Foodborne illness – CDC is working with local public health to communicate with clinicians

CDC estimates there are 48 million cases of foodborne illness each year in the US alone. Providers are often overwhelmed with information from multiple sources. What if providers could receive the most recent information, only when applicable to their patient, from one source at the point of care? Join GE Healthcare IT Chief Medical Informatics [...]

Invest in America’s Health, Not in Costly Wars

Rep. Baldwin speaks in support of her amendment to stop $1 billion in cuts to community health centers contained in House Republicans’ Continuing Resolution (HR 1). The amendment demonstrated fiscal responsibility by replacing the $1 billion in savings with cuts to the budget of the Department of Defense. Unfortunately, the amendment was defeated. Rep. Baldwin’s [...]

Interpreting in Health and Community Settings

Interpreting in Health and Community Settings Certificate Program provided by Eastern CT AHEC.

Citizens Health Initiative: Patient-Centered Medical Homes.wmv

NH Citizens Health Initiative to Premiere Mini-Documentaries on NH Multi-Stakeholder Patient Centered Medical Home Pilot 28 February 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) NH Citizens Health Initiative, in collaboration with Pfizer, Inc. and the New Hampshire Medical Society, is premiering two mini-documentaries detailing what it means to be a patient and a provider in a patient-centered medical home. [...]

Senior Circuit “Cambridge Health Center: Primary Care Center @ Somerville Hospital March 17, 2011

Senior Circuit visits The Cambridge Health Center – Primary Care Center at Somerville Hospital.

UFIT – The Story of How Community is a key to personal change and Health

Here is the CBC PEI story of UFIT – ufit.ca To lose weight sustainably is to change our lives – the barrier is fear and habit – here are several other stories that show you how UFIT has helped people get through this barrier smartpei.typepad.com

Social Accountability in Action — Engaging Communities in Health Services

CUTS Centre for Consumer Action Research & Training (CUTS CART) in partnership with Transparency and Accountability Programme (TAP) of the Results for Development (R4D) Institute, Washington DC and Human Development Network (HDN) of the World Bank, Washington DC and in active collaboration with the Dept. of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan, implemented a [...]

Wayfarer Health Train at Rex Centre Small Heath 13th Feb 2011

Wayfarer Health Train Community Health Outreach Event at Rex Centre Small Heath Birmingham 13th Feb 2011 Filmed by Sirka TV

Women’s Health in the Urban Community: NIH Perspective

Dr. Vivian Pinn, Associate Director for Research on Womens Health at the National Institutes of Health, speaks at the 18th International Congress on Womens Health Issues: Cities and Womens Health: Global Perspectives. The address was given on April 9, 2010 at the University of Pennsylvania.

SPARC Community Developers’ Conference — Social Development and Health Policy Development

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. “Social Development and Health Policy Development.” Session Facilitator: Dr. Michael Hayes (Simon Fraser University). The use of a population health framework can help participants understand the significant inter-relationship between various public policy and social policy domains with an emphasis on health outcomes. This interactive session will [...]

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