All Articles Tagged 'health' (4)

May 18, 2011..Columbia, Maryland…Howard County Human Services agencies will be facing a crisis point in the very near future if current trends of flat or cut funding, reductions in staffing and programs, and increased service demands continue.

These are the conclusions drawn from findings in a new report   Budget Trends in Howard County Health and Human Services FY2008-FY2011.  The report was prepared by the Policy Analysis Center for the Association of…

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Last year, when the Community Council at UnitedHealthcare/Optum Health Specialty Benefits discovered the company would contribute $500 to the organization’s first 75 Relay For Life teams to form across the country, it started searching for a captain. Rich…

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Kaiser Permanente has signed a 10-year lease for 42,000 square feet of office space to create a new call center located in the Maple Lawn Business Park in Fulton, Maryland. The announcement was made yesterday by Ed St. John, the Founder and President of St. John Properties, the real estate development company which owns and is developing and managing the property.



“When Ed told me about this lease, I was thrilled,” said County Executive Ulman. “More jobs coming to the County and a long… Continue

Recognized for Outstanding Clinical Performance by HealthGrades, the Leading Independent Healthcare Ratings Organization



COLUMBIA, MD. – Howard County General Hospital: A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine (HCGH) announced today that a new study ranks its clinical quality among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for the second consecutive year. HCGH is one of only 269 hospitals in the nation that received this distinction from HealthGrades for 2010.



The national… Continue