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Every 26 seconds another adolescent becomes pregnant. Every 56 seconds another adolescent gives birth. Each year more than million U.S. teenagers become pregnant-one in nine women aged 15-19. Source: Recent U.S Department of Health and… Continued

June 25-27: Strategic Marketing for Medicare and Medicaid Risk. Healthcare Strategies Institute. San Diego; 602/990-7839 June 30-July 1: 1997 Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Annual National Institute. Orlando, 800/252-HFMA July 17-19: Understanding Managed Care (An Introduction… Continued

When two tragic New Jersey teen pregnancy cases received immediate national media attention, the sensational coverage inevitably generated a distorted image of a state with out-of-control, sexually reckless teenagers. Arguably, the two cases, which attracted… Continued

Healthcare organizations are merging or being acquired at a dizzying pace. In the second installment of this new feature, which will run in every issue of HPRMN, we take a look at a recent merger… Continued

Marketing Campaigns Aetna U.S. Healthcare Defects From AAHP; Mounts Own Push Opting to wage its own beefed up independent PR/lobbying effort to defend managed care, Aetna U.S. Healthcare, the nation’s second largest operator of managed-care… Continued

For the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., telemedicine made its debut during a Somalia medical mission for Operation Restore Hope, a United Nations Humanitarian Relief effort in 1992. Using a mobile telemedicine… Continued

Twentysomethings Delaying Fatherhood; Sex Ed Highlighted This past Father’s Day saw an older group of dads celebrating for the first time, according to recent birth statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Better… Continued

The main concern of consumers today is choice – right? If people in Friendly Little Hometown say security is the thing that’s most important to them, that should be the theme of ads for Metro… Continued

Telemedicine and its ability to shrink specialized medicine and education from miles to bytes, is one of the best kept publicity secrets for many hospitals. Often it is the software/hardware companies that are getting the… Continued

Question: Is it a good idea to bar the press from attending certain aspects of your annual conference? Answer: No. The Public Broadcasting Service has been hit with what it considers minimal controversy over its… Continued