WEDI Honors Health IT Industry Leaders through Annual Awards
WEDI, the nation’s leading authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announces the winners of its annual awards program.
World Aids Day – December 1, 2016
Started in 1988, World Aids Day was the first ever global health day. Today WAD is observed each year on December 1 and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and remember those who have died.
Family Health History Day 2016
From all of us at Answers Media Company we wish you a safe and happy holiday. Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. Over the holiday the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family.
CHOP Recognized for Creating Technology to Improve Patient Care
In an effort to improve patient care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Information Services team is using data and advanced analytics to screen patients for venous thromboembolism (VTE).
The Friday Five – Family Health History Day
Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. This week’s Friday Five offers tips and resources to help you prepare for these important conversations and get started on recording all that you need to know about your family’s past that may help you in the future.
The Great American Smokeout – Today!
If only for one day, make a commitment to stop smoking. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the US, including an estimated 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. #GreatAmericanSmokeout
November is American Diabetes Month
One in eleven Americans has diabetes and every 23 seconds someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with the disease. Diabetes causes more deaths than AIDS and breast cancer combined, and eighty-six million Americans are at risk for diabetes.
The Friday Five – Home Care and Hospice Month
This week’s Friday Five takes a look at some of the organizations that represent home care and hospice, using technology to support home healthcare, a film focused on treating home-bound patients, and a special program for Vets on hospice.
International Day of Radiology – November 8, 2016
November 8th marks the fifth annual International Day of Radiology sponsored jointly by the European Society of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology.
Our Story – Recapping Awareness in October
October was a busy month for celebrations and awareness. We followed news and events during Breast Cancer Awareness, National Cyber Security Awareness, National Health Education Week, Medical Assistants Recognition Week, and Apple Month!
The Friday Five – National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this week’s Friday Five offers some good advice for dealing with breast cancer as well as the latest news and information about the disease and which charity organizations are doing the most good.
AHRQ Acknowledges 50 Years of Accomplishments by the Nation’s Physician Assistants
By Robert McNellis MPH, PA – It was Look Magazine in 1966 that first brought national attention to a new health profession in the United States—the physician assistant (PA). The following year, in October 1967, three ex-Navy Corpsmen graduated from Duke University as the first PAs in the Nation.
