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ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS

(5 days ago) WEBMeasures of access to care tracked in the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR) include having health insurance, having a usual source of care, ix encountering difficulties when seeking care, and receiving care as soon as wanted.. …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578537/

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Access to Care Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

(4 days ago) WEBAccess to health care means having 'the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes.' Access to health care consists of four components: Coverage: facilitates entry into the health care system. Uninsured people are less likely to receive medical care and more likely to have poor health status. Services: Having a usual …

https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/access-care.html

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FastStats - Access to Health Care - Centers for Disease Control and

(8 days ago) WEBAccess to Health Care. Print. Data are for the U.S. The latest data are available from the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program. Percent of adults age 18 and older who failed to obtain needed medical care due to cost: 6.1%. Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2022 National Health Interview

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/access-to-health-care.htm

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Health Care Access and Quality - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(1 days ago) WEBHealthy People 2030 focuses on improving health by helping people get timely, high-quality health care services. About 1 in 10 people in the United States don’t have health insurance.1 People without insurance are less likely to have a primary care provider, and they may not be able to afford the health care services and medications they need.

https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/health-care-access-and-quality

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2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

(4 days ago) WEBIntroduction. The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report assesses the performance of our healthcare system and identifies areas of strengths and weaknesses, as well as disparities, for access to healthcare and quality of healthcare.Quality is described in terms of six priorities: patient safety, person-centered care, care coordination, effective …

https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr21/index.html

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Chartbook on Access to Health Care - Agency for …

(7 days ago) WEBOctober 2013: Affordable Care Act Marketplace Enrollment Begins. Key: Q = quarter. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, January 2010-September 2015. Note: For this …

https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/elements.html

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What factors affect patients’ ability to access healthcare? An …

(8 days ago) WEBINTRODUCTION. Achieving access to healthcare for all is an internationally recognised global goal, reinforced by the Universal Healthcare Movement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [].Yet, inequalities in health persist both within and between countries, with poorer, more marginalised groups often having the poorest health, …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tmi.13651

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Access to Health Services - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(8 days ago) WEBThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) define access to health care as the “timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes.” 1 Many people face barriers that prevent or limit access to needed health care services, which may increase the risk of …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/access-health-services

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MEASURES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Access Measures

(3 days ago) WEBMeasures of access provide information on a patient or enrollee’s timely and appropriate access to healthcare. This may include: access to several components of the healthcare system such as health insurance, usual source of care, and mental health or substance abuse; structural barriers impacting access such as transportation, waiting times

https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/MMS/Downloads/Access-Measures.pdf

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SPECIAL TOPIC Measuring Health Care Access and Quality to …

(5 days ago) WEBour list. Regarding the indicators of health care system performance, we recommend tracking the 6 indicators rec-ommended in the State of the USA report (15) (Table 2). To draw attention to the economic burden of health care and disparities in access to care, we also recommend 2 indica-tors that can be calculated from the indicators in the State

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/pdf/09_0243.pdf

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IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE THROUGH MORE …

(8 days ago) WEBTable 3.6 Access to stroke care in Germany Table 3.7 Access to stroke care in Bulgaria Table 3.8 Chronic Depression Vignette Table 3.9 Overview of access to care for chronic depression in nine selected countries Table 3. 10 Dental care vignettes – patient description and services in patient pathway Table 3.11 Coverage and access to acute

https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-10/measuring_access-to-healthcare_en_0.pdf

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Healthcare Access and Quality Index - Our World in Data

(Just Now) WEBTotal official development assistance for technical co-operation. US healthcare expenditure. The Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index is measured on a scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) based on death rates from 32 causes of death that could be avoided by timely and effective medical care (also known as 'amenable mortality').

