for Lecture/Symposium for the Congress and/or Abstracts from original studies for presentation at the Congress’ OPEN FORUM.]]></description>
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      <title>Formation of New Geriatrics Roundtable Being Considered by AARC</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The formation of a Geriatrics Roundtable is being considered by the AARC. We are seeking your input on whether you would be interested in joining such a group.]]></description>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We have lots of newsmakers to share in this edition.]]></description>
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      <title>CMS Makes Substantive Changes to Pulmonary Rehabilitation Provisions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The combined efforts of AARC, working with our sister respiratory/pulmonary organizations, have had a positive result with the issuing of the final regulations for the new Medicare pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) benefit that will go live on January 1, 2010.]]></description>
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      <title>Second Group of Fall Bulletins Online Now</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Members of the Management, Neonatal-Pediatrics, Sleep, and Surface & Air Transport Sections can read the Fall issues of their Bulletins online now.]]></description>
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      <title>National Respiratory Care Week: Share Your Week With Us</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Best wishes for a wonderful week. As you go about your RC Week activities, remember what you do makes a difference in the lives of so many.]]></description>
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      <title>Dr. Bird Honored By Second U.S. President</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the second time in three years, Dr. Forrest M. Bird was honored by the White House.]]></description>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lots of newsmakers in this edition...]]></description>
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      <title>Strategic Stockpile Webcasts Connect You to Information That Matters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC was recently asked by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to provide training for RTs on the operation of ventilators in the Strategic National Stockpile.]]></description>
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      <title>First Five Fall Bulletins Online Now</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Adult Acute Care, Continuing Care/Rehabilitation, Diagnostics, Education, and Home Care Sections have just published the Fall issues of their Bulletins.]]></description>
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      <title>New Online Book Describes PAP Adherence Techniques</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Patient compliance with prescribed treatments and medications is always a concern, but with sleep patients undergoing PAP therapy, it’s an even more difficult problem to overcome. It’s been shown that up to 50% of patients do not adhere to their therapy after one year.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Check out our latest list of newsmakers.]]></description>
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      <title>TJC Launches Center for Transforming Healthcare</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Joint Commission has just launched a new center aimed at finding and stopping dangerous and potentially deadly breakdowns in patient care.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC to Congress: Support Tobacco Cessation Services</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC has joined 29 fellow groups and organizations in a new letter asking members of Congress to support preventative services such as tobacco cessation counseling and medications in their health care reform legislation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:04:17 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Joint Commission Inviting Comments on Tobacco Measures</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AARC is asking respiratory therapists to provide comments to a Joint Commission project on the measures for assessing and treating tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use and dependence for hospitalized patients.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:39:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Training on LTV 1200 Provided for All</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control has recently added the LTV 1200 to the Strategic National Stockpile and has asked the AARC to help train on this equipment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:29:20 -0500</pubDate>
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