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School-based health centers make a difference

By Laura Rehrmann, President , Group Health Foundation

 

Today I joined Mayor Mike McGinn at West Seattle High School to encourage the community to vote “Yes” on the Families & Education Levy so the City can continue providing successful “wrap around” services, including student health centers, to Seattle’s public school students.

Some 1,748 students made 11,066 visits to the seven health centers that Group Health operates in the 2010 school year. Group Health receives grant funds from Seattle’s Families and Education Levy and provides in-kind resources to operate the health centers.  Continue reading ‘School-based health centers make a difference’

Published on November 2, 2011 in Health Safety. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

IOM report confirms immunizations are safe

By John B. Dunn, MD, MPH, Co-chairman, Immunization Population Management Team, Pediatrics and Preventive Care, Group Health Cooperative, Affiliate Investigator, Group Health Research Institute

Parents’ concern about the safety of the immunizations given to their children has been rising steadily for the past decade-and-more. Although immunization against selected infectious diseases has long been an important element of health care for children – and has, in fact, truly changed the face of illness-in-childhood in sweeping ways – there is a growing concern among some parents that the risks associated with immunization may exceed their substantial benefits. Continue reading ‘IOM report confirms immunizations are safe’

Published on September 6, 2011 in Health Safety, Preventive Care and Research. 1 Comment Tags: .

Partnership for Patients Initiative

By Megan Howell

  The event to highlight the Partnership for Patients, a new initiative that will help save 60,000 lives by stopping millions of preventable injuries and complications in patient care over the next three years, got some great media coverage — check it out here to learn more about the effort.

Published on May 2, 2011 in Health Care Reform and Health Safety. 0 Comments

Medication disposal event this Saturday

By Shirley Reitz, Pharm.D., Associate Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services, Group Health Cooperative

This Saturday, April 30th, the Drug Enforcement Administration is conducting their 2nd National Medication Take-Back event from 10am – 2pm. You will be able to take any of your unwanted and expired medications, including narcotics, to participating law enforcement sites (see www.takebackyourmeds.com to search for participating sites) for disposal. These national take-back events are small but important steps in trying to reduce the misuse and potential abuse of medications. Continue reading ‘Medication disposal event this Saturday’

Published on April 27, 2011 in Health Safety. 0 Comments