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Link
Partners
The
Healthcare Collaborator is proud to introduce
you to our "Link Partners." Visit these sites to learn
more about their outstanding programs and services!
If your organization would like to become a Link Partner
with The Healthcare Collaborator,
send an e-mail describing your organization, your Web
site and your interest in a reciprocal link to editor@healthcarecollaborator.com.
 Society
of Teachers of Family Medicine
Pharmacia
Corporation
The
Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication
The
National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC)
National
Rural Health Association
eHealthCoach
www.stfm.org
The
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) is a not-for-profit
association representing more than 5,000 family medicine
educators. Dedicated to improving the health of all
people through education, research, patient care, and
advocacy, STFM sponsors several meetings each year.
These meetings offer great networking and educational
opportunities for those involved in family medicine
education.
- The
Annual Spring Conference
- Predoctoral
Education Conference
- Conference
on Families and Health
- Conference
on Patient Education (cosponsored with the American
Academy of Family Physicians)
- Regional
Meetings Faculty Development/Management Skills Workshops
STFM
membership benefits include reduced conference registration
fees, complimentary subscriptions to Family Medicine,
a monthly scholarly journal on clinical and educational
research topics; the bimonthly newsletter, The STFM
Messenger, providing regular updates on association
activities; and The Healthcare
Collaborator, with subscriptions made
possible through an educational grant from Pharmacia
Corporation.
With
the high value that STFM places on fostering communication
among individuals with common interests and goals, more
than 35 special interest groups have been established
to provide members with opportunities for focused involvement.
Visit the STFM Web site, www.stfm.org, for a listing
of these groups, as well as a membership application.
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in family
medicine education.
www.pharmacia.com
Pharmacia
Corporation is a top-tier global pharmaceutical company
with a leading agricultural subsidiary. Pharmacia's
innovative medicines and other products save lives and
enhance health and wellness. Pharmacia's 59,000 people
work together with many diverse stakeholders to bring
these benefits to people around the world, and to create
new health solutions for the future.
In
addition, Pharmacia Corporation works diligently to
be a good community citizen and a true partner with
those we serve. Toward that end, Pharmacia Corporation
has been delighted to provide an educational grant to
the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) for
subscriptions to The Healthcare
Collaborator. Because effective communications
among health care professionals is inextricably linked
to the provision of quality health services, it is our
hope that this benefit serves as a valuable educational
and training tool for STFM members throughout the country
and around the world.
www.bayerinstitute.org
The
Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication is
a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the
quality of health care by improving communication between
clinician and patient through three activities: education,
research and advocacy. Readers of The
Healthcare Collaborator may be especially
interested in the Institute's outstanding interactive
communications workshops for clinicians and other members
of the health care team. With more than 500 faculty
members, the Institute has trained more than 60,000
clinicians to improve health outcomes through better
communication skills. The Institute frequently presents
its programs to medical schools, residency programs,
managed care organizations, hospitals, government healthcare
systems, insurance carriers and group practices. Workshop
topics include:
-
"Clinician-Patient Communication to Improve Health
Outcomes"
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"Difficult Clinician-Patient Relationships"
- "Choices
and Changes: Clinician Influence and Patient Action"
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"Communication: A Risk Management Tool"
- "Teaching
Communication in Academic Settings"
Contact the Institute today for a complete list of workshops
as well as information about the Institute's consulting
services, faculty development programs and research
projects.
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National
Center
for Cultural Competence (NCCC) |
www.gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc
The
mission of the National Center of Cultural Competence
(NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health care and
mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate
culturally and linguistically competent service delivery
systems. The NCCC conducts an array of activities to
fulfill its mission including: (1) training, technical
assistance, and consultation; (2) networking, linkages,
and information exchange; and (3) knowledge and product
development and dissemination. Major emphasis is placed
on policy development, assistance in conducting cultural
competence organizational self-assessments, and strategic
approaches to the systematic incorporation of culturally
competent values, policy, structures, and practices
within organizations.
www.NRHArural.org
The mission of the National Rural Health Association
(NRHA) is to improve the health of rural Americans and
provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy,
communications, education and research. As a multifaceted
national membership association, the NRHA provides leadership
on rural health issues, creates a clearer understanding
of rural health needs, and serves as a forum for the
exchange and dissemination of ideas, information, research
and methods to improve rural health.
The
NRHA membership is a diverse collection of individuals
and organizations, all of whom share the common bond
of an interest in rural health. Individual members come
from all disciplines and include administrators, physicians,
nurses, dentists, non-physician providers, health planners,
researchers, educators and policy-makers. Organization
and supporting members include hospitals, community
and migrant health centers, state health departments,
state offices of rural health, affiliated state rural
health associations and university programs. Recently,
the NRHA expanded its ranks with a new membership category
that includes rural community residents not employed
in the health care field.
Contact
the NRHA today for information about membership, educational
meetings, publications, and other opportunities that
are available to NRHA members throughout the year.
www.eHealthCoach.com
eHealthCoach
helps healthcare professionals understand how other
medical practices use the Internet to find information,
educate patients, improve care, save time and money
and decide how they want to take advantage of the Internet
in their own practices. The company develops and markets
a monthly print newsletter, hosts a publicly accessible
website for healthcare professionals and provides consulting,
custom workshops, speaking and writing on healthcare
technology topics.
Subscribers
to the eHealthCoach newsletter appreciate its
concise, objective, practical tips. Rather than advocating
any particular product, vendor or approach, eHealthCoach
describes the pros and cons of various ways the
Internet is being used by medical professionals. Topics
include finding online patient education and continuing
medical education resources, electronic prescribing
and medical records, web-based disease management programs,
online supply purchasing, recruiting and claims processing.
Contact
eHealthCoach today!
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