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A highly successful endeavor piloted by the Northside Urban Partnership, “Work Train” is an expansion of a pilot program titled “Green Train,” which provided job training and placement to include training in “green” construction, weatherization, landscaping and urban ecology. Started in…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that, of New York’s approximately 19.5 million residents, close to 673,000 adults and 204,000 children live with serious mental conditions (2010). St. Joseph’s has been designated by the state of New York as a Community Mental…
Audiocast: Cybersecurity as a Leadership Issue, Conversation with Virtuas Pres./CEO Rich Miller, Sept. 2016
AHA letter to the CMS and FDA clarify our position regarding the business requirements for capturing a unique device identifier on health care claims.
Every aspect of a patient's experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused resources: the health care physical environment and the people who manage it. A Sept. 21 Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence webinar “Improving the Patient Experience Through the Health Care Physical…
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Finger Lakes Health’s Choose Health Action Teen (CHAT) program is a student education program in which high school and college-age students are trained as volunteers to teach younger students how to choose healthy foods and stay active. The evidence-based curriculum used for CHAT is…
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Through its community-based approach, the Mobile Mammography Coach increases mammography outreach, education and screening among women in the identified areas. Project objectives are accomplished by Mobile Mammography Coach partners in collaboration with medical clinics and agencies in…
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Brookhaven’s Diabetes Wellness Center has two programs aimed at people living with diabetes or at risk for developing diabetes. The first, the Diabetes Self Management Education Program, is a physician- and insurance-based program that provides a tailored, personal support system with…
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A Medicaid Health Home is a care management program in which lead Health Home organizations take responsibility for the comprehensive needs of its patients, including not only clinical needs but socioeconomic needs.