Sentences with phrase «chief health officer»

Australia's Chief Health Officer Professor Chris Baggoley offered assurances that the risk of an Ebola epidemic would be low here, though UK Chief Scientist Sir Mark Walport said our interconnected world was increasing the likelihood that countries in the west would be affected by previously remote threats.

Four years ago Queensland Health's Chief Health officer reported that poor nutrition accounts for 16 % of premature death and ill health In Queensland and two years ago, that obesity had overtaken smoking as the single greatest risk factor to the health of Queenslanders (Queensland Health.

On Saturday, Victoria's chief health officer said frozen berries had been implicated in past outbreaks of hepatitis A.

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The Australian Beverages Council, representing the Australian non-alcoholic beverage industry, has responded to the recent comments by Queensland's Chief Health Officer that encourages parents to ban their children from having soft drinks and fruit juice.

MEDIA STATEMENT 21 February 2014 Response to Government proposal to have soft drinks banned from sporting events The Australian Beverages Council has today responded to the Queensland Chief Health Officer's call for parents to lobby their local sporting club to ban the sale of soft drinks, announced today.

Victoria's acting chief health officer, Dr Michael Ackland, has confirmed that tests revealed that the death of a 68 - year - old New South Wales man in late January was linked to the listeria contamination of Jindi cheese products.

The Australian Beverages Council has today responded to the Queensland Chief Health Officer's call for parents to lobby their local sporting club to ban the sale of soft drinks, announced today.

Lori Casselman is the Chief Health Officer at League and explains why creating diversity of thought at the leadership level in the digital health space can #movethedial in organisations.

Dr. Amy P. Abernethy, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Senior Vice President, Oncology, Flatiron Health Dr. Kyu Rhee, Chief Health Officer and Vice President, IBM Dr. B. Vindell Washington, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Moderator: Michal Lev - Ram, Fortune

The Perth's Children Hospital is on track to receive its first patients in May after the chief health officer today gave the facility's water quality the green light.

Cancer: Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and SVP, Oncology, Flatiron Health Opioids: Kyu Rhee, M.D., VP and Chief Health Officer, IBM Interviewer: Meg Tirrell, Biotech and Pharma Reporter, CNBC

«For anyone receiving the diagnosis, or supporting a loved one through it, cancer can be overwhelming,» Kyu Rhee, MD, chief health officer, IBM Watson Health, said in the release, adding, «With this first - ever U.S. rollout of the technology, the full breadth and depth of Watson's services can benefit an entire population of individuals who need them.»

Dr. Rhee serves as Chief Health Officer of IBM, where he has global responsibilities for Watson Health and assuring a culture of health at IBM.

Not exact matches

Amy Abernethy, chief medical officer and chief scientific officer for Flatiron Health, questioned how those organizations offering trials can ensure that all available patients are contributing to them.

Mona Siddiqui, chief data officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commented that in tackling the issue the government was still struggling to get various agencies (mostly their lawyers)-- FDA, CMS, CDC — to unify around definitions of basic terms like «research.»

He also has designed social games as chief experience officer of the boutique agency Dark Roast Media and serves as an advisor to vFit, a 3D - printing startup in health innovation.

The iPhone maker already has a number of health - related initiatives underway, which are overseen by Apple's chief operating officer Jeff Williams.

«Companies that have healthy employees may see increases, and those with sicker employees may see decreases,» says Alan Cohen, chief strategy officer for Liazon, a private health care benefit exchange in New York City.

Prior to joining IBM, Dr. Rhee was Chief Public Health Officer at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), where he served on and led numerous national initiatives related to prevention, quality, and public hHealth Officer at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), where he served on and led numerous national initiatives related to prevention, quality, and public hHealth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), where he served on and led numerous national initiatives related to prevention, quality, and public healthhealth.

Doing something like this does also comes with risks for overdiagnosis, even if the research is successful; a regular test for cancer risks causing many people to receive potentially dangerous treatment for cancers that wouldn't have seriously impacted their health in the long run, according to José Baselga, Physician - in - Chief and Chief Medical Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Yesterday, Alan Murray — Time Inc.'s Chief Content Officer and author of the must - read CEO Daily — and I visited the East Village offices of Oscar Health, the hip, data - centric insurer that has found a niche in the ACA exchange market.

Dr. Elaine Chin is the Chief Medical Officer of the Executive Health Centre.

At Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Tuesday, Time Inc.'s chief content officer and Fortune president Alan Murray tried to write the famous Civil War speech by memory while being interviewed on the phone by Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove.

«We view pay and promotion parity as signals of the overall health of our company as well as a means of ensuring equity for all employees,» the companies chief diversity and inclusion officer at the time, Danielle Brown, said in the report.

«We're looking everywhere for early - stage, technology - based products and services that can help us know more about our patients and engage with them,» says Molly Coye, chief innovation officer at UCLA Health, a $ 2.4 billion organization that operates several hospitals in California.

We weren't going to let health care drive the company into the ground,» says Greg Salway, Reliable's chief operating officer.

Elaine Chin, M.D., M.B.A., is a founder and Chief Medical Officer of Scienta Health, an executive health praHealth, an executive health prahealth practice.

Sumit Rana, chief technology officer at Epic Systems, said the timing was right for mobile health tech to take off.

Dave Willis, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Clarius Mobile Health, a mobile ultrasound provider, shares how mobile solutions can resolve cost issues for hospitals.

«This is a whole new data source that we don't understand the integrity of yet,» said William Hanson, chief medical information officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

In recent years, Fitbit — co-founded by James Park, the company's chief executive, and chief technology officer Eric Friedman in 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance companies and wellness programs at major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offerings.

