The Friday Five – Survive and Thrive: Apps for Summer
It’s summertime and this week’s Friday Five provides you with a list of apps that will help you make the best of the warm weather, bright sunshine, balmy nights, and gatherings with friends.
Fostering Medical Innovation: A Plan for Digital Health Devices
By Scott Gottlieb MD – It is incumbent upon FDA to ensure that we have the right policies in place to promote and encourage safe and effective innovation that can benefit consumers, and adopt regulatory approaches to enable the efficient development of these technologies.
Online Legal Education Program for Non-Lawyers Helps Health Care Professionals Advance Their Careers
Emory University School of Law is now making its Juris Master degree for non-lawyers available in an online format designed specifically for health care professionals. The Juris Master (JM) program includes a concentration in Health Care Law, Policy.
Nurse.org Report Reveals How Much Nurses Are Really Making in Every State
Career site Nurse.org released a new report featuring “real-world” salary rankings by state for registered nurses. The list considers base pay along with cost of living — a more meaningful salary comparison for nurses looking to advance their careers by relocating.
The Friday Five – National #HIVTestingDay
Follow and join the conversation with #NHTD, #HIVTestingDay and #DoingIT. Next Tuesday, June 27th, is National HIV Testing Day, a day to...
3 Ways Recent Grads Will Impact Your Technology
By David O’Keefe – Students across the country are cramming for finals, planning graduation parties, and preparing themselves for their first “real world” jobs. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) projects nearly 2 million students will graduate with their bachelor’s degree as the Class of 2017.
Blink Health to Give Away $10 Million Worth of Free Diabetes Medications to Help People Afford Treatment
Blink Health, America’s leading prescription drug savings platform, launched a program to help #TreatType2 diabetes by committing to give away $10 million worth of medication to patients with type-2 diabetes.
IBM and Sage Bionetworks announce winners of first phase of DREAM Digital Mammography Challenge
IBM and Sage Bionetworks announced that the winners of the first phase of its DREAM Digital Mammography (DM) Challenge have developed algorithms that had 5% fewer false-positive errors in breast cancer screenings than recently published state of the art computerized methods.
The Friday Five – Sun Safety
Americans are being diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, at steadily rising rates. This week’s Friday Five delves into the subject of sunscreens and how to protect ourselves while still enjoying the sunshine.
RAD Women (#RADxx) Launches Online Resource Center
RAD Women (#RADxx), a networking group for the advancement of women in imaging informatics, announced a new online resource center for current and prospective members.
Facts Tell But Stories Sell
By Marcia Rhodes – “Story telling is the oldest form of teaching,” Matt Cavallo declared when we met on May 23. I couldn’t agree more. Great story telling has always intrigued me. Maybe that’s why I’m in PR. I have always believed that behind every organization is a zealous individual with an epic story waiting to be shared.
The Friday Five – International Men’s Health Week: Organizations focused on Men’s Health
In order to prepare for Men’s Health Week, this week’s Friday Five shares what some organizations are doing to improve men’s health and to bring attention to diseases and health problems that directly effect them.
