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The third cycle of the BW/F Health Care Information Technology Innovation Program (HIP) is underway. If you have an idea to improve care with mobile technology, submit a three-page, double-spaced preliminary proposal for initial review to dfraser1@partners.orgby July 1. More information is available at www.bwhpikenotes.org/Employee_Resources/IS/hip.aspx
All BWH postdocs and families are invited to the Office for Research Careers’ Fifth Annual Summer Celebration June 23, 4:30–6:30 p.m., in the Cohn Courtyard Tent. Come by and enjoy barbecue fare, fun giveaways and prizes for kids. Register online, and visit http://bwhbri.partners.org/OPRC/BBQ.aspx for more information.
“Learn and Teach the Asthma Basics,” presented by Christopher Fanta, MD, and Jacqueline Rodriguez-Louis, MPH, MEd, is Saturday, June 25, 8:30 a.m.–2:15 p.m., in the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. This continuing education program is open to all, but is aimed specifically at patient care assistants, medical assistants, outreach workers, childcare providers and nurses. CEUs, certificates of completion, daycare, breakfast and lunch and lung function testing will be provided. For more information or to register, call 617-732-7464.
On Saturday, June 18, MAFCU hosts “Walk Home,” a 5K-walk through Dorchester Park in Dorchester Lower Mills, to benefit the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless and Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. If you’re interested in walking, volunteering or donating to this cause, visit www.mafcucreditunion.org
JoAnne Foody, MD, FACC, FAHA, medical director, Cardiovascular Wellness Service, will cover risk factors and prevention of heart disease in women, as well as treatment, on Wednesday, June 15, 5:30–7 p.m., in the Shapiro Center, third floor porch. This event is free, and refreshments will be provided.