Archived News at Hygeia... January 20, 2009 Hygeia receives a donation of six Kicktraks from the Unisar Company to help families keep track of fetal movements-kick counts. January 5, 2009 Read an Article in the New Haven Register about the Hygeia Foundation... January 3, 2009 Read a Founding Parent Board Member's blog >> January 1, 2009 A 2009 New Year's Message January 1, 2009 Please support our fund-raising campaign, 13 for 13... Thirteen Dollars for Thirteen Years... Learn more >> December 31, 2008 Read a published story of loss by a Hygeia Parent. December 12, 2008 Connecticut support programs -New Winter schedule is now available January 3, 2009 Read a Founding Parent Board Member's blog >> January 1, 2009 A 2009 New Year's Message January 1, 2009 Please support our fund-raising campaign, 13 for 13... Thirteen Dollars for Thirteen Years... Learn more >> December 31, 2008 Read a published story of loss by a Hygeia Parent. December 12, 2008 Connecticut support programs -New Winter schedule is now available November 8, 2008 Read a Grandmother's beautiful tribute to her grandchild and daughter September 1, 2008 Please fill out this Survey about your experiences at Hygeia
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slide show of the event Dr. Berman interviewed in the Hartford Courant, April 1, 2007.
5/18/06 Hygeia Foundation awarded a Grant from the Dain Raucher Foundation April 8, 2005 The Hygeia Foundation's first annual Family Fun Fest to support the establishment of the Hygeia Foundation's International Headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut, and advance its programs was held on April 8, 2006. It was a great success. Here are some photos of the event and the new office space(unfurnished). The Hygeia Foundation to hold it First Annual Family Fun Day Fundraising event Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 5:30 pm. at the Stepping Stones Museum, Norwalk, Connecticut. Please click here to learn more about the museum. Dr. Berman interviewed by the Student
British Medical Journal Ephemeris Project accepted for
publication by peer-reviewed journal, Technology and Healthcare. Dr. Berman to present an Abstract about the
Ephemeris Project at the World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Prague, December
2005. Dr. Berman invited to speak at
International SIDS and Stillbirth Conference in Japan, 2006
May, 2005 November 14, 2004. Dr. Berman elected to the Board of Directors of First Candle/SIDS Alliance. First Candle/SIDS Alliance exists to promote infant health and survival during the prenatal period through two years of age. We do this through programs of advocacy, education and research. SIDS and Other Infant Death bereavement services are a critical component of our mission.
Hygeia receives HON Code of Conduct (HONcode) for medical and health Web sites. [More ]
The Hygeia Foundation, Inc. and the Greater
New Haven FIMR Program held a fund raiser on July 30th. and raised over $2,500 to
support indigent families bury and memorialize their stillborn babies. March 27, 2004 Hygeia will be working with the School-based Health Centers in the New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, Connecticut in order to help Teens(and their parents) more easily access health care facilities. This initiative, Get the Healthcare You Deserve or Get Care at Hygeia, a program of the Hygeia Foundation, Inc. is an effort to advocate for those women, teens and families who need health care services and/or information but have no healthcare provider or do not know where to turn. March 1, 2004 Hygeia Nominated for a Tech Museum Award. The Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc., is a unique and prestigious program that honors and awards innovators from around the world who use technology to benefit humanity The Tech Awards is an annual program that honors individuals and organizations that are creatively applying technology to improve the human condition. February 28, 2003 Hygeia becomes a charter member of the International
Stillbirth Alliance.The International Stillbirth Alliance is a new coalition created
to enhance and increase the effectiveness of individuals and groups already working to
promote stillbirth research, education and awareness. We welcome any and all organized
efforts to understand stillbirth. Dr. Berman has mader a presentation about Hygeia at the 8th. World Congress on the the Internet in Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland, December 4th-8th., 2003
MEDNET 2003 is an international meeting bringing together researchers, developers and users of applications of the Internet in Medicine. Health On the Net Foundation (HON) will host MEDNET 2003 in Geneva from 4 to 7 December 2003, in connection with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS - 10 to 12 December 2003). MEDNET is an opportunity to review recent developments and meet the innovators responsible, to reflect on ten years of the Web and how it has changed the world, and to look ahead to bringing the benefits of new information technologies to communities around the world. MEDNET welcomes participants from the many disciplines which together have made the Internet an important new tool for the promotion of health. The theme of MEDNET 2003, "Internet in Health for All" covers principally: Access to health and medical information; trustworthiness, security and legal Issues of online medical information; Online health information and the consumer; and International cooperation in Internet medicine. MEDNET is the annual conference of the Society for the Internet in Medicine (SIM) first held in 1996 to build a network of Internet players and users sharing the latest research developments and up-to-date tools in Medicine, health and the Internet. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Announces Advocate Physician
