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HMIS Must Keep Pace with the Rapid Changes in an Evolving Field
From the Foreword of Adaptive Health Management Information Systems by Joseph Tan. Adaptive Health Management Information Systems by Joseph Tan will teach your students to adapt with the evolve field...
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New Edition of Health Care USA Addresses Health Reform and Many Other Changes...
In the foreword of the latest edition of their best-selling text, Health Care USA, authors Harry Sultz and Katherine Young take a brief look at the current state of the U.S. Health Care: ==============...
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'Women Deliver' Conference Kicks Off with $1.5 Billion Pledge from the Gates...
“The greatest unsolved public health issue of our time is the death of women due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. Each year there are over half a million maternal deaths around the globe,...
View ArticleCongrats 2010 MPH Graduates!
In honor of the 2010 MPH graduates, enjoy this great video clip from the 2007 commencement address of the Tufts University Master of Public Health graduation ceremony which helps shed a little light...
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John Pratt Receives ACHCA Journalism Award
The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) recently awarded a Jones & Bartlett Learning author with the ACHCA 2010 Journalism Award. The award winner, John Pratt, MHA, FACHCA, is...
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The Nation's Top Business Schools Form Alliance to Improve MHA Programs
Businessweek recently reported on a new alliance formed by many of the nation's top business schools including Harvard, Duke, Yale, and Northwestern to name a few. Their objective: to improve the...
View ArticleJ&B Author Nominated for International Images & Voices of Hope Award
Dr. Brian Luke Seaward, author of J&B's suite of stress management titles, was recently nominated for an international award by Images & Voices of Hope. Dr. Seaward is nominated for his...
View ArticleFDA And AACP Create A Groundbreaking Study To Improve Patient Health Outcomes
FDA And AACP Create A Groundbreaking Study To Improve Patient Health Outcomes 28 Jul 2010 The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug...
View ArticleFirst Lady Michelle Obama on the Importance of The Child Nutrition Bill
On Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on the importance of the Child Nutrition Bill. Mrs. Obama wrote: “Right now, our country has a major opportunity to make our...
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Closing the Health Disparities Gap Through Policy and Good Governance
In her excellent graduation speech, MPH student Stephanie Reinhardt described Public Health as “an applied form of social justice.” In further defining what Public Health is, Reinhardt added: "Public...
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Now Hiring 250,000 Miracle Workers
“We will need more than 250,000 public health workers by 2020 to meet the world’s healthcare needs – a challenge that is compounded by the impending retirement of nearly one-fourth of the current...
View ArticleOctober is National Physical Therapy Month - Board Game Helps Patients Move...
APTA's Move Forward Board Game Helps Patients Move Forward in Health Make National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) fun and educational for your patients and clients. Download APTA's first-ever "Move...
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An Interview with Eric Berkowitz, Author of the New Edition of Essentials of...
Eric Berkowitz, PhD is the author of the best-selling text, Essentials of Health Care Marketing, the Third Edition of which just published last week. Dr. Berkowitz is Associate Dean of Professional...
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"Blue in the Face" Exemplifies Health Communication Through Visual Art
This mask, entitled "Blue in the Face III: A Collaged Mask", by artist Frederick Weston appears on the cover of a new textbook from Jones & Bartlett Learning, Essentials of Public Health...
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5 Years After Katrina, Are We Any Better Prepared?
(Image source: Weather.com; "Tropical Scorecard") It's been five years since Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf of Mexico, ravaging New Orleans in its wake. Katrina-sized hurricanes are...
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Best-Selling Authors Shi and Singh Offer Their Perspective on The Nation's...
(Source: Preface of The Nation's Health, Eighth Edition; Leiyu Shi and Douglas Singh; Jones & Bartlett Learning; Sudbury, MA) ------------------------------------------------ Arguments over the...
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Raising the Bar
At the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Annual Meeting in June 2010 in Portland, Oregon, as I chatted with undergraduate Program Directors (PDs), I detected a...
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Partners in Health Co-founder Paul Farmer Weighs In on a New Paradigm in...
Global Surgery and Public Health: A New Paradigm, will be available on November 29.Until recently, surgical services in developing countries have been neglected, despite the critical role they could...
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Leadership for Health Professionals: Theory, Skills, and Applications
In the preface of their recently published book, authors Drs. Jerry Ledlow and Nick Coppola discuss what inspired them to write, Leadership for Health Professionals: Theory, Skills, and Applications....
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J&B Author Receives American Dietetic Association's Highest Award
Registered dietitian M. Josephine Martin, a nationally recognized authority on school foodservice and child nutrition programs, has been named the 2010 recipient of the American Dietetic Association's...
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