by Compendium News Staff | Oct 6, 2017 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Please share this PA Senate message and contest flier with the teens in your library: Sponsored by the Senate of Pennsylvania with support from the members of the Drug and Alcohol Providers organization of Pennsylvania Drug addiction had taken hold in every corner of...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 4, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Health Focus, Library News, Resources of Interest
By Robert F. Lambert We know that the opioid crisis is an endemic throughout our nation and in York County. We know that opioid pain pills are gateways to heroin. We know that addiction is an insidious disease that, left unchecked by treatment and one-on-one...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 3, 2017 | Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
On August 18, 2017 library directors and their staff from the Central Pa, Johnstown, and Altoona Districts joined presenters Marisa Vicere (Jana Marie Foundation) and Heather Moran (Peer Star, LLC) at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona for a Mental Health...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 2, 2017 | Health Focus, Resources of Interest
Medicare offers more health coverage choices and decreased premiums in 2018 Medicare Advantage premiums decrease, choices increase, while enrollment hits an at all-time high Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that people with...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 29, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NNLM/MAR), is accepting funding applications to support the access and use of high quality health information in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Available awards are: exhibitor...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 29, 2017 | Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
The CMS Office of Minority Health will host a partner webinar to provide information and resources that From Coverage to Care (C2C) partners can use to help consumers understand their health care coverage and plan for the costs associated with it. Date: ...
