TELUS has won the Canadian Health Informatics Award for Corporate Citizenship. The award recognizes the leading multi-national for-profit healthcare ICT company committed to health.  TELUS investments in healthcare include Upopolis, launched in eight hospitals across Canada, with more being planned for 2013. Upopolis.com is the only private, secure, and trusted online social network designed for kids in the hospital.

The city of Santa Monica is seeking a grant to create the country’s first municipal well-being index. City officials and Rand Corp. researchers propose tracking the physical health, social connectedness and community resilience of residents. The city has completed a youth well-being study that found most students were healthy and felt safe at school

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