Cultural Deficiency - Becky Driscoll

After an early wake time (yep - real early – say 4am early!), armed with my mighty cup o’ joe and keyboard, I began pounding along the internet highway looking for connections to some old pals on FaceBook. I giggled, I was shocked, I was proud, I wondered...I connected. Ah, my life is good. Look at the 237 “friends” I have and that is only from a few months of FaceBook!

After a while, I determined it was time to get to work.  I started poking around looking for a topic for today’s MyFamilyCompass.com’s article and continued to run into more Social Networking sites....ah there is

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Teen Pregnancy Topic - Diane Truscott

In February of this year, a huge scandal came forward in Britain when a 12 year old boy impregnated his 14 year old girlfriend. When reporters asked the 4-foot tall father how he would support the baby financially, he asked, “What does financially mean?” Since then, DNA tests have proved this 12 year old boy is not the father but the 14 year old girl is still a mother!

Teen pregnancy is an issue affecting so many families in our world today. However, in the United States, it has practically become a fashion trend! In fact, according to TheNationalCampaign.org, one in three teens in the United States becomes pregnant by the age of 20. When dealing with a

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EHR security- Kate

In my last article, I spoke about what the Electronic Health Record was and what one of the benefits of this new system is. Now we need to discuss how secure it is moving from a paper system to an electronic system.

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Electronic Health Records- Kate

What exactly is an Electronic Health Record, or E H R, and why do I care? Electronic Health Records is the fancy way of saying that the health care system will be using computers to document and administer their work. President Obama has made it one of his goals to institute and promote the electronic health record during his administration. Most hospitals in the United States have already, or will be soon moving away from the old paper system to a computerized charting system.

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Health Care for Everyone- Kate

For those of us following the news surrounding the appointment of Tom Daschle to the position of Health and Human Services Secretary, there are moments of fear, wonder, and genuine hope. Since President Obama appointed Mr. Daschle, there has been a lot of buzz around his mission to reform the health care system.

Starting with the emotion of fear, I see that change is really, really scary.

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