By Harriet P. Pearson, chief privacy officer, IBM Privacy is a key concern for many Americans as this country moves to modernize its health...

«In light of the voiding of a number of test results, and as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rejected Theranos» plan of correction and considers sanctions, we have carefully considered our relationship with Theranos and believe it is in our customers» best interests to terminate our partnership,» Brad Fluegel, Walgreens senior vice president and chief health care commercial market development officer, said in a statement.

Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi has emphasized the importance of better - for - you products and laid out health targets for its food and beverage portfolio.

For example, if a hospital recruiter is looking for a nurse, searching for one may turn into a major headache, as there currently approximately 560 nurse labels — anything from chief nursing officer to occupational health nurse practitioner — and no algorithm that could quickly and accurately identify a nurse.

«Anyone who doesn't understand the core aspects of practicing medicine can't understand how messy it is,» says Abernethy, who four years ago became the chief medical officer at Flatiron Health, a startup backed by Google Ventures (GV).

-- Donna L. Hamilton, bestselling author and chief wellness officer of Manifest Excellence, a holistic health promotion company that helps companies increase employee productivity and engagement through improved workplace wellness.

This morning, we'll tackle that issue head on — in what I'm expecting will be a fun, raucous conversation with the always - engaged Chip Bergh, the charismatic CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.; Dr. Nicholas Gettas, chief medical officer of Cigna — who has some very cool and thought - provoking ideas on this subject; Amy McDonough, VP and General Manager of Fitbit Group Health and Rick Valencia, president of Qualcomm Life — both of whom have great insights into the technologies that may shift the wellness paradigm; and a full roster of Brainstorm Health delegates to join the discussion.

In a tight labor market, creating a climate attractive to older workers is essential, says Lydia Greene, chief human resources officer for Tufts Health Plan.

In an interview, Tesla Chief People Officer Gaby Toledano, who joined the company in May, repeatedly questioned the motives of the former health and safety professionals and suggested they might have been «failing at their own job.»

Hill Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer, Doctor On Demand Len Greer, President, Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions Charles Koontz, Chief Digital Officer, GE Healthcare; President and CEO, GE Healthcare Digital Dr. Alexi Gharib Nazem, Co-founder and CEO, Nomad Health Gyre Renwick, Head of Healthcare, Government & Education Partnerships, Lyft Katherine Ryder, Founder and CEO, Maven Unity Stoakes, Co-founder and President, StartUp Health Moderator: Leena Rao, Fortune Introduction: Paul Iles, Vice President of Finance, Healthcare, Herman Miller, Inc..

Cerner missed its own expectations for revenue in the first quarter as it took hits from a delayed Veterans Affairs Department EHR system contract and an unpredictable market.The VA electronic health record system contract has been sitting in limbo for months and will likely be delayed until the second half of the year, according to Cerner Chief Financial Officer Mark Naughten.

Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor - in - Chief, Medscape Disclosure: Eric J. Topol, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: Serve [d] as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: AltheaDX; Biological Dynamics; Cypher Genomics (Co-founder); Dexcom; Genapsys; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Portola Pharmaceuticals; Quest Diagnostics; Sotera Wireless; Volcano Received research grant from: National Institutes of Health; Qualcomm FouOfficer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor - in - Chief, Medscape Disclosure: Eric J. Topol, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: Serve [d] as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: AltheaDX; Biological Dynamics; Cypher Genomics (Co-founder); Dexcom; Genapsys; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Portola Pharmaceuticals; Quest Diagnostics; Sotera Wireless; Volcano Received research grant from: National Institutes of Health; Qualcomm Fouofficer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: AltheaDX; Biological Dynamics; Cypher Genomics (Co-founder); Dexcom; Genapsys; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Portola Pharmaceuticals; Quest Diagnostics; Sotera Wireless; Volcano Received research grant from: National Institutes of Health; Qualcomm Foundation

Deborah DiSanzo, General Manager, IBM Watson Health Barry Sommers, Chief Executive Officer, Wealth Management, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co..

In a freewheeling 1 - on - 1 interview with Time Inc.'s Chief Content Officer, Alan Murray, Bertolini relates how two very personal health care crises dramatically transformed his management philosophy — and why other corporate leaders should take heed.

She held the post of Chief Marketing Officer at GE since 2003 and is now leading their Business Innovation team where she works to accelerate the Industrial Internet, enhance clean - energy and affordable - health offerings, and cultivate partnerships that grow GE's inventive culture and brand.

Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Elli Kaplan, Co-founder and CEO, Neurotrack Dr. David A. Kessler, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Bill Maris, Venture Capitalist Dr. Olivier Oullier, Neuroscientist & Former Head, Global Strategy in Health and Health Care, World Economic Forum Mary Varghese Presti, Executive Director, Emerging Services, athenahealth Moderator: Dr. David Agus, USC Introduction: Dr. Doug Nemecek, Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Cigna

Maria Cavalcanti, President and CEO, Pro Mujer Jackie Chang, Head of Mobile Inclusion Partnerships, Facebook Dr. Gary Gottlieb, Chief Executive Officer, Partners In Health Dr. Stuart Lustig, Medical Director, Behavioral Health, Cigna Dr. Raj Panjabi, Chief Executive Officer, Last Mile Health Prem Ramaswami, Senior Product Manager, Google Inc..

-- Donna L. Hamilton, bestselling author and chief wellness officer of Manifest Excellence, LLC, a holistic health promotion company that helps companies increase employee productivity and engagement through improved workplace wellness.