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Are you registered for the 2024 Focus on Eye Health Summit? On July 11th, you can tune in to the coffee chats at 11:30am ET and hear about a variety of topics from our coffee chat speakers. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/ecCZxf9d Are you registered for the 2024 Focus on Eye Health Summit? #eyesummit

Just over 24 hours to go to submit your abstract for Quality Forum 2025!!

How do we prevent digital health solutions from exacerbating health inequalities? Digital health solutions are rapidly integrating into medicine, but ensuring they maintain high standards of care for everyone is crucial. Inclusivity and diversity are key to this effort, beyond just varied training sets. Explore current solutions and tools for designing new projects, and discuss ethical considerations, including identifying and adapting to traditionally excluded population groups, at the Royal Society of Medicine on Wednesday 23 October. #healthinequalities #healthcareinequalities #digitalhealth https://lnkd.in/eCeTPPT6

For National Public Health Week, the American Public Health Association assigned a theme to each day. Today's theme is our personal favorite: "New Tools and Innovation." Why? It fits right along with accessibility. Making public health more accessible means innovating and using tools and tech to reach more people – whether that's a smart watch that track personal health such as blood sugars and med times; putting easy health testing tools like rapid Covid test and home colon cancer screenings in the hands of patients; putting public health tools like masks, test strips, and Narcan in vending machines; or making public health information websites more accessible to all. What's your favorite health tech? https://lnkd.in/g6EXr5sU #NationalPublicHealthWeek #PublicHealth #Accessibility

🚀 Discover hidden health concerns on this week's MedEvidence Monday Minute Radio Show. Learn how clinical trials can unveil health secrets you didn't know about! 🔊https://lnkd.in/eNtDXgAH #MedEvidenceMonday #DrMichaelKoren #MedicalDiscoveries #HealthSecrets #MedicalScience #ClinicalTrials #HealthResearch

Check out this article from SBI News Summer Edition and discover the power of preventive care! Learn how the #USPSTF evidence-based recommendations are shaping discussions on health practices. https://bit.ly/4dbJUwv

Thanks for the write-up Texas A&M School of Public Health Patients say access to health care is about more than just travel time and being seen quickly https://lnkd.in/gdgtC_in Read the full study here in AJMC - The American Journal of Managed Care: When Is a Network Adequate? Consumer Perspectives on Network Adequacy Definitions https://lnkd.in/g8cCPM7M

This week's Pittsburgh Business Times cover story focuses on the state of rural health care and the need for solutions. From the story: The cost to lose entire health care systems and hospitals in rural areas can be steep, and finding ways to meet the health care needs of the communities when a rural hospital closes can be a complex, multifaceted challenge." Read the article: https://lnkd.in/dvavaEt9

#WSD2024 #Frontlineworkers Let’s learn a few interesting facts about child eye health on the occasion of World Sight Day. This CEHJ webinar is targeted at Optometrists, Vision Technicians , Ophthalmic Nurses and Ophthalmologists. Please make the most of this opportunity!