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Agency Humanizes Obesity, National Media Take Notice

February 5th, 1998 by

When the MillerGeer & Associates PR agency got the assignment to light a fire under the subject of obesity for the Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity it knew it had to put a human… Continued

On The Pulse

February 5th, 1998 by

Many Americans Still Uninsured, Study Finds Healthcare organizations and managed care companies will have to flex a lot more muscle than they have in the past to increase access to healthcare coverage for all Americans,… Continued

New AHA Chairman Releases Community Action Directives

February 5th, 1998 by

Addressing healthcare leaders at the American Hospital Association’s Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, John G. King, the AHA’s new chairman identified five core areas for improving community healthcare and sustaining the public’s… Continued

MMA Changes Its Recruitment Focus

February 5th, 1998 by

BOSTON – The Medical Marketing Association is shooting for a 70/30 membership ratio that will be dominated by pharmaceutical, diagnostics, medical device and biologics companies. Its secondary audience of healthcare marketing agencies will not be… Continued

Media Insight

February 5th, 1998 by

In the last issue we looked at American Health For Women; this issue we’ve flipped the gender coin and targeted the editors of Men’s Health, which reaches 1.2 million adult men (primarily 25-49 in the… Continued

Calendar

February 5th, 1998 by

February 19-21 University of California at San Francisco’s Cardiovascular Health: Coming Together for the 21st Century, A National Conference. San Francisco. 415/476-5808. March 15-19 American Association of Health Plans’s 1998 Marketing and Customer Service Conferences… Continued

The News Monitor

February 5th, 1998 by

Uninsured Children’s Outreach Campaign Gets $89.5M Support The California Department of Health Services is earmarking $89.5 million over three-and-a-half years for a multi-pronged education and outreach effort to promote the availability of comprehensive health benefits… Continued

Innovative Robot Patient System In A Wait and See PR Mode

February 5th, 1998 by

Although New York’s Jacobi Medical Center (JMC) is pouring millions of dollars into a high-tech patient information system that is saving the organization thousands of dollars a year, the marketing and PR departments are taking… Continued

Inside Track to the Board

February 5th, 1998 by

To get an insider’s look into the current state of hospital and health system governance and how CEO performance is judged, the American Hospital Association has published a new report on how hospital boards are… Continued

ComEd Mobilizes Workforce As It Faces Deregulation

February 2nd, 1998 by

Communications executives who strive to affect public policy/opinion – as well as continually rally the legislators who govern their industries – know how tenuous PR can be. But for one Midwestern electric utility company, it… Continued