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Packard Children's Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center Collaborate On Pediatric Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford and California Pacific Medical Center have formed a collaborative relationship to improve children's access to specialized hospital care, according to a Packard Children's news release.
As part of the collaboration, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Packard Children's and San Francisco-based CPMC created an entity to provide oversight and support of joint efforts on pediatric care.
Packard Children's pediatric specialists will work in the inpatient units at CPMC and will provide on-call specialty coverage at the hospital. Packard Children's will also open outpatient clinics in San Francisco to follow-up with patients who were hospitalized at CPMC.
Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/7oaqqv8
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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What We’re Reading: Abortion Privacy Rules; Alzheimer Drug Hurdles; Nursing Home Staffing Overhaul
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Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact: Freedom House 2.0 and Pathways to Work
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Survey Results Reveal Potential Factors Slowing the Decline in Cardiovascular Mortality Rate
April 23rd 2024Research indicated that worsened glycemic, blood pressure, and obesity control, as well as increased alcohol consumption, leveled lipid control, and persistent socioeconomic disparities may have contributed to the decelerated cardiovascular mortality decline in recent years.
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Award-Winning Poster Presentations From AMCP 2024
April 23rd 2024At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting, multiple poster presentations concerned with health equity, data collection, glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, and more were acknowledged for their originality, relevance, clarity, bias, and quality.
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