Webhealth
Webhealth has been specifically developed to provide access for people to
connect with Health and Social Services. This web-based approach builds on
the strengths of people and families to determine their support needs. Within the Webhealth website is Linkage. Linkage is a
partnership between an NGO, Pathways; primary health care, Pinnacle; and a
secondary provider/hospital, Health Waikato. It offers early intervention
services with a “one stop shop” in central Hamilton and New Plymouth.
Monday, September 15, 2003
"The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Clearinghouse has developed Drug Indicator Profiles as a resource for State/city policymakers, law enforcement officials, researchers, and the general public. Profiles have been developed for every State and more than 80 cities across the United States."
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"The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have updated their series of one-page, state specific fact sheets about the issue of children and Medicaid. Medicaid Fact Sheets are available for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and a national fact sheet is also available. Medicaid provides health insurance for three in every 10 American children, making it the largest children's health program in the country. We have provided these fact sheets as an education tool to make it easier for others to understand the importance of the Medicaid program for children and children's hospitals...."
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A SAMHSA web site - "Recovery Month provides a platform to celebrate people in recovery and those who serve them. Each September, thousands of treatment programs around the country celebrate their successes and share them with their neighbors, friends, and colleagues in an effort to educate the public about treatment, how it works, for whom, and why. Substance abuse treatment providers have made significant accomplishments, having transformed the lives of untold thousands of Americans. These successes often go unnoticed by the broader population; therefore, Recovery Month provides a vehicle to celebrate these successes." See especially the page on Wednesday's webcast (Business Community Voices for Recovery) and the page for adding your organizations's events.
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Story in the Idaho State Journal - "Opponents told Ken Libertoff the Vermont legislation he helped draft in 1997 would raise insurance premiums by at least 10 percent and force employers to drop insurance plans. Libertoff, director of the Vermont Association for Mental Health, argued the price tag of his proposal, which would cover mandating equal insurance coverage for physical and mental illnesses, wouldn't be nearly as steep as they feared. Vermont passed the bill and now has what mental illness advocates call the nation's best insurance parity law. Vermont's law has been heavily scrutinized, and parts of a national parity bill still pending in the U.S. Senate were patterned after it..."
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