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AMA Adopts new Policy Geared Towards Preventing Physician and Medical Student Suicide

The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a new policy geared towards identifying patterns that could predict and eventually prevent suicide among physicians-in-training. AMA will utilize the new policy with assistance from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to collect data regarding medical student, resident and fellow […]

November 14, 2018

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Disrupting health disparities can make a difference in people’s lives

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV) – AARP Michigan and a host of 20+ partners put nine months into a study of disparities in the state’s health care system. Our findings and calls to action were released in a report on Oct. 2 at an event attended by more than 200 guests. Read More

November 14, 2018

Could artificial intelligence transform health systems?

In an October 22, 2018 article in the Journal of Global Health, Rifat Atun, professor of global health systems at Harvard Chan School, and co-authors write that machine learning—a field of artificial intelligence in which computers are programmed to “learn” from large quantities of data and to progressively improve performance on certain tasks—has the potential […]

November 14, 2018

8 ways to promote affordable access to high-value care

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health plans to cover certain preventive health care services with no cost to the patient, but this ACA benefit is limited. Physicians detail educational tools, insurance plan designs, and advocacy initiatives that can help. Read More

November 14, 2018

Opinion: Free or Reduced-Cost Health Insurance for a Limited Time Only

It may be tough to get much closer to universal health coverage in New Jersey, but targeted outreach can pay off It’s open enrollment time again for Obamacare health plans, a good time to take stock of how New Jersey is doing covering the uninsured. In a previous column, I wrote that quick actions by […]

November 14, 2018

Texas A&M Health Science Center Launches New Rural Health Study

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Texas A&M University Health Science Center today announced a new project to support collaborative care and healthy communities that will target identifying and implementing solutions to health care challenges facing rural and underserved communities in Texas. BCBSTX’s commitment of $10 million to Texas A&M Health Science […]

November 14, 2018

UVA School of Medicine Honored for Diversity, Inclusion

For the seventh year in a row, the University of Virginia School of Medicine has been recognized for its commitment to diversity and inclusion. INSIGHT into Diversity magazine has awarded the school its Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. The magazine focuses on diversity n higher education, and UVA’s School of Medicine is […]

November 14, 2018

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Faculty Mental Health

As apparently 3,000 different authors have said: “Be kind: Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” This is in essence a plea for compassion. People are a product of their past experiences and battles. And that means that sometimes those things take a toll in terms of mental health. It is […]

November 14, 2018

Nursing School Students Teach Middle Schoolers About Health, Sex

Students with the University of Colorado College of Nursing are taking on a new role in the classroom: teaching. The organization is teaming up with Aurora Public Schools to get health and sex education to middle school students. Sarah Price is among the students participating. On Tuesday she gave a lesson at Aurora Frontier Middle […]

November 14, 2018

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Federal Policy Priorities Outlined at National Action Network Conference

Voting rights, health care, economic uplift and criminal justice reform are key legislative policy issues that the public should support as a new Congress is seated in January, according to speakers and panelists Tuesday on the opening day of a legislative and policy conference hosted by the National Action Network.

November 13, 2018

USC Race and Equity Center Unveils PRISM

A new racial equity tech tool from the Race and Equity Center at the University of Southern California (USC) will change the face of higher education and provide a platform for academic professionals of color to engage with potential employers and cultivate community.

November 13, 2018

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6 Veterans Who Are Rocking Their Post-Military Careers

Today is Veterans Day, a day of celebrating people who have devoted years of their lives to serving our country. Yet the hard reality for many veterans is that while others their age are using their formative adult years to establish careers in business and pursue educational degrees, these individuals are building military skills that […]

November 13, 2018

Guard Strips Tuition Funding for ROTC Scholarship Students

FARGO, N.D. — Some National Guard students attending North Dakota colleges on ROTC scholarships are scrambling to find ways to stay in school after the state Guard announced it could no longer fund its share of the program. The students were expecting free tuition that for years has been covered by a combination of federal […]

November 13, 2018

McDaniel College offering Military Legacy Scholarship worth up to $100K over four years

For veterans, those in the service of children of those who have been enlisted, paying for McDaniel College just got easier. This weekend, the college announced a new Military Legacy Scholarship worth up to $100,000 over four years for all military veterans, active-duty military personnel and their children. The scholarship is among the largest offered […]

November 13, 2018

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OSU helps veterans transition to college

In order to fight feelings of loneliness and alienation in student veterans, multiple organizations around campus are working to ease the transition from military life to college life. There are multiple resources available to Oregon State University veterans to help them integrate into college life. The military and veteran resource center, ASOSU coordinator of veteran […]

November 13, 2018

Student Success is Focus at APLU Convening

Universities can turn challenges into opportunities through resilience. That was the central focus of the annual Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) meeting that brought senior-level college administrators together to strategize on how best to serve their students.

November 13, 2018

Georgetown Researchers Find Disparities in Access to Elite Public Colleges

New research released Tuesday from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) found that “misguided admissions practices” and inequality in funding are splitting the public higher education system into two separate and unequal tracks.

November 13, 2018

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Northeastern University to Purchase Small, Private College in London

Northeastern University, located in Boston, has purchased a small, private college in central London called The New College of the Humanities to continue its yearlong international expansion. The New College of the Humanities is a six-year-old institution that currently enrolls 200 students. “This new partnership will open up a broad range of learning and research […]

November 13, 2018