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Why Social Determinants of Health Matter So Much to Care

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists five domains for social determinants of health: economic stability, education access and quality, health

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ASHA Voices: Confronting Health Care Disparities

WEBOn this episode of ASHA Voices, we take on a subject that is timely, but not new. Our guests explain how the COVID-19 pandemic is drawing public attention to …

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Patient Needs—Not Administrative Mandates—Are Critical to …

WEBPatient Needs—Not Administrative Mandates—Are Critical to Patient and Payer Outcomes. It’s well known that tailoring treatment to a patient’s specific speech, …

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Fall Prevention: Patient-Centered Outcomes

WEBThe consequences of falls range from physical injury (e.g., fractures) to psychological distress in the form of depression, anxiety, fear of falling, and decline in …

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Oral Hygiene and Dysphagia—Care and Complications

WEBAshford: Oral hygiene care for these patients is just as important as if they were orally fed. Lean them forward over a basin and let the oral secretions spill into the …

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Adults with Communication Disabilities Face Health Care …

WEBThe disability disparity. A growing body of literature indicates that adults with disabilities face poorer health and medical care outcomes compared to their peers …

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‘Hearing Care for All’: A Community Coalition Addressing Disparities

WEBBrendaly Rodríguez. March 3, 2021. The World Hearing Day theme this year is “Hearing Care for All,” a timely topic as the U.S. struggles with systemic inequities and their …

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Study Maps U.S. Hearing Loss, Right Down to the County

WEBThe map portrays epidemiological estimates from the CDC-funded Sound Check study, which reveals higher hearing loss rates among men, non-Hispanic Whites, …

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ASHA Voices: Regional Factors Influencing Home Health Care

WEBASHA Voices: The Critical But Unseen Social Determinants of Health. SLP Rohini Rao works in the suburbs of Atlanta and highlights the lack of transportation …

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Planning for Post-secondary Transition to Adult Health Care

WEBResources. Got Transition, a program of the National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, is a national resource center for HCT.. The Center for Transition to …

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What to Do When Your Patient Doesn’t Speak English

WEBAn acute-level hospital admits a 67-year-old Haitian man who shows slurred speech and right-sided weakness. He speaks some French but is fluent in Haitian …

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Pondering a Move to Home Health

WEBHome health care for adults is a rapidly growing industry, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting 21% employment growth in the sector by 2030. Just over 5% …

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Health Literacy: Research Directions for Speech-Language …

WEBHealth literacy—the “degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and the services needed to make …

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Achieving Quality and Improved Outcomes Through

WEBASHA adapted the World Health Organization’s definitions of IPE and IPP to describe their application to educational and health care settings. That is, IPE occurs …

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Maintenance Therapy—What's Makes Non-Rehabilitative Support …

WEBMaintenance therapy goals include preventing unnecessary, avoidable complications from a chronic condition, such as deterioration of communication skills …

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Social Determinants of Health and Payment Policies: Changes Ahead

WEBThis model is key to the CMS “triple aim” strategy of improving health care and patient outcomes, while reducing costs. CMS aims to have all Medicare and …

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Habilitation – What it is And Why it Matters to You

WEBContrast that with services that help a person improve skills that have been lost after a stroke, head injury, illness, or other cause. The latter is rehabilitation – …

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Creating Healthy Clinical Boundaries With Patients and Clients

WEBIn our work helping our clients and patients, creating boundaries can be hard. We audiologists and speech-language pathologists do this work because we care, and …

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The High Cost of Stuttering

WEBThe winner of the 2016 Academy Award for best short live-action film was “Stutterer,” a lovely and devastating 12-minute tour of the experience of someone whose …

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Cash or Private Pay With Medicaid Beneficiaries: Elements to …

WEBIf you are a Medicaid-enrolled provider by virtue of your employment—and therefore possibly not allowed to accept cash pay from Medicaid beneficiaries—you …

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