What is RSS?
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading.
Why is St. Anthony North Hospital providing an RSS feed?
We want you to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings at St. Anthony North Hospital and the easiest way to do this is to subscribe to our RSS feed.
How do I subscribe to the feed?
Special computer programs called "RSS aggregators" have been developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites you care about on your behalf and organize the results for you. (RSS feeds and aggregators are also sometimes called "RSS Channels" and "RSS Readers".)
What problem does RSS solve?
Most people are interested in many websites whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Examples of such websites are news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product information pages, medical websites, and weblogs. Repeatedly checking each website to see if there is any new content can be very tedious.
Email notification of changes was an early solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when you receive email notifications from multiple websites they are usually disorganized and can get overwhelming, and are often mistaken for spam.
RSS is a better way to be notified of new and changed content. Notifications of changes to multiple websites are handled easily, and the results are presented to you well organized and distinct from email.
How do I get started?
Download a RSS reader or find the section on your browser where you can select RSS feeds. A list of popular readers can be found here.
Paste the url of the feed into the reader
Click on the orange RSS button below and paste the url of the page that comes up into your reader
