Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the CDC, 210,203 women in the United States were diagnosed with…
Walk to School Day: Taking Steps Toward Improved Physical Activity
Tomorrow—Wednesday, October 3—is International Walk to School Day. Since 1997, communities and schools have been using International Walk to School…
HHS Announces 2012 Hypertension Control Champions
One year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services, with several key partners, launched the Million Hearts™ national public-private…
How EHR Data is Driving Improvement in Quality of Care
As part of National Health IT Week, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the National Quality…
IOM Issues New Report: Best Care at Lower Cost
Today, the Institute of Medicine issued a report, Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care…
Study Finds Link Between Childhood Obesity and Gallstones
A study published this week in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition indicates that overweight and obese children are…
Breastfeeding Info Straight From the Experts: Join the Tweetchat
In honor of National Breastfeeding Month, MomsRising (@MomsRising) and Kaiser Permanente (@KPThrive) and are hosting a tweetchat tomorrow—Thursday, August 23,…
Supporting the Total Health of Our Communities
A significant part of total health is the overall health and well being of our communities, and we try to…
Engaging Employees for Better Health and Well-Being
When we consider that most of us spend more than 2,000 hours each year at our jobs, workplace health suddenly…
Robust Personal Health Records Attract Patients
We often cover topics about connectivity, and today, we have a significant milestone coming out of Kaiser Permanente in the…