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Foundation Announces Semi-Finalists in Aligning Forces Developer Challenge
February 21, 2012 | News Release
Innovation competition challenged software developers to create apps that enable patients to easily access information comparing the quality of care provided by local doctors and hospitals.
The Power of Health IT for Public Health: A NewPublicHealth Q&A With Farzad Mostashari
August 17, 2011 | New Public Health Post
In the summer of 2011, nearly 800 public health and informatics professionals from across the country convened in Atlanta for the Public Health Informatics 2011 conference. Around the conference, NewPublicHealth spoke with Farzad Mostashari, M.D., ...
State Health Departments and Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities
August 10, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media kicked off in Atlanta, GA this week with more than a thousand health communicators, public health researchers, and practitioners from all levels of government and private sectors. ...
Does Health Information Technology Improve Quality of Care?
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Many industries have lowered costs and improved quality through investments in information technology. The health care sector, however, has been slow to follow suit.
Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and Health Care Reform
June 20, 2011 | Program Result Report
In 2004, a group of regional collaboratives established the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) to accelerate the formation and effectiveness of such collaboratives across the country.
Social Media and Technology Are Key Topics at AcademyHealth Meeting
June 13, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Creating an agenda on your smart phone? An app development challenge? Using Twitter feeds as study data? All this and more was highlighted at the opening day of the AcademyHealth Annual Research meeting yesterday in Seattle. Embracing innovation in ...
What to Expect at the Health Data Initiative Forum: A Q&A with Todd Park
June 8, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Health: There's an app for that. Technology, data, and innovative health apps will be the focus Thursday, June 9, when the Department of Health and Human Services and the Institute of Medicine hold the second annual Health Data Initiative Forum. The ...
Public Health: There's An App For That
April 19, 2011 | New Public Health Post
How healthy is your smartphone? There are thousands of health apps available on the market. A few free ones from national public health organizations are definitely worth checking out: An American Association of Poison Control Centers app that links ...
A Health Impact Assessment Clearinghouse
April 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
No longer are Health Impact Assessment practitioners handicapped by a lack of standards and practical guidance - they have a new website: http://hiaguide.org