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20
0 comments Tags: community engagement, Community of Interest, graphic medicine
Back in October, I wrote about past Region 7 Graphic Medicine work, outlined a few ideas of where we might go next and invited partners to give feedback on a five minute R7 Graphic Medicine COI Survey. With the information that’s been shared so far, it’s time to talk about what we’ve learned and… Read More »
Posted in: Graphic Medicine
Dec
10
0 comments Tags: cybersecurity, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
Region 7 recently offered a webinar to prepare medical librarians to initiate plans for responding to ransomware attacks. Steve Long, CEO of Hancock Health in Greenfield, IN, shared his experiences with mobilizing disaster response procedures after a ransomware attack. Hackers used compromised account credentials to target a server located in the hospital’s emergency IT backup… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Dec
07
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December 5th-11th is National Influenza Vaccination Week, hosted by the CDC. National Influenza Vaccination Week is a call to all Americans 6 months and older to get their annual flu vaccine if they have not already. Flu remains a significant public health concern, and this week will serve to remind people that there is still… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Nov
29
0 comments Tags: Health Literacy
Why is it important to know the science of health? Simply put, because there is a lot of misinformation out there. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health, launched their resource Know the Science in English in 2017 and Know the Science is now… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Nov
19
0 comments Tags: Funded Projects, Member Spotlight
Teri Clover, Program Manager for Emergency Response for the Boston Public Health Commission, is the coordinator of the Outbreak! program at The Public Health Museum in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Now in its ninth year, Outbreak! is a public health experience for high school students offered each summer to expose students to careers in public health. Clover,… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project