Moving Upstream in the Fight Against Disease While Improving the Health of Our Community's...
May 21, 2013 | A Healthy Dialogue
The GBMC system has taken an important step to reduce the rate... This all started over a year ago when GBMC ... So, GBMC committed to running a fitness program for girls and boys at risk...

Celebrating National Nurses Week
May 07, 2013 | A Healthy Dialogue
This week we take time to reflect on the profession of nursing and what our nurses mean to our national healthcare system and specifically to GBMC ... We in the GBMC ... When this big team works together....it is a thing of beauty....we call it GBMC ...

In Service to Others. . . with a Warm Smile
April 30, 2013 | A Healthy Dialogue
GBMC had a luncheon every day of last week to recognize our volunteers who were... GBMC is so lucky to have the highest reliability laboratory that I have ever seen. We are blessed...

What is a Pareto Chart and a Gemba Walk And How Will They Help GBMC Reach Our Goals?
April 12, 2013 | A Healthy Dialogue
The GBMC HealthCare system is working hard to redesign our systems to achieve our Quadruple Aim and to ensure that every patient is cared for the way...

Hospitals: Medicare reforms preferable to cuts
The American Hospital Association has expressed support for several proposed structural reforms to Medicare as alternatives to reductions in healthcare provider payments,...

Intervention helps cancer patients?
Therapy to ease stress, fatigue and other quality-of-life issues significantly improved patients?... sense of well-being during cancer treatment, according to a study. ...

University of Maryland conference promotes interprofessional healthcare
The conference topic,'' The Oral Systemic Link: Creating Collaborative Initiatives,'' explored pathways to promote interprofessional education, research and practice for...

Study: First- born children have higher diabetes risk
First-born children may have a higher risk than their younger siblings of developing diabetes or hypertension, according to a New Zealand study. ...

ANF taking applications for research grants
The American Nurses Foundation has announced the launch of its 2013 Nursing Research Grant program, which provides 29 research awards totaling more than $200,000 to beginning and experienced nurse ...