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There are a number of ways for policy makers to sensibly address the glaring needs of post-September 11 veterans, who are suffering from a true crisis of post-traumatic stress disorder, unemployment, and suicide Congress can increase funding for the... No comment yet.
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Excerpts | "'It's literally a life-changing moment,' says Scott Orn, one of Ben's Friends' founders, on that moment when a disease is diagnosed. 'They've been suffering for so long and not knowing what's wrong. Now they're thinking,"At least it's got a name," and they want to know more about it.'
Those connecting to Ben's Friends, Orn says, are contacted by a volunteer 'fairly quickly,' and then introduced to a support group of people suffering from the same condition. They can share stories, advice or just vent..."
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Advice on thriving in a temporary life. "Don’t walk away from these situations, RUN! Life is too precious not to." Delete the scoop?
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Doctors in Boston say BBs and nails from the bomb wreaked havoc, with many victims losing legs.
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It’s one thing to say you release and let go of an outcome. It’s another to actually DO it. We hold on so tightly to ideas and feelings about life, so letti Delete the scoop?
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It's time the medical establishment heeded the longstanding
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Ellie Roozdar is a cancer survivor who has dedicated her life to helping others find their own strength. Christine Lunanga grew up in the shadow of war and now pulls other children out of the cycle...
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Excerpts | "The House Energy and Commerce Committee concluded three hearings this week on mobile health, looking for “the sweet spot and that fine line” between patient safety and the regulatory hand of government, as described by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.).
How light should that hand be? And how much money would the government stand to gain from imposing a tax, under Obamacare, on health apps that the FDA deems are functioning as medical devices?..." Delete the scoop?
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Excerpt | SoloHealth and Safeway have announced a partnership that will allow shoppers at some of the national food and drug retailer's locations to add a health and wellness checkup to their shopping list. Delete the scoop?
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Help name the surgical robot at Children's National Medical Center and you could win a Kindle!
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Technology meets discourse: Engaging your constituents via intermedia contests and to normalize less invasive health procedures. Delete the scoop?
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Excellent resource with links and PDF files for community engagement, leveraging support, health equity, coalition management or internal communication, legal skills, and sustainability. Delete the scoop?
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Excerpts | "To a packed audience, Lauderdale explained how mobile health technology is improving critical workflows in the hospital setting, and Dworkin offered advice from a provider who has deployed an iPhone-based platform for its clinicians.
'It's probably one of our highest satisfaction projects that we've ever had,' he said."
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Excerpt | "Only in healthcare is digitizing data a revolution. While few in the medical community doubt that digitizing data holds the promise to improve healthcare delivery, we’re still talking about data that’s, well, old. It’s like trying to manage your financial portfolio with last week’s newspaper quotes. What’s really poised to dramatically change healthcare – and healthcare delivery – is not historical data, but real-time data..." Lists four ways that real-time data benefits or changes healthcare: efficient delivery, new payment models based on outcomes, new service providers, software. Delete the scoop?
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The Choosing Wisely campaign is helping change the way physicians and patients talk about health care, and provides them the opportunity to talk about what care they really need.
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Excerpt | "In a world of more, more, more, they were saying less, less, less.
And that was how the story was covered — not with the hysterics of rationing or that people were being denied care they needed — but that too much care was being delivered and it was wasteful and harmful..." Delete the scoop?
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Following last week’s release of President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget, CDC's Tom Frieden shed light on the impact of proposed funding levels for CDC.
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-->Time to reform informal norms such as communication practices instead of moving money around via budget cuts. The CDC needs support with evidence-based and tracking systems. Delete the scoop?
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For the doctors, cops and other emergency personnel who responded to the Boston marathon bombings Monday, it was nothing less than a war zone, disaster experts say.
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Excerpts | "'The best experience we have with this has been with the improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq,' said Dr. Tom Moore, director of orthopedic trauma at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, who agreed to comment on Monday's attack..." Delete the scoop?
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Excerpt | "We design evidence-based online programs that inspire lifestyle change and prevent disease... We use best-in-class design to build exceptional products that rethink disease management from the ground up. Our tailored approach drives experiences that are intuitive, enjoyable, and achievable."
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The field of health impact assessments is growing quickly as more and more cities and states are finding HIAs to be a useful way to bring health ino the conversation.
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If all we needed to reduce misdiagnosis was better software, we wouldn’t need physicians with years of education and training.
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Information overload + other concerns need a narrative co-participatory approach. Delete the scoop?
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Learn how Community Transformation Grants are bringing unprecedented systemic changes to community health through transportation improvements, disease prevention programs and healthy food initiatives since the historic passage of the Affordable...
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Excerpt | "...communities are working together to create sustainable changes to the environment or existing systems that will make the healthy choice the easy choice. As healthy choices become easier, our entire culture will shift. As our culture shifts towards one that embraces health, there will be measurable changes in rates of chronic disease and related risk factors. The return on investment will be immeasurable." Delete the scoop?
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Excerpt | "The San Francisco-based company, which launched in 2010, markets what its founders call the 'mHealth-as-a-service' platform, which enables physicians to offer patients a secure smartphone connection for quick, personalized mHealth visits. Kim, the company's CEO, sees the service as an opportunity for physicians to forgo the often-ineffective patient portal and monetize their e-mails." Delete the scoop?
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Excerpt | "It's a functional appearance designed to be practical for the clinician," he said. Delete the scoop?
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There are 2 million health care aides in the United States. And jobs in this industry are expected to increase 70% over the next decade. But the average worker earns just $9.70 an hour.
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Excerpts | "These nearly 2 million (mostly minorities and women) workers do everything from prepare meals and clean homes, to bathe and change bedpans for elderly and disabled patients. As Baby Boomers age, this job is expected to explode, growing 70% between 2010 and 2020, according to the Labor Department. That makes it the single fastest growing job in the United States, according to their forecasts..."
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