The Friday Five – National Influenza Vaccination Week
CDC established National Influenza Vaccination Week to highlight the importance of continuing flu vaccination through the holiday season and beyond. This week’s Friday Five provides…
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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…
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…
AMA Adopts New Policies to Improve Health of Nation
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s premier physician organization, gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine during its Interim Meeting…
7 Tips To Help Avoid Costly Health Plan Enrollment Headaches
By Michelle Andrews – With the annual sign-up period for plans on the health law’s marketplaces starting Nov. 1, many consumers are worried about rising…
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…
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,…
The Microbiome Hits #1 for 2017: Cleveland Clinic Top 10
Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 Game Changing Medical Innovations. The real surprise was the designation of the #1 spot to the Microbiome, welcome news to the…
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…