James Hereford has been named the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), effective June 20, 2011. PAMF Chief Executive Officer Richard Slavin, M.D., announced the important addition to the executive team.
“Our goal is to provide real value for our patients – the highest quality medical care and service at a more affordable price. The economics of health care are rapidly changing. As a large, integrated medical organization PAMF is very well positioned to create innovative care delivery systems and adapt successfully in the continuously evolving healthcare environment. James is the ideal candidate to direct this effort,” Dr. Slavin said.
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The new 20,000-square-foot, two-story Palo Alto Medical Foundation medical office building located at 2907 Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz, CA, is slated to open its doors to patients May 2011.
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The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) is supporting the Happy Talkers Community Outreach Fair on May 1, 2011 and looks forward to helping to make this year’s event another success. The fair is organized by the School of Imagination (SOI), a non-profit education center in Dublin, CA, and provides a wide range of free developmental screenings for children.
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The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) has awarded the 2011 Hilary E.C. Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s (PAMF) Wellness Assessment for Youth To Get Organized Program – known as WAY2GO! .
The 2011 Hilary E.C. Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care is presented once per year at the Society’s Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Nancy Brown, Ph.D., a PAMF health education manager and the WAY2GO! project director, accepted the award in person and shared a slideshow and overview of the WAY2GO! program with meeting attendees.
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For the 14th year in a row, Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Santa Cruz, will host a Senior Health Fair for the community on April 30, 2011, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This free event is open to seniors in the community and offers multiple free health-screening exams for diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, dental hygiene, skin cancer, bone density, glaucoma, hearing and other health issues.
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