Blog@Case Topics: community outreachhttp://blog.case.edu/topics/community%20outreachJeffrey Verespejjeffrey.verespej@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/wrssElliot Schwartzelliot.schwartz@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/wrssMarsha Braggmarsha.myhand@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsKevin Adamskevin.adams@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsPaula Baughnpaula.baughn@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsKimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsHeidi Coolheidi.cool@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news2010-08-13T14:49:49ZSocial Justice in the Latino Communityhttp://blog.case.edu/wrss/2011/12/19/social_justice_in_the_latino_community2011-12-19T19:00:00Z2011-12-19T21:18:45Z
play button.gif Esperanza means hope in Spanish. The non-profit Esperanza offers the hope of a better education for students in the Latino community. Omar Gutierrez, a senior at Case Western Reserve University majoring in Medical Anthropology, has volunteered with Esperanza since his Freshman year. This week we invited Omar to Regionally Speaking to discuss his experience tutoring Latino students and his motivations for volunteering. IMG_0187.JPG
(from left to right) Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking Omar Gutierrez, senior at Case Western Reserve University and volunteer at Esperanza
Elliot Schwartzelliot.schwartz@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/wrss"More than a Band Aid"http://blog.case.edu/wrss/2010/10/25/more_than_a_band_aid2010-10-25T18:30:00Z2010-10-27T22:32:32Z
Listen here to a conversation about bringing social justice to the community. Structural inequalities are alleviated only through long-term solutions. The Case Western Reserve University’s Social Justice Institute (SJI) is bringing together leaders from across the country to discuss inequalities in Ohio and the US. Topics include criminal justice, immigration, and the foreclosure crisis. In this program of Regionally Speaking, we offer a preview to this conference in November. Joining your host Gladys Haddad is Rhonda Williams , Director of CWRU’s Social Justice Institute and Shakyra Diaz, Education Director for the American Civil Liberties Union in Ohio. Listen as we discuss Ohio’s criminal justice system and the value of having this conserversation in an intergeneraational context since SJI has invited Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Bakari Kitwana, a hip-hop cultural critic, to speak at the lecture series. How do we address deep structural inequalities with more than a superficial band-aid? SJI's conference is on November 19 and 20 and is free and open to the public. The schedule can be found at http://case.edu/socialjustice/events/think-tank.html
Elliot Schwartzelliot.schwartz@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/wrssCase for Community Day is Set for Friday, Sept. 17http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/08/13/caseforcommunity20102010-08-13T13:31:15Z2010-08-13T14:49:49ZThe Case Western Reserve University campus has an opportunity to pay it forward when hundreds of volunteers give their time to make a difference during Case for Community Day on Friday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Case for Community Day volunteers

The Case Western Reserve University campus has an opportunity to pay it forward when hundreds of volunteers give their time to make a difference during Case for Community Day on Friday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The annual campus-wide day of service begins at 11 a.m., with registration in Thwing Center atrium, followed by lunch and a short program at 11:30 a.m. in the ballroom. At noon, volunteers will board buses or walk to volunteer sites on and off campus to work until 4 p.m. The day concludes with a social and music on the oval at Kelvin Smith Library.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsKickball, Dodgeball Players Needed for Sept. 25 Community Eventhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/08/03/kickball2010-08-03T21:49:11Z2010-08-04T15:13:42ZCampus members will have an opportunity to kick, pitch and run for a good cause during the Third Annual Open Doors Kickball and Dodgeball Tournament on Sept. 25.

Campus members will have an opportunity to kick, pitch and run for a good cause during the Third Annual Open Doors Kickball and Dodgeball Tournament on Sept. 25.

Open Doors Academy, “Open Doors,†is an out-of-school enrichment program that promotes educational, emotional and social enrichment for middle-school students. The nonprofit organization serves 150 students at sites in Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, University Heights and Euclid.

Based on a connection through Business Volunteers Unlimited, Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Community Partnerships added the organization as a new community partner. Open Doors also will be a new service site during Case for Community Day on Sept. 17.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsThird-Year Nursing Student Volunteers Medical Services to Rural Dominican Republic Villageshttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/07/28/eddielocci2010-07-28T14:55:48Z2010-07-28T15:50:12ZThird-year nursing student Eduardo Locci from Rocky River, Ohio, aspires to fly high in the skies someday as a flight nurse caring for trauma patients. But this summer he was grounded in a remote rural area of the Dominican Republic. He spent two weeks assisting the full-time medical team of a doctor and two nurses from a clinic called A Mother’s Wish in Los Pajones, a 30-minute drive from Santiago.
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Eduardo "Eddie" Locci in the Dominican Republic

Third-year nursing student Eduardo Locci from Rocky River, Ohio, aspires to fly high in the skies someday as a flight nurse caring for trauma patients.

