Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Spring 2010
NIDDK Publications and Websites Recognized
by Two Health Information Organizations
Four publications and eight websites produced by the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) have been recognized
by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse
for consumer health programs and materials. In addition, the NIDDK
website won silver for “Best Health/Healthcare Content” in the 2009 Strategic
Health Care Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards competition.
In the HIRC’s 2009 National Health Information
Awards competition, For Women with Diabetes:
Your Guide to Pregnancy and What I need to
know about Diabetes Medicines, by the National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC),
won bronze and merit awards, respectively. Barrett’s
Esophagus and Pancreatitis, by the National
Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
(NDDIC), won merit awards.
NIDDK websites that won silver awards in the
HIRC’s Spring/Summer 2008 Web Health
Awards competition were the NDIC, the
NDDIC, the National Hematologic Diseases
Information Service, the Weight-control Information
Network, the National Diabetes Education
Program, and the Celiac Disease Awareness
Campaign. The National Kidney Disease Education
Program and the National Kidney and
Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
websites won merit awards.
The goal of the awards is to provide a seal of
quality for consumer health information. To
view the winning publications, visit the NDIC at
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov and the NDDIC at
www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov. For more information
about the National Health Information
Awards, visit www.healthawards.com.
The Strategic Health Care Communications
eHealthcare Leadership Awards competition
recognizes the best websites of health care
organizations, online health companies, pharmaceutical
companies, medical suppliers, and
business improvement initiatives. More than
1,100 websites were entered to compete in
12 categories. The annual competition is
organized by Strategic Health Care Communications,
a health communications firm providing
information about business development,
marketing, and Internet strategies. To learn
who else won in the 2009 competition, visit
www.strategichealthcare.com/awards/winners.php.
Visit the NIDDK website at www.niddk.nih.gov.
NIH Publication No. 10–5743
April 2010
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