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Low Prenatal Care Rates Puzzle Tennessee Health Plan

August 19th, 1999 by

Low awareness is not what’s causing more than half the low-income women enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan in Tennessee to avoid getting adequate prenatal care. Other factors like domestic abuse, self esteem issues… Continued

CHIP Outreach Efforts Aren’t Reaching Adolescents

August 19th, 1999 by

In spite of the increased availability to children’s health coverage provided by the federally-funded Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), adolescents aren’t sufficiently being reached. One in seven adolescents do not have health insurance, according to… Continued

Medicare Providers’ Y2K Readiness Is Questioned

August 19th, 1999 by

The U.S. General Accounting Office is sounding the alarm on the Y2K readiness of more than 1.1 million Medicare Providers. Despite several outreach efforts by the federal government to ensure the Y2K readiness of Medicare… Continued

Putting a Face on Global Women’s Health Initiatives, Reproductive Rights

August 19th, 1999 by

Imagine developing communications strategies that promote weighty global health issues like achieving universal access to quality, affordable reproductive health services and reducing infant, child and maternal mortality by 2015. You’ve just imagined a day in… Continued

Media Moves

August 19th, 1999 by

The information in Media Moves is provided exclusively to HPRMN by MediaMap. MediaMap provides more than 1,200 agencies with detailed and accurate media information. Visit MediaMap at http://www.mediamap.com or call 888/624-1620 for more information. Arrivals… Continued

Media Insight

August 19th, 1999 by

Frontiers of Medicine (PBS Television Program) 1501 Lee Highway, #1201 Arlington, VA 22209 The time has never been better for showcasing new medical discoveries and technologies as more and more Americans are fascinated with learning… Continued

Mark Your Calendar

August 19th, 1999 by

August 30-September 1 Modern Healthcare’s Integrated Health-care 2000 conference. Aspen, Colo. 909/336-1586. www.integrated2000.com. September 22-23 IQPC’s Restructuring Internal Communication to Drive Radical Change conference. San Diego. 800/882-8684. www.iqpc.com. September 23-25 Association of Reproductive Health Professionals’… Continued

Intranets & Employee Relations: The Perfect Combination

August 16th, 1999 by

In days of old most employees learned company information via the water cooler. Of course, rumors abounded, skewing one’s understanding on how many vacation days they’ve accumulated, and if the cute red head in accounting… Continued

Case Study: Media Relations

August 16th, 1999 by

How A Full-Baked Idea Turned Into Sweet Success Good media relations can build a village. of gingerbread houses, that is. What started out as a humble quest to relieve a worker from overtime turned into… Continued

Calendar

August 16th, 1999 by

Aug. 23-24 "The Basics of Writing and Giving a Good Speech," Joan Detz Speechwriting/Seminars/Coaching, Doylestown, Pa., 215/340-9752. Sept. 21 Conference call on Cultural Change and Transformation: From New CEOs to Mergers and Acquisitions," Public Affairs… Continued