Screams could be heard coming from the east side of downtownTylerlast Thursday afternoon and evening as the word was spreading across town that a popular fried chicken joint had their food permit suspended byNET Healthand was temporarily closed. No longer having a food permit,Southern Classic Chi...
The Health Reform law, signed in March 2010, has important implications for HIV/STD prevention and care programs. Although much of the planning for implementation has focused at the national and state level, LHDs must also plan for how to adjust to changes in their service delivery structure....
HIV prevention is increasingly focused on people living with HIV (PLWH) and the role of healthcare settings in prevention. Emergency Departments (EDs) frequently care for PLWH, but do not typically endorse a prevention mission. We conducted a pilot exploratory evaluation of the first reported ED ...
health care, schools and education facilities, healthy food, and recreation; remove physical or operational barriers to access; strengthen communities through neighborhood redevelopment; mitigate the negative impacts of freight movement on communities--such as ...
Patrick Ray1,4, Benjamin Bloom5, Tabassome Simon1,3 and Bruno Riou1,2 Abstract Background: Medical errors and preventable adverse events are a major cause of concern, especially in the emergency department (ED) where its prevalence has been reported to be roughly of 5–10 % of visits. Du...
Evaluating physician awareness of common health care costs in the emergency department.doi:10.1017/CEM.2017.43Rohit GandhiIan StiellAlan ForsterJames WorthingtonMadeleine ZissJack B. KittsRanjeeta MalikSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
120 - Emergency department visits for hyperglycemia in emerging adults with diabetes: a health records reviewdoi:10.1016/j.jcjd.2017.08.128JustinYanAlexandraHamelinKatherineGushulakKristineVanAarsenMelanieSDOSCanadian Journal of Diabetes
South Africa has long advocated for universal testing and since 2010 has a national Provider-Initiated Counseling and Testing (PICT) policy in place, which promotes the routine availability of free HIV testing across all healthcare facilities [4]. In recent years, the percentage of South Africans...
of improving the patients’ outcomes and well-being on one hand, and the quality of health services on the other hand. Knowledge of the outcome of children referred by the CC and of the reasons for non-adherence are important to evaluate the validity of the CC and could improve the ...