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QI Microsystems Symposium – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

QI Microsystems Symposium – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Below is a piece written by Jackie Wang, a HealthCorps Navigator at the Community Health Center, Inc. serving in Quality Improvement. She recently took part in a symposium put on by CHC’s QI department which featured representatives from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals of the UK. When I arrived at CHC in August, I remember being impressed by so many aspects of the organization. From the comprehensive care it provides, to its statewide presence, to the beautiful rooftop garden in Middletown, I was blown away. I spent…

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This Week in Health Care News

This Week in Health Care News

The biggest news of this week was not particularly related to health care, but it is significant enough to highlight anyway.  Mubarak Steps Down, Ceding Power to Military.  Just yesterday, there was an article, Obama Faces a Stark Choice on Mubarak about Central Intelligence Agency Director, Leon E. Panetta testifying before Congress that there was a “strong likelihood” that Mubarek would step down on Thursday.  Panetta went on to compare “the difficulty of making intelligence judgments to forecasting earthquakes: even…

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This Week in Health Care News

This Week in Health Care News

This week, Recess Rocks, a nationwide childhood obesity prevention campaign of CHC announced the winners of its video contest, which asked students about their ideas of dealing with childhood obesity.  The press release is available on the Recess Rocks website.  The Middletown Press wrote about the Macdonough School Video Production Club prize winning entry and a New York newspaper wrote about a Potsdam fourth-grader who won 2nd place.  Out in Nebraska, a physical education teacher wrote about O’Neill Elementary School…

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This Week in Health Care News

This Week in Health Care News

Inside of CHC, we regularly share links to articles about health care issues, and it seems useful to try to create a summary of the weekly news.  In the world of marketing, two stories caught people’s attention.  Wal-Mart’s decision to promote health foods got a lot of attention, as seen in this article in the New York Times: Wal-Mart Shifts Strategy to Promote Healthy Foods.  Reuters reported that Cigarette ads may lure teens to smoke.  The Reuters report doesn’t seem…

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