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Near North @NearNorthHealth

Near North Health Service Corporation provides access to high quality health care in diverse communities. Accredited by the Joint Commission.

Joined April 2012
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We're partnering with @AmericanCancer to prevent colon cancer. Story and video via @WTTW: ow.ly/ebLPi

Preventing Colon Cancer

Experts say one of the deadliest cancers in Illinois doesn’t have to be. Ash-har Quraishi has the story.

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RT @rwjf: Adult obesity rates could top 60% in 13 states by 2030. Learn more in the #FasinFat report released today: rwjf.ws/Rnsp1b
Who pays for healthcare, 1960 to 2010 (via @flowingdata) ow.ly/dsDVG

Who pays for healthcare, 1960 to 2010

Josh Cothran looked at who’s paid for healthcare over the past five decades, with an animated Marimekko chart. In 1960, almost 100% of the spending on prescription drugs came out of the consu…

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American Cancer Society partners with IL hospitals & Near North to offer free colonoscopies for the uninsured ow.ly/d9x5c
Medicine adherence could save $8.3B in healthcare costs (via @FierceHealth) ow.ly/d0PpK
How Are Healthcare Professionals Using Social Media? (infographic via @alltwtr) ow.ly/cXHPS
Tweeting for Student Health Care Coverage (via @nytimes) ow.ly/cPFNL
Access to Personal Health Records Boosts Patient Loyalty (via @FierceHealthIT) ow.ly/cGLbV
New @lungassociation app lets you find your #airquality index anywhere in the US ow.ly/bI2el #health
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We Must Focus On Preventing Disease If We Want Our Nation To Thrive (by @Risalavizzo & @TheAtlantic) ow.ly/bnaba

We Must Focus On Preventing Disease If We Want Our Nation To Thrive

The surest way to control costs in healthcare? Live well.

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IT could end up being health reform’s highest hurdle (via @politico) ow.ly/bgXDI
Interesting stuff from @RWJF_PubHealth on working together to make communities healthier places to live ow.ly/b9lno
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23% of American teens have diabetes or are at risk (via @msnbc_health) ow.ly/b85Vo
Can Coffee Help You Live Longer? (via @NPRHealth) ow.ly/aYADa
Budget Cuts Could Leave 22 Million Children Without Food Stamps (via @jjiega) ow.ly/aVLBB
What Makes a Community Healthy? Q&A with Howard Frumkin via @rwjf_pubhealth ow.ly/aVk2X
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Cut Your Risk of a Stroke With Low-Fat Dairy (via @TheAtlantic) ow.ly/aUf89

Cut Your Risk of a Stroke With Low-Fat Dairy

Dairy that's high in fat can lead to clogged arteries, but low-fat products can reduce your stroke risk by up to 12 percent.

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Reducing #Obesity 1% a year over next 2 decades would cut health care costs by $85 billion (via @nprnews) ow.ly/aNtJY
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New smartphone apps empower people to track heart rate, diet, sleep patterns, exercise & more (via @SPIEGEL_english) ow.ly/aGbFY
RT @ssireview: Is health care the last frontier of IT? HP thinks so. ow.ly/aC65g @StateDept #socialinnovation
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