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Toward Health Equity in Transfusion Medicine
National Public Health Week is April 4 – 10: “Public Health is Where You Are”
2021 Annual Retreat: Two Perspectives
Maternal Health Day of Action: Getting the Information Needed to Drive Change
Women in the United States die before, during, and after childbirth at a higher rate than any other developed nation in the world—a sobering fact highlighted by Vice President Kamala…
Read MoreU.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week: Moving Forward from COVID-19
October is American Pharmacists Month: What are Lantana Pharmacists Up To?
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged us to think about where and how to get pharmacy data about the medications being used to treat COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals. Treatment recommendations during…
Read MoreCelebrating Infection Prevention Week: What is an Infection Preventionist?
Celebrating Lantana Nurses
Earth Day 2021: Lantana Partners with My Green Doctor
The “Us” in Climate Justice
Vaccinating the Community
Coffee Talks with Liora: Advancing Racial Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spotlight health disparities/inequities in the US. Hear what Lantana’s CEO, Liora Alschuler and the DIG leads have to say about addressing theses disparities and the…
Read MoreThe PHIG Supports National Public Health Week April 5-11, 2021
DIG for Change: A Year of Diversity and Inclusion
Somewhere Out There is a Tiny Lantana Forest
Lantana 2020 Retreat: This Time It’s Virtual
Meetings—working time, and we do work—I knew would fall into place based on management and staff input. But what about the social activities? Googling “virtual activities as a group” was…
Read MoreU.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week: Using the NHSN AUR Module to Support Antibiotic Stewardship
IT at Lantana: Many Hats and Time Zones
My Heritage and My Work in Health IT
Both of my grandmothers were of Hispanic descent. My maternal grandmother had very fair skin, blue eyes, and auburn hair, and Spanish was her first language, whereas my paternal grandmother…
Read MoreHealth Data Literacy: A Story is Worth 1,000 Data Points
October is Health Literacy Month! Health literacy seems more important now than ever, with multiple sources identifying poor health literacy as a barrier to COVID-19 response efforts. John Zarocostas identified COVID-19 as an “infodemic” as much as a pandemic.
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