Sentences with phrase «health planning initiative»

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. will convene a regional health summit with both Oneida and Herkimer Counties participating in a collaborative health planning initiative intended to maximize the region's assets to assure positive health improvement outcomes for the region.

New research on opioid prescribing in Washington State reports that a health plan initiative to change shared expectations of physicians regarding clinically appropriate drug levels for long - term management of chronic pain achieved significantly greater reductions in opioid dosing.

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Aptly dubbed «Zero Suicide,» the planned initiative (still at its earliest and informal stages) emphasizes prevention over reactive mental health treatment, with interventions focused on at - risk individuals the moment they show signs of possibly lapsing into suicidal ideation.

«Some employers have thought about bringing in more prevention and wellness initiatives, as well as dropping high cost health plans.

The companies have ended their patent fight and said they're planning to explore «future collaboration in digital health initiatives.»

And although the law included many provisions designed to make healthcare more efficient, these initiatives have been implemented through Medicare, the half - century - old government health plan for the elderly and disabled.

Looking years out at the election calendar, Trudeau's strategists pushed early for federal - provincial initiatives like Canada Pension Plan reform, a health accord and the framework for fighting climate change.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

The survey also reveals that more than two - thirds (67 percent) of companies plan to expand their well - being initiatives over the next 3 - 5 years to include programs not specifically focused on physical health.

They include our flagship initiative, the National Disability Forum, as well as Customer Engagement Tools, Data Exchanges, Analytics Center of Excellence, Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Programs, and Health Information Technology.

A similar invasion of civil rights is implicit in the initiative to require doctors to report to the Department of Health persons infected with the AIDS virus, and in the proposed restrictions that would prohibit any family planning institution receiving federal funds from informing clients of the availability of abortion services.

2012: est'd mission, vision, bylaws, & steering committee with strategic planning; implemented Mother - Friendly worksite initiative at TCPH; achieved 501c - 3 status, through the guidance of the director of Mothers» Milk Bank of N TX; voted unanimously to remain a grassroots coalition, instead of exist under the umbrella of a parent health coalition, HTCC.

June 2017 - This WHO and UNICEF report details the country leadership and actions that are taking forward the goals and recommendations set out in the Every Newborn Action Plan — an initiative contributing towards the goals of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents» Health for Every Woman Every Child.

Targeting parents by hijacking the first 1000 days initiative and targeting teenage girls through nutrition education are clear violations of World Health Assembly rules and the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity.

Previously, Karen worked at the intersection of urban planning and public health on local food access initiatives.

The Canadian Foreign Minister, Lawrence Cannon, has announced that its maternal and child health initiative, due to be launched at the G8 summit in June, will not address family planning «in any way shape or form» on the erroneous grounds that family planning is not needed to save lives.

MSI brands Canadian Government's decision to exclude family planning from G8 maternal health initiative «a new low for political pandering to social conservatism.»

«Family planning must be put back at the heart of women's health initiatives if we are to address maternal mortality in developing countries,» added Hovig.

The SFY 2009 - 10 enacted budget, including the SFY 2008 - 09 Deficit Reduction Plan, will include $ 2.3 billion in Medicaid and other health - care «savings» and reimbursement and other reform initiatives.

This week Chirlane McCray announced a broad initiative to «create a roadmap» in order to «outline a plan» to provide better mental health resources to New Yorkers.

Poloncarz called for the establishment of the Committee earlier this year as part of his health and human services plan, Initiatives for a Stronger Community.

Mr. de Blasio said the initiative was part of the city's larger plan to address mental health, led by Chirlane McCray, his wife.

The initiative is linked to the city's «ThriveNYC» plan to improve mental health services across the five boroughs; the plan aims to provide more services early - on and close treatment gaps.

In less than a year we have implemented many of the action items in our health and human services plan, «Initiatives for a Strong Community,» as varied as bringing fresh foods and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods labeled «food deserts,» to completing a chronic neglect study and incorporating its findings into our child welfare response programs, to increasing participation in the SNAP program to reduce hunger.

