Public health advocates have long recognized that the most successful health care systems are those that focus on primary prevention of disease, rather than on treatment of acute illnesses. Specifically, an analysis in the United States of preventive health care services, such as tobacco cessation sc...
Nurses are often referred to as advocates for their patients. This is a role that is no less important in the area of women in society and women in higher education. Nurses need to be given the tools needed to address these issues both professionally and personally. ...
What if the patient is uninsurable and needs close follow up, but cannot afford the out-of-pocket cost of subsequent visits? Each of these barriers require time that is not accounted for during medical appointments. It is not unusual for refugee and immigrant populations to experience one if ...
“Patients as Partners Europe brings advocates and sponsors together in a unique forum focused on improving collaborations that result in meaningful impact for patients,†said 2024 co-chair, Victoria DiBiaso, MPH, Global Head, Patient Informed Development & Health Value Translation, ...
Back at Forward Health, CEO Adrian Aoun certainly doesn’t sound like the greatest friend that universal healthcare advocates ever had. He calls the idea that healthcare is a human right “absurd.” He derides the NHS by insisting there’s “no way” I would move back to the UK if I...
it is a beginning. It is the beginning of a discussion of what we as physicians expect from our profession and what we expect from ourselves as professionals. Are we to “individually and collectively strive to reduce barriers to equitable healthcare” and to be public advocates “without conce...
In its letter, ACR notes that rising inflation, cuts to reimbursements to below the cost of treating Medicare patients and growing operating costs threaten the viability of private practices. To address these concerns, ACR advocates for legislation to address two persistent challenges impacting Medicare...
It was an open meeting with a live webcast again, but this time the auditorium was packed, with a row of press and more patients and patient advocates, including one who I knew from Twitter, Kelly Young. There was a large contingent from Pfizer. One my fellow panelists had told me to...
Advocates for high-value healthcare Over the past three years or so, a fledgling but rapidly growing community has emerged dedicated to advocating for and deploying high-value approaches. Vendors, benefits advisors and benefits managers for purchasers (i.e., employers and unions) have become convin...
It was less frequent for published research articles to involve nurses as real-time virtual commanders of robots but more direct operators of these machines and patient advocates, as evidenced by their perceptions assessed in research studies. The research articles highlighted the uniqueness and ...