But this summer he was grounded in a remote rural area of the Dominican Republic. He spent two weeks assisting the full-time medical team of a doctor and two nurses from a clinic called A Mother’s Wish in Los Pajones, a 30-minute drive from Santiago.

Locci volunteers in the Cleveland area, but this was the first time he traveled alone to volunteer outside the United States. He learned about the need for clinic volunteers from his sister’s boyfriend, John Molina, a medical student at Brown University and now a member of the Los Pajones clinic’s executive board.

During this volunteer mission, Locci stayed with Chemia, the town’s cook who opens her home to visiting volunteers.

While at the clinic, Locci joined two volunteer nurses from Maine to help the medical team.

A normal day for the student from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing was spent in the clinic or traveling through the countryside to towns with populations that averaged about 200.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsCWRU Dental School to Adopt and Care for Nine Families for Family First Educational Initiativehttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/07/21/familyfirst2010-07-21T20:39:12Z2010-07-21T20:45:10Z> Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine announced a new program called Family First in which they will adopt nine families and care for multiple generations in a family unit.

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine announced a new program called Family First in which they will adopt nine families and care for multiple generations in a family unit.

The program is centered on the idea that dental health issues, which can be related to such health problems as diabetes and heart disease, have a tendency to run in the family and are genetically and environmentally influenced. As a part of the program dental students will assess the risk for common dental diseases: cavities, gum diseases and mouth cancer.

“The risk assessment data enable students to provide evidence-based dental care to their patients,†said Dr. Sena Narendran, director of the Family First educational initiative that will involve all the second-year dental students and an associate professor of community dentistry.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsCase Western Reserve Names Interim LGBT Center Coordinator, Advances on LGBT Campus Climate Indexhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/07/21/lgbtcoordinator2010-07-21T14:47:01Z2010-07-21T15:29:01ZCase Western Reserve University continues to show its commitment to an inclusive campus community with a new Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center slated to open soon — and an experienced new coordinator at the helm.
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Liz Roccoforte

Case Western Reserve University continues to show its commitment to an inclusive campus community with a new Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center slated to open soon — and an experienced new coordinator at the helm.

Elisabeth “Liz†Roccoforte, diversity program manager in the university’s Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, was recently named interim coordinator of the LGBT Center. She is expected to lead the center for at least a year.

“I want to do high-quality programming and events that will reach faculty, students, staff and alumni,†Roccoforte says.

Roccoforte had a similar position at the University of Cincinnati, where she also served as an undergraduate instructor in women’s studies. She also served as the program director of adult and professional development at the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio.

She plans to work with campus departments and student organizations. “The goal is to lay the foundation and get the center up and running as both a resource for the broader community and a safe place for the LGBT community,†she explains. Plans include the establishment of an LGBT library, as well as conversation groups.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsCivic Engagement Summer Fellows Lend Hand to Cleveland Nonprofit Organizationshttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/07/20/summerfellows20102010-07-20T14:22:05Z2010-07-20T17:20:19ZFive Case Western Reserve University undergraduates have spent the summer making a difference at several nonprofit organizations in the Cleveland area.
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2010 Summer CCEL Fellows left to right: Joe Baum, Mai Segawa, Jasmine Jordan,
Melissa Fenn and Mitchell Delaney

As Mai Segawa’s first year at Case Western Reserve University ended, she questioned what to do with her summer.

Like other undergraduates, she wanted something meaningful and unique and a chance to make a difference. In Segawa’s search, she found the Civic Engagement Summer Fellows Program, applied and became one of five undergrads on campus selected to intern with a Cleveland nonprofit organization this summer.

Segawa, a second-year student from Bethesda, Md., has spent the summer with the Catholic Charities’s Office of Migration and Refugee Services.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsCase Western Reserve to Serve as Host Site for Community Resource Fairhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/07/19/communityresourcefair2010-07-19T13:17:17Z2010-07-19T15:05:29ZCleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson is bringing City Hall directly to University Circle. Cleveland residents will have an opportunity to learn about dozens of available resources and services during a Resource Fair hosted by Mayor Jackson. Case Western Reserve University is the host site for the free event, scheduled to take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 28 in Thwing Center.

Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson is bringing City Hall directly to University Circle.

Cleveland residents will have an opportunity to learn about dozens of available resources and services during a Resource Fair hosted by Mayor Jackson. Case Western Reserve University is the host site for the free event, scheduled to take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 28 in Thwing Center, 11111 Euclid Ave.

Sixty community organizations and vendors are scheduled to participate in the event, designed to increase awareness of resources and services provided by the City of Cleveland, community organizations and local businesses.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsCase Western Reserve’s NYSP Receives $75,000 from Cavaliers Youth Fundhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/07/08/nyspcavs2010-07-08T13:03:54Z2010-07-08T14:41:39ZThe good news keeps on coming for Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of the National Youth Sports Program. Organizers recently learned they were the recipients of a $75,000 grant from the Cavaliers Youth Fund, a fund of the McCormick Foundation.
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National Youth Sports Program
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The good news keeps on coming for Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of the National Youth Sports Program.

Organizers recently learned they were the recipients of a $75,000 grant from the Cavaliers Youth Fund, a fund of the McCormick Foundation. It’s among one of the largest grants the university’s NYSP chapter has received for a single year.

The money will go toward expenses for this year’s summer program, where nearly 500 youths between the ages of 10 and 16 are on campus receiving educational, athletic, medical and nutritional offerings.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsJosiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Grant to Enhance Physician and Nursing Education with Student-Run Free Clinic and More at CWRUhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/24/ilead2010-06-24T13:50:58Z2010-06-24T14:50:32ZCase Western Reserve University's proposed student-run Saturday Free Clinic, slated to open in 2011 for Cleveland's underserved population, will provide the training grounds for future doctors and nurses to learn to work as healthcare partners for the patient. The Clinic would be a student-led partnership with the already existing resource for the community, the Cleveland Free Clinic. The clinic is part of a project called "Interprofessional Learning Exchange and Development Program" (I-LEAD) at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing that received a $640,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.

Case Western Reserve University's proposed student-run Saturday Free Clinic, slated to open in 2011 for Cleveland's underserved population, will provide the training grounds for future doctors and nurses to learn to work as healthcare partners for the patient. The Clinic would be a student-led partnership with the already existing resource for the community, The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland.

The clinic is part of a project called "Interprofessional Learning Exchange and Development Program" (I-LEAD) at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing that received a $640,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. This project supports the foundation's goals to improve education for health professionals in the interest of public health and to reflect changes in the healthcare system.

"This grant works toward changing the culture of healthcare. In addition to providing services, student doctors and nurses will experience how people think and function in their different roles as health professionals and learn to work as a team," said Daniel Ornt, vice dean for education and academic affairs at the School of Medicine.

Ornt and Patricia Underwood, executive associate dean for academic affairs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, will lead the project over the next four years. The Weatherhead School of Management also will participate by analyzing team and organization dynamics.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsNYSP Celebrates 40 Years at Case Western Reserve, Gains Champion in U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudgehttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/22/nyspstory2010-06-22T13:48:31Z2010-06-22T16:26:58ZU.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge recently introduced the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010. If enacted, $20 million would be appropriated toward NYSP annually through 2021. Case Western Reserve is one of only 25 colleges and universities nationwide still hosting the NYSP program, down from 202. When the university’s NYSP chapter lost federal funding in 2006, community supporters rallied together to keep the program operational. This summer, nearly 560 youths between the ages of 10 and 16 are participating. </p>
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Retired U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes (gold tie) joined CWRU NYSP director Dennis Harris (dark suit),
Case Western Reserve President Barbara R. Snyder (front center) and U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge
(orange jacket), along with NYSP supporters
Photo: Dan Milner

U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge knows how important it is for young people to have a healthy start toward creating positive habits.

That’s why she’s putting her legislative support behind the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP).

The program, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, once served 75,000 young people nationwide. However, federal budget cuts have resulted in only 7,000 students reaping the benefits this year.

If Fudge can help it, more youths will once again participate in the educational, athletic, medical and nutritional offerings provided through NYSP on college campuses such as Case Western Reserve.

