Search results for "Public Health"
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
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
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
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
Learning to parry patient requests
Another intangible that's difficult to quantify is the background influence of malpractice fears, said Tara Bishop, ACP Member, an assistant professor of public health in the division of outcomes and ... I think that the public is coming to understand
March 2011
Pinpoint patients' top priorities
Tinetti, who is the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Public Health and chief of geriatrics at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. ... Outcome goals and health care preferences of older adults with multiple chronic
June 2021
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
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
Minnesota Chapter, 2007-2011; Governor-elect, Minnesota Chapter, 2006-2007; Health and Public Policy Committee, 2014-present; Volunteerism Committee, 2014-present. ... Board of Governors, 2010-2012; ACP representative for the Institutes of
November 2015
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