Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Figure 1. Gini coefficient One of the most neglected social determinants of health is access to adequate transportation. While housing, education, social inequality (as reflected … Read More
According to email from the Feds, “in week four of the 2020 Open Enrollment period, 703,556 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform.” Of course, this just means that folks … Read More
What is Comprehensive Medication Management? The standard of care that ensures each patient�s medications (whether they are prescription, nonprescription, alter. The accuracy of prescribing for patients has improved remarkably during … Read More
Guns have become a public health problem in the U.S.A. Perhaps it is not the guns but the people who own and use them in nefarious and/or dangerous ways. Americans … Read More
While we’re primarily focused right now on Open Enrollment v7.0, November is also a time to be thinking about Long Term Care, both its cost and how to fund it. … Read More
There is a new sheriff in town, and she is a woman. Under the guidance of the administrator of CMS, Seema Verma and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, … Read More
Recently it came to light that Google and Ascension Health have entered into an agreement wherein Google has been given access to medical health data held by Ascension. It now … Read More
So, FoIB Holly R sent this along: “Every NICU bed at this hospital is equipped with a webcam so parents can always check on their babies.” Hunh. I replied: “I … Read More
Dr. Emilie Scott was only a few months into her first job when she started hearing the complaint: She was spending too much time with each patient. Like many primary … Read More
New WHO-led study says a majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk. The first-ever global trends for adolescent insufficient physical … Read More
From a friend’s daughter: “Hi, I’m Vanessa Leahr and I live with multiple chronic health conditions including a connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Complex Regional … Read More
Britain’s Much Vaunted National Health Service� continues to cover itself in …. glory (for certain values of “glory”): Or left in hallways to die. https://t.co/LJvZpXKyIg � Beau Geste (@BeauGeste11) November … Read More
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I entered the field of Health Care through Social Work and moved into Administration because of a desire to not only help patients, but to also protect Medical Professionals. Prior … Read More