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/healthcare-access-and-quality-index

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5 ways to improve access to health care - American Medical …

(9 days ago) WEBImproving access to health care means taking a broad approach that includes these five steps. Ensure adequate funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program and retain Medicaid expansion and implement expansion in more states. As of Sept. 1, 2016, there were more than 76.1 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicaid, according to a Kaiser

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/5-ways-improve-access-health-care

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Global Health - Our World in Data

(8 days ago) WEBThis pattern extends to other health measures, including disease burden estimates, indicating ongoing global health challenges. HIV treatment, pregnancy care, sanitation, and access to medicines. In the following charts, we’ll look at global trends in these different areas. In general, there has been a rise in global coverage of essential

https://ourworldindata.org/health-meta

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Health Data and Statistics Georgia Department of Public Health

(Just Now) WEBThe Georgia Department of Public Health has two ways to access Georgia’s public health data: The Online Analytical Statistical Information System (OASIS) is a web-based tool that will allow you to access publicly available health data and statistics for the state of Georgia. The Public Health Information Portal (PHIP) is an online data

https://dph.georgia.gov/about-dph/health-data-and-statistics

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2021 Georgia County Health Rankings

(6 days ago) WEBHealth Rankings for Georgia: Measures and National/State Results. Years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted). Percentage of adults reporting fair or poor health (age-adjusted). Average number of physically unhealthy days reported in past 30 days (age-adjusted). Average number of mentally unhealthy days

https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/sites/default/files/media/document/CHR2021_GA.pdf

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Federal Register :: Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children's …

(1 days ago) WEBStrategies to enhance access to health care services should reflect how people move through and interact with the health care system. We view the continuum of health care access across three dimensions of a person-centered framework: (1) enrollment in coverage; (2) maintenance of coverage; and (3) access to high-quality …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08085/medicaid-program-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-managed-care-access-finance

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States Should Make Data on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Easy …

(2 days ago) WEBMost states collect and report at least one core opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment measure that can be used to improve state treatment systems and save lives. It is crucial that states publicly report such health data—doing so has been linked to improved clinical outcomes.. However, finding and interacting with data on OUD treatment …

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2024/05/28/states-should-make-data-on-opioid-use-disorder-treatment-easy-to-access

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Interoperable Exchange of Patient Health Information Among U.S

(5 days ago) WEBSeamless interoperable health information exchange between disparate organizations across the health care continuum is crucial to ensure clinicians have access to the most timely and relevent patient health information when making healthcare decisions. Hospitals play an important role in interoperable exchange, and, since 2014, ONC has tracked …

https://www.healthit.gov/data/data-briefs/interoperable-exchange-patient-health-information-among-us-hospitals-2023

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Measuring Documentation Burden in Healthcare Effective Health …

(4 days ago) WEBThis technical brief identifies 11 measure categories for documentation burden: overall time spent in the electronic health record (EHR), activities related to clinical documentation, inbox management, time spent in clinical review, time spent in orders, work outside work/after hours, administrative tasks (billing and insurance related), …

https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/documentation-burden/prepub-tech-brief

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Language Hospital access at Accountability Project hospitals

(5 days ago) WEBlimited understanding of health matters or cannot read, access to care is further complicated. Hospitals should take appropriate measures to ensure patients are able to understand and/or read medical instructions. Recommendations Compliance with existing laws: Hospitals and other providers should ensure they act in accordance with

https://www.georgiawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/GW-HAP-Language-Access-at-Hospitals.pdf

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Measures, new birth center, take aim at disparities in maternal …

(8 days ago) WEBMichigan News Measures, new birth center, take aim at disparities in maternal health care. LANSING – New legislation may allow Michigan to join 41 other states in licensing and reimbursing birth

https://www.thealpenanews.com/news/michigan-news-apwire/2024/05/measures-new-birth-center-take-aim-at-disparities-in-maternal-health-care/

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Chartbook on Access to Health Care - Agency for Healthcare …

(8 days ago) WEBTimeliness in health care is the system’s capacity to provide care quickly after a need is recognized. For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic. Hispanic includes all races. Elements of Access to Health Care: Timeliness. Content last reviewed June 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/elements3.html

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Making contraception and diabetes medications free for Canadians

