Advocates for Children’s Health: Working Together to Reduce Harmful Environmental Exposures

Working together to transform health and health care

Over the last 35 years, the use of informatics to inform an understanding of health and decision-making has grown exponentially thanks to the expertise and hard work of AMIA members like you. Today, informatics as a profession is at a tipping point. No longer is it just a special skill—a “knack” for using data. Informatics is a full-fledged career path, and the key for realizing the current goa...

The World Health Report 2006: working together for health.

Working together to block alloimmunization.

The discovery of ABO(H) blood group antigens resulted in the birth of transfusion medicine and allowed for the first time the use of a laboratory test that could predict immunologic outcomes prior to transfusion. Although ABO(H) antibody testing continues to represent one of the first and most common examples of personalized medicine, it was not until many years later that the existence of non-...

Working together to move ahead.

Environmental and Occupational Exposures in Immigrant Health

Immigrants comprise vulnerable populations that are frequently exposed to a multitude of environmental and occupational hazards. The historical context behind state and federal legislation has helped to foster an environment that is particularly hostile toward caring for immigrant health. Current hazards include toxic exposures, air and noise pollution, motor vehicle accidents, crowded living a...