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The local health care system in Louisiana was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. A collaboration of local community clinics, the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), and other partners decided to work on rebuilding the primary care capacity and building the foundation for a high performing, sustainable, community-based approach to health care and population health.

For nursing students or professional nurses in general, a huge source of insight and confidence often comes from the communities they find online.

Telemedicine has changed the healthcare sectors in terms of providing medical devices and services with the help of technological innovations in telecommunication and wireless connectivity. It is an advance communication platform which mainly allows healthcare providers to offer clinical healthcare services to patients, even at distant place.

Users can track glucose levels, blood pressure, weight, and exercise and share the information with health care professionals or caregivers.

In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), children enrolled in the Head Start program in Baltimore received services from a mobile pediatric asthma clinic and from asthma educators.

The Disclosure Culture Assessment Tool enables organizations to determine their current cultural environment and structures needed around safety and disclosure of adverse events.

For students who study online, these active, subject-oriented forums give you a place to go with those towering questions -- or just to vent steam.