Download or read book To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Physicians for Underserved Areas Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medical Management of Vulnerable Underserved Patients Principles Practice Population written by Talmadge E. King and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other book on the subject Chronic diseases, especially those associated with poor nutrition, obesity, and addiction have grown to epidemic proportion in many poor and minority populations Covers all essential topics, including Navigating Language Barriers, Understanding Disability, Patient Education, Substance Abusers, the Care of Gay and Lesbian Patients, Reproductive Issues in Poor Women, and much more

Download or read book Nursing and Nursing Education written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1983-02-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results are presented of a study of nursing and nursing education that focused on the need for continued federal support of nursing education, ways to attract nurses to medically underserved areas, and approaches to encourage nurses to stay in the profession. Findings are presented on whether the aggregate supply of generalist nurses will be sufficient to meet future demand, and how changes that could occur in the health care system might affect demand. Attention is also directed to: how the current and future supply of nurses may be influenced by the costs of nursing education and the sources of education financing; and education for generalist positions in nursing. In addition, the supply and demand situation for nurses educationally prepared for advanced professional positions in nursing is examined. The influence of employer policies and practices in utilization of nursing resources on demand and supply is also addressed. Finally, areas in which further data and studies are needed to better monitor nursing supply and demand are identified. In addition to 21 recommendations, appendices include information on Nursing Training Act appropriations, state reports on nursing issues, certificates for specialist registered nurses, projections of registered nurse supply and requirements, and doctoral programs in nursing. (SW)

Download or read book Health Care Shortage Areas written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how the Department of Health & Human Services' systems for identifying health care shortage areas are currently used to target resources to the underserved, & Department proposals to combine these systems. Includes recommendations to Congress that could result in a better match of federal program resources to needy communities, & eliminate funding where there is not a demonstrated need for federal assistance. Charts, tables & graphs.

Download or read book Unequal Treatment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-06 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.

Download or read book The Federal Shortage Designation Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Care Shortage Areas written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medically Underserved Areas medically Underserved Populations written by and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides database of medically underserved areas and populations developed by the Division of Shortage Designation of the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. Includes searches by state, county, and ID number, providing census tract numbers, whether status designated or withdrawn, index of medical underservice (IMU) score from 1-100, and designation type.

Download or read book Strategies for Increasing Physician Supply in Medically Underserved Communities in California written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Progress and problems in improving the availability of primary care providers in underserved areas written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Professional Shortage Areas Problems Remain with Primary Care Shortage Area Designation System written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oklahoma s Guide to Federal Designation of Medically Underserved Areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas written by Oklahoma. State Department of Health. Office of Rural Health and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Unequal Burden of Cancer written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-06-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know more about cancer prevention, detection, and treatment than ever beforeâ€"yet not all segments of the U.S. population have benefited to the fullest extent possible from these advances. Some ethnic minorities experience more cancer than the majority population, and poor peopleâ€"no matter what their ethnicityâ€"often lack access to adequate cancer care. This book provides an authoritative view of cancer as it is experienced by ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. It offers conclusions and recommendations in these areas: Defining and understanding special populations, and improving the collection of cancer-related data. Setting appropriate priorities for and increasing the effectiveness of specific National Institutes of Health (NIH) research programs, to ensure that special populations are represented in clinical trials. Disseminating research results to health professionals serving these populations, with sensitivity to the issues of cancer survivorship. The book provides background data on the nation's struggle against cancer, activities and expenditures of the NIH, and other relevant topics.

Download or read book Health Care Shortage Areas written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) systems for identifying geographical areas where access to medical care is limited, focusing on: (1) how well the systems identify areas with primary care shortages; (2) how well the systems target federal funding to the underserved; and (3) whether the HHS proposal to combine the systems would lead to improvements. GAO found that: (1) the two HHS systems do not reliably identify areas with primary care shortages or help target federal resources to the underserved; (2) the systems have widespread data and methodology problems which severely limit their ability to pinpoint needy areas; (3) both systems tend to overstate the need for additional primary care providers because they do not consider all of the categories of providers already in place; (4) the Health Professional Shortage Area System (HPSA) does not consider the extent to which available resources are being used; (5) the Medically Underserved Area System (MUA) is limited in its ability to identify underserved areas and populations; (6) neither system identifies the specific subpopulations that have difficulty obtaining medical care; (7) while the systems can sometimes accurately identify needy areas, they do not provide the necessary data to determine which programs are best suited to those areas; (8) the proposed consolidation and streamlining of the systems is not likely to solve system problems, since the underlying causes of the problems have not been addressed; (9) it may be more cost-effective to modify individual programs and application processes to identify where needs exist and the appropriate program to meet those needs and to target resources better; and (10) HHS officials believe that they need to maintain a national shortage designation system to monitor primary care access, but HHS has another initiative under way that could serve those purposes.

Download or read book Health Resources and Services Administration written by Cynthia A. Bascetta and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health centers funded through grants under the Health Center Program -- managed by the Health Resources and Services Admin. (HRSA), an agency in the Dept. of Health and Human Services -- provide comprehensive primary care services for the medically underserved. HRSA provides funding for training and technical assistance (TA) and cooperative agreement recipients to assist grant applicants. This report examined: (1) to what extent medically underserved areas lacked health center sites in 2006 and 2007; and (2) HRSA¿s oversight of training and TA cooperative agreement recipients¿ assistance to grant applicants and its provision of written feedback provided to unsuccessful applicants. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

Download or read book Primary Care of the Medically Underserved An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice E Book written by Vincent Morelli and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Vincent Morelli, Roger Zoorob, and Joel J. Heidelbaugh, is devoted to Primary Care of the Medically Underserved. This outstanding issue includes the following articles: Primary Care Issues in Rural Populations; Primary Care Issues in Inner City America and Internationally; Medical Care for Undocumented Immigrants: National and International Issues; Pediatric and Adolescent Issues in Underserved Populations; Women's Health issues in Underserved Populations; Geriatric Care Issues: American and International Perspectives; Medical Care of the Homeless: An American and International Issue; Cardiovascular Issues in the Underserved; Occupational Health and Sleep Issues in Underserved Populations; Infectious Diseases Issues in Underserved Populations; Cancer in the Underserved; Psychological Issues in Underserved Populations; Substance Abuse Issues Amongst the Underserved: American and International Perspectives; Diet and Obesity Issues in the Underserved; Exercise/Sports Medicine Issues in Underserved Populations; A Global Perspective on Climate Change and Health in Underserved Populations; and International Comparisons in Underserved Health: Issues, Policies, Needs and Projections.