“I have decided I’m going to carry this program as far as I can. I’m going to put this program on my back,†she told an audience of 150 current and former NYSP participants, parents and supporters who gathered Monday morning at Case Western Reserve to mark the program’s 40th anniversary.

Fudge recently introduced the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010. If enacted, $20 million would be appropriated toward NYSP annually through 2021.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsUniversity Recognized for Educational Support of Hungarian Life, Culturehttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/27/abelincolnrecognition2010-05-27T21:48:01Z2010-06-01T15:23:57ZDuring a five-year period in the 1960s, dozens of students and a handful of educators contributed to an appreciation of Hungarian culture and life. Almost 50 years later, Case Western Reserve was honored for its role with an Abraham Lincoln Award, presented by the American Hungarian Foundation.

During a five-year period in the 1960s, dozens of students and a handful of educators contributed to an appreciation of Hungarian culture and life.

Almost 50 years later, Case Western Reserve was honored for its role with an Abraham Lincoln Award, presented by the American Hungarian Foundation.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsNational Youth Sports Program Celebrates 40th Anniversaryhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/27/nysp402010-05-27T13:12:24Z2010-05-27T20:12:15Z The National Youth Sports Program has hit a homerun as it reaches its 40th anniversary in serving Cleveland area youth with summer fun and fitness. NYSP will again shape minds and bodies, June 14 to July 16, when it hosts its five-week camp on Case Western Reserve University’s campus.
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National Youth Sports Program
Photo: NYSP website

The National Youth Sports Program has hit a homerun as it reaches its 40th anniversary in serving Cleveland area youth with summer fun and fitness. NYSP will again shape minds and bodies, June 14 to July 16, when it hosts its five-week camp on Case Western Reserve University’s campus.

Enrollment opens for this year’s program on June 4, 5 and 6 in Adelbert Gymnasium on the CWRU campus. An open house will take place on June 21 to celebrate the 40th anniversary. The event’s special guest will be U. S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, who has introduced a new bill to expand the NYSP program nationally.

“We’ve been making a difference in young people’s lives for decades,†said Dennis Harris, NYSP director. The CWRU camp is one of only 27 programs left in the United States from the original 202 federally funded programs.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsPreserving Histories for Generations to Comehttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/20/livinglegacies2010-05-20T13:56:35Z2010-05-20T19:58:34ZFamilies often think about recording the great stories their elders tell, but they often don’t manage to get written. Then family memories are lost due to illness or death. For 12 older citizens from the McGregor Home in East Cleveland and the Fairfax Neighborhood on Cleveland’s east side, their histories have been preserved by the Living through Legacies project in hardcover books for families to cherish from one generation to the next.
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Professor Gladys Haddad
and Katherine Butler

Families often think about recording the great stories their elders tell, but they often don’t manage to get written. Then family memories are lost due to illness or death.

For 12 older citizens from the McGregor Home in East Cleveland and the Fairfax Neighborhood on Cleveland’s east side, their histories have been preserved by the Living through Legacies project in hardcover books for families to cherish from one generation to the next.

These individuals became the focus of Case Western Reserve University social work student David Harris, who graduated on Sunday. He published the individual biographies with support from the McGregor Foundation grant.




Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsSchool of Medicine Professor Selected to Receive Fulbright Awardhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/06/fulbright32010-05-06T13:54:29Z2010-05-06T17:05:28ZAnna Maria Mandalakas, associate professor of pediatrics, global health and diseases, and epidemiology and biostatistics, will soon embark upon an almost one-year journey to aid South African children infected with tuberculosis (TB). The School of Medicine professor has been selected to receive a 2010 U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholarship.
Anna Maria Mandalakas

Anna Maria Mandalakas, associate professor of pediatrics, global health and diseases, and epidemiology and biostatistics, will soon embark upon an almost one-year journey to aid South African children infected with tuberculosis (TB).

The School of Medicine professor has been selected to receive a 2010 U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholarship. Beginning in August, Mandalakas will spend 11 months in Tygerberg, South Africa, in collaboration with Stellenbosch University. She will study the benefits of isoniazid preventative therapy on children infected with TB.

