Search results for "Access to Care"
Hospital pricing often unclear despite transparency requirements
A cross-sectional study of U.S. hospitals found differences in cash prices posted online for vaginal childbirth and brain MRI versus prices obtained via telephone calls by secret shoppers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/hospital-pricing-often-unclear-despite-transparency-requirements.htm
27 Sep 2023
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
How to handle biased patients
Hospitalists have developed strategies for these problematic encounters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/how-to-handle-biased-patients.htm
15 Jun 2020
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
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021
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
Getting dialysis for undocumented patients
Limited coverage worsens outcomes for patients and increases costs for the system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/getting-dialysis-for-undocumented-patients.htm
15 Jan 2021
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
Tailor treatment for asymptomatic inpatient hypertension
An expert warns hospitalists against overprescribing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/tailor-treatment-for-asymptomatic-inpatient-hypertension.htm
15 Jan 2021
Preventing physician suicide
New efforts seek to reduce stigma among clinicians about mental illness and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/preventing-physician-suicide.htm
15 Mar 2018