Basia Andraka-Christou

To Stop Deadly Overdoses, ‘The Opioid Fix’ Urges Better Use Of Tools We Already Have

More Americans than ever — almost 72,000 — died from a drug overdose last year, according to preliminary data from ...
UCF health management and informatics professors Lynn Unruh and Andriy Koval

UCF Faculty Collecting COVID-19 Data for World Health Organization

Lynn Unruh and Andriy Koval are collecting data for the World Health Organization about the US response to the coronavirus ...
Yara Asi

UCF Health Management and Informatics Faculty Member Awarded Fulbright

Yara Asi will be conducting focus groups, interviews and developing a survey to assess the health impact of movement restrictions ...
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Laws That Punish Pregnant Drug Abusers Aren’t Working, New Study Finds

The findings are increasingly important as instances of opioid use disorder at delivery continue to rise ...
Basia Andrake-Christou

Stigma of Opioid Addiction Medications Prevents Treatment

HMI assistant professor’s research explores barriers to opioid addiction treatment from multiple fields of study and perspectives ...
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More Than a Meal: How Food Helped 2 Generations Bond, Learn About the Other

Intergenerational farm-to-table research project helped fight against aging stereotypes and create an age-diverse workforce ...
Su-i Hou

Aging-in-Community Research Shares Lessons Learned in Policy and Program Planning

Professor Su-I Hou will be at the Gerontological Society of America Conference in Austin, Texas on November 15 to discuss ...
William Poole

Health Administration Internship Offers Access to Executive-Level Leadership

“I love the reach of this work, especially when you get to the higher-level projects. Not only do you make ...
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Software Systems Support Financially-Strained Rural Clinics, Gain Copyrights

Small clinics across the country are closing, especially in rural areas, leaving residents without healthcare nearby. Varadraj Gurupur, who is ...
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HMI Student Group Delivers Buckets of Halloween Candy to Children at Shelter, Wins Impact Award

The Student Health Information Management Association (SHIMA), an organization providing educational events and volunteer opportunities for health management and informatics ...
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Healthcare’s Huge Cybersecurity Problem

The patient lying on the emergency room table in front of Paul Pugsley was having a stroke. Time was running out ...
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Public Affairs, Health Management Professor Added to Fulbright Specialist Roster

Su-I Hou, professor of health management and informatics and health-track coordinator of the doctoral program in public affairs at UCF, ...
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UCF Study: Big Data, High Tech Maps Give Health Care Providers New Insights

A recently published study demonstrates the power of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to help determine if resources are getting to ...
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Health Management and Informatics Students Recognized at National Conference

Five UCF Health Management and Informatics students were recognized at the annual American Health Information Management Association's national conference in ...
Adrian Andrews

First Fully-Online HMI Graduate Student to Work on NSF Project

Adrian Andrews is the first fully-online UCF student pursuing a graduate degree in health management and informatics to work on ...