De Blasio talked about his safety initiatives, affordable housing plan and efforts to address mental health and opioid abuse, among other plans

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialhealth initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

This is his «passion» and the initiatives it has spawned are visible across government: from the new academy schools run by teachers rather than local authorities, via the health service mutuals planned in the NHS white paper, to the renewed emphasis on charities and volunteer groups.

The decline was highlighted by Cuomo last year when he announced plans for his End the Epidemic initiative, which included assisting undiagnosed HIV patients find health care, getting patients on anti-HIV therapy and providing high - risk people with HIV prevention drugs.

Poloncarz also unveiled his «Initiatives for a Stronger Community», a counterpart to his «Initiatives for a Smart Economy» economic plan, to address health and human services delivery across Erie County.

«Public Awareness Initiatives Include Open House» Oneida County's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eat Smart New York (ESNY), has planned a variety of initiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health annouInitiatives Include Open House» Oneida County's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eat Smart New York (ESNY), has planned a variety of initiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health annouinitiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health announced health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health announced Health announced today.

The executive budget increased overall spending by only about $ 100 million compared to the preliminary budget, but added a number of new initiatives paid for by $ 1.25 billion in additional savings, including an ambitious plan to overhaul the floundering municipal hospital system, New York City Health + Hospitals.

And de Blasio plans to spend $ 62 million in the coming year on ThriveNYC, the new mental health initiative being spearheaded by his wife, Chirlane McCray.

Further work is also being accomplished in assembling the Initiatives for a Stronger Community, the administration's Health & Human Services Plan that works with community partners in addressing poverty and other societal problems.

Her other initiatives are a $ 6 million plan to rehabilitate female inmates at the Rikers Island jail complex; Sisters Thrive, which encourages mental health literacy in the black community; and NYCHOPE, a web - pased portal for domestic violence survivors.

One bright spot is that the proposal includes funding mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act for the Obama administration's cancer moonshot, Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies neuroscience initiative, and Precision Medicine Initiative's planned 1 - million - volunteer health study.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

They examined prescribing trends in the plan's group practice, which implemented an initiative to change physician expectations regarding clinically appropriate and safe opioid dose levels, and compared them with trends among the health plan's contracted physicians who followed only the state guidelines.

He went on to describe the $ 215 million initiative, which includes new support for cancer genomics and molecularly targeted drug trials at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and a plan to study links among genes, health, and environment in 1 million Americans by pooling participants in existing cohort studies.

The initiative, launched March 2 by the Northrop Grumman Corporation, aims to unite higher education and the private sector to accelerate the application of thought leadership to global public health informatics, policy development, strategic planning, programmatic implementation and evaluation.

HCZ's programs support children from birth through college and include classes for new parents, early childhood education, community health initiatives, after - school programs, and college planning.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Actions under the plan highlighted Secretarial Initiatives, research projects, FAST Act implementation, and capacity - building efforts related to planning, performance measures, and health / wellness through access to transportation services and active transportation, such as walking and biking.

The Office of Policy Development, Strategic Planning and Performance develops national transportation policy initiatives with consideration of the potential health effects associated with transportation.

The KC have announced the launch of a their Breed Health and Conservation Plan initiative.

Given the critical role of the veterinary profession in public health, the CVMA is committed to robust animal disease surveillance programs, disaster planning and other public health initiatives.

Pinchot also plans to work with ACR to develop new methodologies for the measurement of health - related co-benefits of the initiative.

The annual QAP Analysis Report has been released, grading each state's 2017 Qualified Allocation Plans as a part of Global Green's initiative to improve the environment and health aspects of publicly subsidized housing.

«The Clean Power Plan, by providing such a framework, would enhance ongoing local efforts and enable new local initiatives to improve public health, increase air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy innovation.»

Looking forwards, the firm has plenty of plans to further develop its wellbeing programme: a new more centralised portal that joins up all aspects of health and wellbeing, better firm - wide publicity for its initiatives and increased senior leader buy - in for all aspects of wellbeing.

As chair of the division, Schpak discusses his plans for the year, future meetings, his health and wellness initiative, and his public service project in Portland called Project Street...