Search results for "Public Health"
Asking right questions key to detecting abuse
repeatedly, said Christina Nicolaidis, MD, associate professor of medicine and public health at Oregon Health & Science University. ... Medical Association quickly countered by saying health care providers should continue screening those patients.
March 2009
A doctor who embraces change, personally and politically
Personal hero: Rudolf Virchow, the 19th century pathologist and public health advocate. ... Most recent book read: “Medicine and Public Health at the End of Empire” by Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD.
July 2013
Start with the basics for disaster preparedness
Plan to follow up with them. See if you can team up with visiting nurse organizations or your local department of public health to make calls.”. ... The American Public Health Association offers “Public Health Management of Disasters: The Pocket
April 2013
Mandated flu vaccines may be ‘new norm’ in health care
John O’Neill, DO, FACP, chair of the ACP Immunization Technical Advisory Committee, said the public health concern with influenza, a vaccine-preventable disease, is related to the large number of ... the American Public Health Association, the National
October 2015
Officers and Regents election results announced
Policy and Audit Committee, 2015-2016; Member, Governance Committee, 2014-2015; Member, Board of Regents, 2016-present; Chair, Health and Public Policy Committee, 2016-present. ... Committee, 2015-2016; Member, ACP Patient-Centered Medical Home and ACO
March 2017
Sports internists treat players as patients
He has since moved back to OSU Sports Medicine to pursue public health initiatives that let him apply his experience with professional athletes to the community, and to encourage exercise in
October 2011
Promoting literacy to increase adherence
Together), an organization that develops practical solutions to language barriers in health care. ... Dr. Parker, a professor of medicine and public health at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
July 2011
Influenza featured at infectious disease meeting
Public health authorities are eager to find diagnostic methods for flu that are fast and simple enough for clinical use as well as provide the detailed information needed to match vaccines ... Several hospital-based flu diagnostics that were still in the
January 2010
Integrating oral health into primary care
Haber, who led a March 2015 study in the American Journal of Public Health describing the HEENOT approach (adding “O” for oral health). ... To assist low-income patients, Dr. Testa recommends developing a network of community-level resources,
November 2021
Look for reasons if patients refuse advice
Dizon, MD, FACP, director of the Oncology Sexual Health Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. ... Magnus. “Sometimes it's up to the state,” he said. “For example, with things like tuberculosis, public health officials are authorized
February 2014