Trump Administration Officials Visit Bloomington, IN as Baxter Signs Pledge to America's Workers

03. August 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Joe Grogan visited Baxter International Inc.’s Bloomington, Indiana facility where Baxter signed the Pledge to America’s Workers, committing to nearly 2,000 employee development opportunities over the next five years. At Baxter, Secretary Azar ...

Azar and Administration Officials Discuss President Trump's Plan to End HIV in Indianapolis, IN

03. August 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, along with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Joe Grogan, joined state and local health officials at the Damien Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, for a tour of the health ...

HHS Secretary Azar Statement on National Immunization Awareness Month

02. August 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement marking August as National Immunization Awareness Month: “National Immunization Awareness Month is an opportunity to highlight the importance of vaccines as a safe and effective way to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities from preventable health threats. Since the advent of vaccines, we ...

HHS Announces New Action Plan to Lay Foundation for Safe Importation of Certain Prescription Drugs

01. August 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that HHS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are publishing a Safe Importation Action Plan* that outlines two potential pathways that would lay the foundation for the safe importation of certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets. “President Trump has been clear: ...