Selected as a Senior Fulbright Scholar, Mandalakas plans to teach and conduct research. She will lead a seminar series for senior and peer faculty, as well as medical and graduate students, on designing clinical research. Her ongoing research is on the diagnostics of TB infection in children, and her Fulbright research will explore the delivery of preventive therapy by addressing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related, as well as barriers to implementing preventative therapy.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsSeven Students Find Tackling Environmental Issues by Nonprofits is Challenging Workhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/05/environmentalcapstone2010-05-05T20:40:38Z2010-05-06T17:10:10ZNonprofit organizations can make a difference in environmental matters was the consensus of seven seniors from Case Western Reserve University. Students participated in a new service-learning, capstone course called Environmental Issues & Community Engagement and gained hands-on experience by working with area nonprofit organizations to tackle some tough environmental issues.
The environmental Senior Capstone students
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Nonprofit organizations can make a difference in environmental matters was the consensus of seven seniors from Case Western Reserve University.

Students participated in a new service-learning, capstone course called Environmental Issues & Community Engagement and gained hands-on experience by working with area nonprofit organizations to tackle some tough environmental issues.

Organized and taught by Elizabeth Banks, associate director of CWRU’s Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (CCEL), Chloe Carter, Roxana Crivineanu, Katelyn Haas, Chris Hernandez, Cassandra Pallai, S.K. Piper and Steven Salloum engaged in this community learning experience.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news"Healthy Minds Across America" Forum to Take Place April 24http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/04/16/healthymindsforum2010-04-16T14:22:54Z2010-04-16T16:39:53ZThe campus community is invited to attend the free "Healthy Minds Across America" forum April 24. University Hospitals Case Medical Center is joining more than 40 other institutions across the country to partner with NARSAD, a national charity primarily focused on advancing research related to the causes, treatment and prevention of psychiatric disorders.
Public forum will feature presentations from university-affiliated researchers

The campus community is invited to attend the free "Healthy Minds Across America" forum April 24. University Hospitals Case Medical Center is joining more than 40 other institutions across the country to partner with NARSAD, a national charity primarily focused on advancing research related to the causes, treatment and prevention of psychiatric disorders.

The "Healthy Minds" event is designed to bring science to families seeking hope for better treatments of a broad range of mental illnesses. The forum will feature several presentations and speakers affiliated with Case Western Reserve University, including David Kemp, assistant professor of psychiatry; Keming Gao, assistant professor of psychiatry; and Elizabeth Pehek, associate professor of psychiatry and neurosciences.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine Receives Nearly $8M in Federal Funding to Help Providers Enable Adoption of Electronic Health Records in Ohiohttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/04/14/cwruregionalextensioncenter2010-04-14T14:05:13Z2010-04-14T17:46:40ZCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received $7,942,500 million in federal stimulus funds from the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), the state designated entity for health information exchange development.
CWRU wins OHIP bid to become a Regional Extension Center (REC) entity for the state of Ohio
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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and
School of Medicine Dean Pamela B. Davis

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received $7,942,500 in federal stimulus funds from the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), the state designated entity for health information exchange development.

The funding positions the School of Medicine as a regional extension center (REC). The designation will allow the school to help 1,765 health care providers in Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties advance the use of health information technology (HIT) in their practices. The School of Medicine will provide administration and management to multiple contractors whose overall goal is to provide select products and training on how to use the technology to aid in the improvement of patient care.

The formal announcement was made Tuesday afternoon at the Cleveland Clinic by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-newsStudy Examines Effectiveness of Telemonitoring Vital Signshttp://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/04/12/telemonitoring2010-04-12T13:52:27Z2010-04-12T19:43:07ZCWRU's University Center on Aging and Health awarded a one-year pilot grant to investigators Elizabeth Madigan from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Rebecca Boxer from the School of Medicine at CWRU, and Amir Poreh from Cleveland State, for the study, "Supporting Self-Management with Telehealth for Patients with Multiple Morbidity."

Like the bleeps of an alarm clock, TeleCare, a home monitoring device, gives the chronically ill a wake-up call: "It's time to take your vitals."

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University will study how effective TeleCare, a device the size of an alarm clock, is in keeping individuals with complex health issues healthy and out of the hospital.

CWRU's University Center on Aging and Health awarded a one-year pilot grant to investigators Elizabeth Madigan from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Rebecca Boxer from the School of Medicine at CWRU, and Amir Poreh from Cleveland State, for the study, "Supporting Self-Management with Telehealth for Patients with Multiple Morbidity."

Kimyette Finleykimyette.finley@case.eduhttp://blog.case.edu/case-news