This blog provides video, audio, and graphic resources to journalists working on news stories and anyone else interested in news about the Erlanger Health System. The purpose of this blog is to provide direct access to additional information and video featuring Erlanger Health System physicians, employees, and scientists. This blog will also serve as a resource for a local angle on national health news stories.
Posting Frequency
News stories will be posted as they arise. As stated, the purpose of this blog is to add depth to select news stories about the Erlanger Health System. News items don’t necessarily occur on a daily basis, but they do occur often. So, check back frequently for updates. Or, make it easy by subscribing to our RSS feed (the link is at the top right of each page).
Erlanger encourages your comments, participation and feedback on our different blogs and social networking sites and we look forward to having a discussion with you. We will maintain a high standard of professionalism and respect and ask that you do the same. Comments that are off-topic, expose patient privacy, or promote a commercial interest will not be approved.
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Comments: Monitoring, Editing, and Rejection
To protect patient privacy and ensure that comments are appropriate for all audiences, comments will undergo a review process by an internal moderator. In an appropriate timeframe, comments will be approved and posted or rejected. The following comments are subject to rejection:
- Comments that include first and last names, locations or other personal or patient information
- Comments that are profane, racist, sexist, derogatory, defamatory, threatening or embarrassing to any other person or entity
- Advertisements or solicitations of business Comments that impersonate another person
- Comments that are off-topic or SPAM
Comments will not be edited for typos, spelling errors or grammar.
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