AARC Announces 2024 Zenith Award Winners
The 2024 AARC Zenith Award honors companies nominated by respiratory therapists for their contributions to the respiratory care industry.
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AARC Announces 2024 Zenith Award Winners
The 2024 AARC Zenith Award honors companies nominated by respiratory therapists for their contributions to the respiratory care industry.
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Congress Introduces SOAR Act to Improve Supplemental Oxygen Access
The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act of 2024, designed to ease access to supplemental oxygen for Medicare beneficiaries, was introduced in the US House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of members of Congress.
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AARC 2021 Now Virtual-only Event
The American Association for Respiratory Care has announced its upcoming 2021 International Congress is now a fully virtual event scheduled for December 1, 3, 7, and 9, 2021.
Read MoreFisher & Paykel Healthcare wins AARC Zenith Award
For the sixth year in a row, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare earned a Zenith Award from the American Association for Respiratory Care.
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Monaghan Medical Earns AARC Zenith Award
Monaghan Medical Corp has received the American Association of Respiratory Care’s (AARC) Zenith Award for the sixth consecutive year.
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Dräger Honors RTs Through Contribution to AARC COVID-19 RT Fund
Dräger has donated $10,000 to the AARC’s COVID-19 RT Fund, which provides financial assistance to surviving families of RTs who died while caring for patients with COVID-19.
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AARC 2020 Conference Canceled, Virtual Event Planned
The American Association for Respiratory Care has canceled its AARC Congress 2020 live event scheduled for Nov 14-17, 2020.
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APRT Scope of Practice Published by AARC
The American Association for Respiratory Care has published a scope of practice for advanced practice respiratory therapists (APRT).
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RT Awareness and Preferences Regarding Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment
RTs may find it difficult to choose between available inhaled pulmonary vasodilators (IPVs)—inhaled nitric oxide or nebulized epoprostenol—to treat pulmonary hypertension.
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Nominations Open for Respiratory Therapist National Award
The AARC and FACES Foundation are accepting nominations for the 2018 National Respiratory Patient Advocacy Award for respiratory therapists.
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Include Respiratory Therapists in Telehealth
A three-week Virtual Lobby Campaign by the AARC advocates for a new telehealth pilot focusing solely on respiratory therapists.
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AARC Wants RTs to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree
“The time has come,” said AARC President Frank Salvatore, for the respiratory therapy profession to advance it’s education level, specifically by shifting to bachelor’s degrees.
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Teleflex Unites Arrow, Hudson RCI, LMA and Rusch Brands at AARC 2014
Teleflex will be featuring medical technology designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs at the AARC Congress 2014.
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Dräger Grants Support Research and Leadership for RTs
Dräger has awarded two grants that will provide research and leadership opportunities for RTs and support the company’s ongoing commitment to the advancement of respiratory care.
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Six Respiratory Care Companies Recognized at AARC 2013
Six respiratory care companies — Aerogen, Covidien, Dräger Medical, Masimo Corp, Philips Respironics, and Teleflex Medical — were awarded the AARC’s annual Zenith Awards at its 2013 Congress.
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Respiratory Care Week Begins October 25
Respiratory Care Week, sponsored by the AARC, takes place October 25-30, 2009. This year’s theme is Respiratory Care: There When You Need Us.
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Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Reintroduced into US Senate
If passed, Medicare would cover patient access to respiratory health services in a range of settings, such as an outpatient clinic or in-home.
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Timothy McDonald, MD, to Keynote AARC 2008
McDonald will discuss the legal and ethical issues facing respiratory therapists when mistakes are made while treating a patient.
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AARC 2007: A Look Back As We Move Forward
The AARC sure knows how to honor its own and, as it does so, promotes the professionalism and recognition of RTs everywhere.
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AARC Awards Respironics 2007 Zenith Award
Respironics Inc received its 11th Zenith Award at the AARC’s 53rd International Respiratory Conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Teleflex to Release New Products at AARC 2006
Teleflex will introduce three new products to respiratory therapists at the 52nd International Respiratory Congress of the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC).
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AARC Disapproves of CMS Decision on Levalbuterol
The AARC recently expressed disapproval with the CMS proposed changes to their nebulizer policies that would reduce the payment for levalbuterol.
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Respiratory Therapists at Work at AARC
Medicare compensation for home healthcare, patient safety, and increased public recognition of the crucial role respiratory therapists play in healthcare are among the priorities of the 50-year-old American Association for Respiratory Care.
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Advances in Pediatric Respiratory Care
I was fortunate to be able to see and hear firsthand the great progress that is being made in pediatric respiratory care at the AARC 50th Anniversary Congress in December.
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