Search results for "Access to Care"
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
Improving Indian Health Service hospitals
Agency strives to ensure safety, coordinate quality initiatives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/ihs.htm
15 Apr 2017
Pandemic pinpoints racial and ethnic disparities
Numerous factors play a role in why Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans are more likely to contract COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/pandemic-pinpoints-racial-and-ethnic-disparities.htm
15 Sep 2020
When physicians and patients disagree
Preserve patient autonomy in difficult situations, including requests for futile care and AMA discharges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/when-physicians-and-patients-disagree.htm
15 May 2019
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
Gender-based disparities in starting salaries common in academic medicine
A study using U.S. compensation data from 2019 to 2020 found that starting salaries were lower for women in 93% of subspecialties and that initial salary parity in these subspecialities could increase women's 10-year earning potential by a median of $250,075.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/gender-based-disparities-in-starting-salaries-common-in-academic-medicine.htm
23 Feb 2022
Psych teams
Psychiatric comanagement brings expert care to vulnerable patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/psychiatric-comanagement.htm
15 Aug 2016
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
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