Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Facebook page now offers easy access to a wealth of health resources, like our Health Information Library, a symptom checker, a drug interaction tool, and a series of wellness tools. (more)
Health information written by a doctor is rated as more credible when it appears on a Web site than in a blog or an individual's homepage, according to a study of college students. The findings highlight the relative importance of different online sources to people who seek health information on the Internet. "Most people look for health information online by keying disease symptoms into various search engines," said S. Shyam Sundar, distinguished professor of communications, Penn State. "But the results of that search could range from experts at the Mayo Clinic to somebody's personal blog." (more)
Carol E. Withey, a student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's two-year health information technology major, was awarded a $1,000 merit scholarship from the AHIMA Foundation, the philanthropic and charitable arm of the American Health Information Management Association. She plans to pursue further study into the security and privacy of health information in a hospital setting. (more)
Developed for working professionals and offered in a convenient distance-learning format, Pennsylvania College of Technology's health information management major is the first of its kind to be offered by a public institution in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 49-percent growth in the number of health information management positions by next year. (more)
