| HIMSS Foundation donates to New Orleans free clinic
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society presented a check for $38,153 this week to the Common Ground Health Clinic in New Orleans. The free clinic in the struggling Algiers section of the city serves needy patients who have little or no health insurance. "All of us at HIMSS wanted to ensure that the work of Common Ground Health Clinic could continue in New Orleans," said H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president/CEO. "We recognize the effort our members made to provide the needed assistance to this clinic will help improve the delivery of healthcare as well as the use of technology in the local community." The HIMSS monetary donation includes $30,433 from corporate contributions, with the majority coming from McKesson Corporation of San Francisco. McKesson contributed $20,000 to Common Ground at the HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans earlier this year.
New Web portal - AlternativesGateway.com - Launches
ORLANDO, Fla., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvy consumers who value "health and wellness choices" have a robust new online resource -- AlternativesGateway.com (http://www.alternativesgateway.com/) -- to access for both holistic and traditional medical information and resources. Designed by Magnetic, a Tampa Web design and development company, the new portal launches this week. It's owned by Orlando resident Pete Esquinaldo, who has enjoyed a lifelong interest in holistic and alternative medical options including wellness programs. An electrical engineer by training and aerospace management expert by profession, Esquinaldo tasked Magnetic with creating a comfortable online venue where consumers might go to corral diverse pieces of information needed to maintain and enhance their health, spirituality and metaphysical well- being.
Business in brief
MILLHEIM -- The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture will host a two-day hands-on goats' milk cheesemaking course Friday and Saturday. The course, which will be taught by Linda Smith, of Sherman Hill Farm in New York, is open to all levels of experience. The course costs $125 for PASA members and $175 all others, and will be held at Fallsdale Farm in Tyler Hill, Wayne County, northeast Pennsylvania. Registration is limited to twelve participants to ensure a quality, hands-on experience for everyone. This course is offered at a reduced rate thanks to a grant from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. To register for the event, call PASA at 349-9856. Health practitioners recognized nationally WASHINGTON-- The National Committee for Quality Assurance and the American Diabetes Association has recognized 20 local primary care physicians at Geisinger Medical Groups in Philipsburg, State College and Bellefonte from the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program for providing quality care to patients with diabetes.
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