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Erie Family Health Center is proud to announce the 2010 Golden Toothbrush Award Luncheon Keynote Speaker! June Thomas is the foreign editor of Slate, a daily Web magazine known for its analysis and commentary on news, politics and culture. Before joining the Slate in 1997, June  was the editor and foreign rights manager at Seal Press and managing editor of Women in Translation, a publishing company specializing in women’s writing from around the world. She was born and raised in Manchester, England.

June authored the American Way of Dentistry, a widely acclaimed seven part series in Slate, which provides an in-depth analysis of the state of oral health care in the United States. The seven topics covered in the series include:

The Story of My Teeth

The Disappearing Dentist

The Oral Cost Spiral

How Dentists Think

Why Poor Folks are Short on Teeth

Inside the Dental Safety Net

Healthy Teeth for All

Click here to read this series. You can also follow the series on Facebook.

Welcome to Beats Per Minute!

Welcome to Erie Family Health Center’s brand new blog, Beats Per Minute! We are thrilled to embark on this journey in social media, building upon our other sources of new media, such as Twitter and Facebook. As one of the few community health centers in the nation to launch a blog, Beats Per Minute will provide you with news, resources and information on areas of interest impacting Erie and our community.

You can visit Beats Per Minute frequently to receive up to date news about Erie, community based health care and the fragile safety-net. Whether you’re interested in learning about new Erie events or reading about the latest research on care for the uninsured, Beats Per Minute is the place to be! Erie hopes that through these posts we can share with you – the reader and Erie friend – information about Erie Family Health Center and all the news that affects the populations we serve.

You can even tune in every Wednesday afternoon for our Health Beats segment, which will bring you the top five health stories of the week!

Beats Per Minute will be updated by a team of bloggers from within Erie: you can learn more about our writers, Ginny, Jaclyn and Steph by clicking on About Us. You can also look forward to reading posts by Erie medical providers and support staff.

Don’t be overwhelmed by the amount of digital information blanketing the blogosphere. Beats Per Minute is your safety zone for focused and innovative thinking about community based health care delivery, cutting edge health care news and clear explanations in the setting of challenging times.  Won’t you join us?