The Oklahoma City-County Health Department created an app for health emergencies, using roughly $90,000 in left over Ebola funds, NewsOK reports.
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A mosquito emoji would improve public health dialogue, according to a June 30 proposal out of the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Cleveland aims to have 25 ambulances tending to patients during the day and 21 ambulances on the streets at night by the first quarter of 2018, according to cleveland.com.
Researchers with the National Institute of Mental Health identified three suicide prevention strategies that reduce the risk of post-discharge suicide among patients admitted to the emergency department and are cost-effective in relation to usual care, according to a study published…
Teenagers who try e-cigarettes are 2.16 times more likely to smoke regular cigarettes than those who don't, according to a study in Preventive Medicine.
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Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, a Nashville, Tenn.-based organization of physicians, health systems and employers, rolled out an accountable care product with Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna.
The industry shift to value-based reimbursement models has underscored the importance of immunizations as a cost-effective preventive care strategy that can improve health outcomes for vulnerable patients.
Chambersburg, Pa.-based Summit Health will offer flu shots at three drive-through clinics in Pennsylvania to increase patient access and keep people healthy during flu season.
Five years after Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System began pursuing value-based payment agreements, projected premium savings remain absent, according to an Idaho Statesman report.
Before Hurricane Irma hit Georgia as a Category 1 storm, hospital officials at three facilities reportedly backpedaled on their commitment to house fragile members of the community, with only one hospital admitting the number of evacuees it had previously agreed…