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Consumers Support Mandatory Reporting of Medical Errors

April 27th, 2000 by

While the healthcare industry is uncertain about how it should handle medication errors, the public is clear on what it favors – mandatory reporting with limited or no immunity for those committing the errors, according… Continued

Physicians Influence Web Site Credibility

April 27th, 2000 by

Consumers hold in high regard the recommendations hospitals and physicians give to health Web sites and use them as online seals of approval. The survey, by LaurusHealth.com, confirms that healthcare consumers are more apt to… Continued

Overhaul Your Internet Business Plan To Promote a Web-enabled Culture

April 27th, 2000 by

CHICAGO – While there is ample recognition that healthcare Web sites are often no more than electronic billboards, healthcare marketers are paralyzed by limited resources to take their organizations’ sites to the next more interactive… Continued

Media Moves

April 27th, 2000 by

The information in Media Moves is provided by the health research department of Press Access, which provides contact informaton for more than 1,000 journalists at more than 1,000 consumer and business publications. Internal Moves American… Continued

Media Insight

April 27th, 2000 by

A. Magazine/ Aonline.com 677 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10022 Asian Americans are one of the most underserved minority communities where targeted healthcare information is concerned. What further complicates this situation is the… Continued

Mark Your Calendar

April 27th, 2000 by

April 29-May 2 National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s Building Communities That Care conference. Arlington, Va. 800/233-1234. May 4-5 Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development’s 2000 Strategic Planning Workshop: Healthcare in the 21st Century:… Continued

Agency News

April 27th, 2000 by

Earlier this month, Prospect Associates and The American Institutes for Research partnered to strengthen both organizations’ ability to provide behavioral and social science research and science-based health information. (Prospect Associates, Ann Horton, 301/592-8600, ext. 2308;… Continued

Campaign Debunks Organ Donation Myths

April 27th, 2000 by

To promote National Donor Awareness Week (April 16-22), a national campaign is under way to attack common myths of organ donation. The campaign is part of a yearlong effort by The Coalition on Donation, The… Continued

Improving NICU Communication

April 27th, 2000 by

Using Web-enabled technology, two hospitals in Boston and Chicago are enhancing the image of their neonatal units by empowering parents of premature infants to be more involved in the care of their babies. The neonatal… Continued

High Tech Is No Substitute for High Touch

April 24th, 2000 by

I hear a lot of breathless gushing about technology from communication professionals. Everyone’s excited about it and should be. But, we need to keep our senses about us and remember that Web technology isn’t an… Continued