New job openings for medical internships in Puerto Rico announced
June 7, 2024
The Health Department designates Doctors’ Center Hospital |Orlando Health as a medical education center. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico to get $28.6M for lead pipe replacement
May 14, 2024
EPA announces latest round of funding to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water. #NewsismyBusiness
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‘SíScreens’ to evaluate efficacy of screens against mosquito-borne diseases
September 26, 2023
The initiative is a collaboration with Ponce Health Sciences University and the Puerto Rico Health Department, and is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange to join Health Gorilla info network
March 2, 2023
Through its collaboration with the Puerto Rico Health Department, Health Gorilla will continue to expand the landscape of interoperability throughout Puerto Rico.
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50% of doctors have left Puerto Rico since ’09
May 13, 2022
At present, there are 9,492 doctors in Puerto Rico, down from the 18,754 there were in 2009.
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PRASA to deploy $46M in infrastructure upgrades
September 1, 2021
A trio of government agencies — the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, the Infrastructure Financing Authority (AFI, in Spanish), and the Health Department — announced the signing of an agreement to carry out $46 million in improvements to the water utility’s infrastructure. During a news conference, officials from all agencies confirmed that the money […]
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Health Gorilla connects 1M+ residents to Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange
August 31, 2021
California-based Health Gorilla, a company dedicated to managing interoperability platforms in Puerto Rico, and the Health Department announced that more than 1 million residents have connected to the Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange (PRHIE) network in 60 days of program launch. This initiative enables healthcare providers to access and share patient medical record data securely […]
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Puerto Rico Health Dept. launches online platform to manage patient data
July 6, 2021
The Puerto Rico Health Department unveiled the Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange, a platform through which the agency seeks to establish new technological solutions to streamline patient care procedures. This tool allows a patient’s medical information to be made available to doctors, nurses, hospitals, and other organizations when health care is required, Health Secretary Carlos […]
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Mennonite Health System connects to Health Dept.’s Health Information Exchange system
July 2, 2021
The Mennonite Health System announced it has connected and started the exchange of data with the Health Department’s Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange (PRHIE) system, which pursues the interoperability of clinical systems in real time for public health purposes and continuity of patient care, as needed. “The Mennonite Health System continues to direct its operation […]
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Puerto Rico Health Dept. proposes $300 fine on travelers arriving without negative COVID-19 test
April 20, 2021
Puerto Rico Health Secretary Carlos Mellado has signed a new Administrative Order that effective April 28, will impose a $300 fine on all travelers who fail to present a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to their arrival to the island. However, he said the fine will be removed once the traveler submits the […]
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FEMA approves $5.6M for Puerto Rico Health Department
December 11, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a $5.6 million injection of funds to the Puerto Rico Health Department to repair health facilities throughout the island. The improvement plans range from diagnostic and treatment centers to laboratories and public health units in six municipalities. This amount, approved this year, adds to the total of about $8 […]
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Health Dept. buys 2 mobile clinics at $736K to reach earthquake-ravaged towns
December 2, 2020
The Puerto Rico Health Department announced the acquisition of two mobile units at a combined cost of $736,000 that will temporarily replace the WIC clinics that have been unable to reopen after being seriously affected by the earthquakes in the south. The 37-foot mobile clinics have areas for anthropometric measurements, breastfeeding, food demonstration, space to […]
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Puerto Rico Health Dept. unveils COVID-19 digital dashboard
April 10, 2020
Seeking to add “greater visibility and access” to detailed information on the behavior of COVID-19 on the island, the Puerto Rico Health Secretary Lorenzo González, unveiled the agency’s digital dashboard that presents the official figures and behavior of the virus on the island. This tool promotes the development of the capacities needed to increase the […]
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Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics unveils COVID-19 hospital data system
April 6, 2020
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics announced the launch of a daily data collection and consolidation system for hospitals to provide data of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases. The system was developed in conjunction with the Health Department and the government’s COVID-19 Medical Task Force, said Institute Executive Director Orville Disdier. Through this system, epidemiologists […]
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PROGyn, Health Dept. launch 1st registry in U.S. of COVID-19-positive pregnant women
March 24, 2020
Puerto Rico Obstetrics and Gynecology (PROGyn) and the Puerto Rico Health Department launched the first registry of pregnant women who test positive for COVID-19 coronavirus throughout the United States and its jurisdictions, Nabal Bracero, president of the private nonprofit said. The registry is the products of Administrative Order 426, signed by Interim Health Secretary Concepción […]
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