News: Health Management and Informatics
Health Management and Informatics Students Recognized at National Conference
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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...