Leaders and Affiliate Institution Program NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Oct. 2003 --
The Hygeia® Foundation today announced the launch of an innovative new service designed
to improve access to healthcare and pre-natal services for women. The Foundation also
announced the service’s first advocate physician leaders and a program for affiliate
healthcare institutions. According to recent statistics, over 43
million people in the United States lack access to primary health care; perinatal and
neonatal loss among women is up to 50 percent greater in this population. The new service, called Get
Care at Hygeia (http://hygeia.org), is designed to address this issue. Get
Care at Hygeia helps women and their families access existing networks of
healthcare providers committed to minimizing disparities in access to healthcare and
pre-natal healthcare services for underprivileged women. The service has been
introduced in the New Haven region and will expand nationwide as additional institutions
register to participate. “Get Care at Hygeia offers the
underserved and most vulnerable women in our region access to advocacy and referrals
to women’s and maternal health services to improve their healthcare and that of their
children,” said Dr. Michael R. Berman, founder and president of the Hygeia
Foundation. “Improving access to healthcare programs which serve the uninsured and
provide health promotion and preventive care can improve women’s health and
ultimately reduce society’s overall healthcare costs.” The Get Care program is unique in using the
Internet and other communications technologies to reach underserved women and help them
receive the care they need. Women wanting to participate in the program would register
with Get Care at Hygeia through the Internet, by phone, or by mail. Once this
confidential registration is received, Hygeia then provides a physician signed,
personalized letter of introduction and guides the woman with this introductory letter to
a participating healthcare resource for care. The Hygeia Foundation will advocate for its
members should they encounter barriers to getting care. “Get Care at Hygeia
addresses shame, diminished self worth and feelings of isolation and alienation that
at-risk women might experience when pregnant, without place or professional to turn for
immediate care, counseling and advocacy,” said Berman. “This service intends to
reduce the barriers that would keep them from getting early prenatal healthcare, general
women’s healthcare and from entering specifically designed services such as early
cancer screening programs.” Hygeia Foundation Appoints Leaders of its
Advocate Physician Network In conjunction with the launch of the Get
Care program, the Hygeia Foundation also announced the appointments of Dr. Asia Goodwyn
and Dr. Pinar Kodaman in the leadership role of co-directors of the Hygeia Advocate
Physician Network. Drs. Goodwyn and Kodaman are Senior Residents in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital. “Drs. Goodwyn and Kodaman share the
highest regard and concern for the underserved and vulnerable population of families
reached by the Hygeia Foundation,” said Berman. “As co-directors of the Advocate
Physician Network, they will share and propagate the mission of Hygeia to other qualified
and dedicated Housestaff, nationwide and globally.” Affinity Healthcare Institution Licensing
Program Launched Hygeia Foundation, Inc.® is a 501-c3,
non-profit organization funded by donations. The rollout of its new and innovative
program, Get Care at Hygeia will initially be funded by annual licensing
fees (hospitals, clinics, healthcare providers) and by in-kind strategic alliances. Two levels of Healthcare Institution
participation are offered:
All Institutions to which Hygeia Members
will be directed must qualify as a “Center of Excellence” as determined by the
Hygeia Foundation Board of Directors, be listed as a participating facility by the United
States Bureau of Primary Health Care, participate in State or Federally Funded healthcare
programs or provide “free care” to eligible women in their community.. About The Hygeia Foundation The Hygeia Foundation was founded in 1995 and was among the first programs to provide comfort and solace and information to families who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy, newborn or infant child. Since its inception, Hygeia® has become the leading global Internet community for pregnancy loss and neonatal death, and an important resource for maternal and child health. It maintains the largest online database of families now approaching 24,000 registered members and adding new members at a rate of 300-500 per month. Hygeia® has been featured in several media
reports, among them, the New York Times, The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle.
The founder of Hygeia, Dr. Michael R. Berman, has been interviewed about his work by Katie
Couric on the NBC Today Show and by Lisa Birnbach on the CBS Early Show and
on ABC’s The Discovery Health Channel. Hygeia ® was honored as finalist in the
International Information Technology Competition, The Stockholm Challenge, Stockholm,
Sweden, 2002. Visit Hygeia on the Internet at http://hygeia.org
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Contact: New Haven, CT 06525 |
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