(4 days ago) WEBThe cost of contraceptives, and medications for those who are diabetic, is one of the largest barriers to access. We’re making sure Canadians get the medication that they need, when they need it. The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today highlighted measures in Budget 2024 to make two key forms of prescription medication free, as well as the

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/05/24/making-contraception-and-diabetes-medications-free-canadians

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Lawsuit seeks to block Washington parental rights law that critics …

(9 days ago) WEBThe measure, he said, isn’t designed to give parents veto power over their child’s decision to access counseling or medical treatment: “It’s just saying they have a right to know.” “The lawsuit is a frivolous but not surprising attempt to legislate through lawsuit rather than through the democratic process,” he said.

https://apnews.com/article/parents-rights-students-lgbtq-abortion-washington-c4811c0938ecdf758cd4b6a019f9b8c5

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PAHO calls for addressing inequities in access to sexual and

(4 days ago) WEBWashington, DC, 28 May 2024 (PAHO)- While most countries in the region of the Americas have improved coverage of reproductive health services, reaching just over 81% of the population, inequalities persist both between and within them, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, said during a regional …

https://www.paho.org/en/news/28-5-2024-paho-calls-addressing-inequities-access-sexual-and-reproductive-health-care

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Ascension Hospitals Reel From Cyberattack, Causing Patient Care …

(1 days ago) WEBAscension, one of the nation’s largest medical systems with 140 hospitals in 19 states, has yet to recover from a large-scale cyberattack earlier this month. Lauren Justice for The New York

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/health/cyberattack-ascension-hospitals-patient-data.html

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Datavant The Leader in Data Logistics for Healthcare

(5 days ago) WEBDatavant is a data logistics company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely.Through proprietary technology, the world's most robust healthcare network, and value-added services we protect, connect, and deliver the world's health data. Datavant enables more than 60 …

https://www.datavant.com/

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OHSU receives $16.4 million to advance mental health care for …

(2 days ago) WEBIn Oregon alone, about 50,000 children are living with a mental health condition and many face extremely poor access to care. The life challenges that accompany a mental health condition persist and often multiply with development, leading to a variety of poor long-term outcomes such as incarceration, unemployment, …

https://news.ohsu.edu/2024/05/23/ohsu-receives-16-4-million-to-advance-mental-health-care-for-children

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Providing care on the island of rural health - College of Pharmacy

(9 days ago) WEBThe lack of health care in rural areas is problematic for both patients in need of care and health care providers. Pharmacists are often the only available provider in these communities, and resources for providing the most effective care can be limited as well. “Pharmacists practicing in rural areas are somewhat on an island,” says Reagan

https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/pharmacy/about/news/2024/island-of-rural-health.php

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Louisiana House passes bill making abortion pills controlled …

(5 days ago) WEB7 min. The Louisiana House on Tuesday passed a bill that classifies the two drugs used to induce an abortion as “controlled dangerous substances.”. Abortion opponents hope the measure, now on

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/21/louisiana-legislature-abortion-mifepristone-misoprostol/

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Don't Import British Methods For Rationing Access To Drugs

(9 days ago) WEBThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, which evaluates whether treatments are "cost-effective" for the country's National Health Service, announced a decision in March

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2024/05/28/dont-import-british-methods-for-rationing-access-to-drugs/

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Global report reveals major gaps in menstrual health and hygiene …

(6 days ago) WEBNEW YORK, GENEVA, 28 May 2024 – Around the world, menstrual health and hygiene needs are being overlooked due to limited access to information, education, products and services, as well as inadequate facilities and inequalities. A new report, Progress on drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools 2000–2023: special focus …

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2024-global-report-reveals-major-gaps-in-menstrual-health-and-hygiene-in-schools

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6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election : Shots

(7 days ago) WEB2. Bans are affecting where doctors work. Idaho illustrates how abortion bans can affect a state's broader health care system. Doctors are leaving the state, and three maternity wards have closed

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/22/1252771024/state-abortion-laws-2024-election

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