Search results for "Access to Care"
March 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/
Saving money by giving care for free
At most hospitals, paying for medical care means handing over proof of insurance or a credit card. At The Caring Place in Allentown, Pa., it can mean reading to children, baking cookies or translating for other patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/care.htm
15 Mar 2007
In the News
Report shows slowdown in hospital cost increases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/itn.htm
15 Oct 2008
Federal government expands mental health parity coverage
Put words in our mouth
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/10/5.htm
10 Feb 2010
Bringing health to low-income patients in the clinic and media
Columnist Erin N. Marcus, FACP, has a passion for health communication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/profile.htm
15 Sep 2010
ACP calls for improvements to country's public health system
ACP called for an improved public health infrastructure that works collaboratively with physicians to ensure the public's safety and health, in its policy paper “Strengthening the Public Health Infrastructure,” released at Internal Medicine 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/25/4.htm
25 Apr 2012
Indian Health Service reaches across borders within the U.S.
Delivery of everyday health services in the Navajo Nation is challenging, and specialty services even more so.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/ihs.htm
15 Aug 2012
ACP offers recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.
A new ACP policy paper offers 9 strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the United States. “Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States” appeared online April 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/6.htm
16 Apr 2014
Consider country, culture when caring for Latino patients
Cultural competence can be defined as patients and doctors coming together to talk about their concerns without cultural barriers, Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, told attendees at a panel on “Special Issues in Providing Care to Hispanic and Latino Patients.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/4.htm
16 Apr 2014
Massachusetts health care reform associated with improved health outcomes
Health care reform in Massachusetts, which has been considered a model for the Affordable Care Act, was associated with reduced all-cause mortality and deaths from causes potentially affected by access to health care, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/07/5.htm
7 May 2014