News: Health Management and Informatics

Health Management and Informatics Students Recognized at National Conference

Written By: AMY FLOYD | December 20, 2018
Five UCF Health Management and Informatics students were recognized at the annual American Health Information Management Association’s national conference in Miami. For their knowledge and contributions in the field, five...

First Fully-Online HMI Graduate Student to Work on NSF Project

Written By: Alexandra Shimalla | December 11, 2018
Andrews is conducting interviews to identify the hazards of data incompleteness and data inconsistency in electronic patient records. He is working under the guidance of Varadraj Gurupur, who is an...

UCF Awarded Grant From Health Foundation

Written By: Alexandra Shimalla | December 5, 2018
Barbara Andraka-Christou, assistant professor of health management and informatics, is principal investigator for the Strategies for Person-Centered Care in Behavioral Health Treatment Programs project. The Health Foundation of South Florida...

Changing Health Habits in China

Written By: Zenaida Kotala | October 12, 2018
Changing habits, especially when it to comes to accessing health care, is a challenge. China is embarking on this road as it attempts to make health care more accessible to...

Addiction Treatment Gap Is Driving A Black Market For Suboxone

Written By: Jake Harper | October 8, 2018
Daryl has used heroin and prescription painkillers for more than a decade. Almost four years ago he became one of more than 200 people who tested positive for HIV in...

Stand Alone ERs Popping Up in Your Neighborhood

Written By: Fox 35 Orlando | October 1, 2018
STAND ALONE ER’s COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Stand Alone ER’s are popping up everywhere and they’re equipped to do everything a hospital ER can do. Think of it as the...

There’s An Illegal Market For An Opioid Addiction Medication. Is That Such A Bad Thing?

Written By: Jake Harper | September 14, 2018
Daryl and Anne injected Suboxone, a brand name addiction medication, to stay away from illicit drugs such as heroin and fentanyl.

How Food Insecurity May Harm 5-Year-Olds

Written By: WLRN Public Media | By Sammy Mack | July 3, 2018
When families don’t know where their next meal will come from, it can be especially hard on young children. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior...

UCF Study Shows Benefits, Challenges of Lunch Programs for Elderly

Written By: DREXLER B. JAMES AND KAREN GUIN  | January 16, 2018
UPDATE: Watch a UCF Knightly News segment about the study – Feb. 2, 2018   Eating lunch with others benefits the health of elderly Orange County residents, according to a study conducted...

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