MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'health disparities'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992684&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhhs-recommends-toothless-unfunded-plans-to-reduce-health-disparities-and-promote-disease-prevention%2F2011.07.02 In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a TV weatherman who finds himself trapped in a do-loop, covering the numbingly boring display of Punxutawney Phil, over and over again. Forgive those of us who follow news from the Department of Health and Human Services for feeling like Bill Murray in that movie. Last month, HHS released an action plan to reduce racial disparities in health care. The plan called for new care models, more service delivery sites, a beefed-up health and human services workforce, and targeted efforts to reduce cardiovascular disease, childhood obesity and other scourges of minority populations. Remarkably however, the plan came with no funding. Apparently, it was supposed to prompt agencies within HHS to assure that their own internal plans were aligned with t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992684 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:00:01 +0100 4992684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921342&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F10%2Fat-obos-abortion-access-as-a-health-disparity-the-reel-grrls-take-on-comcast-vermonts-new-law-and-more%2F I haven’t been very good recently about linking from here to my posts at Our Bodies Our Blog, where I write about twice a week. Here are some recent posts there: Access to Abortion as a Health Disparities Issue – Highlighting a recent commentary in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, in which the authors call for not just expanded access to prevention of unwanted pregnancies, but the treatment of them – and access to that treatment through reducing barriers to abortion access. “Reel Grrls” Empowers Young Women to Create Videos, Take on Corporate Giants – a bit about what happens when Comcast picks on a bunch of girls learning media skills Vermont Passes Law Providing for Insurance Coverage of Home Births and Midwives, Birth Certificate Cha... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921342 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:12:19 +0100 4921342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664170&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jointcommission.org%2Fassets%2F1%2F6%2FARoadmapforHospitalsfinalversion727.pdf Lee Kirksey Interview by Disruptive Woman Glenna Crooks. Meet vascular surgeon Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA. He is assistant professor at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, with a surgical practice based in Philadelphia. His concerns transcend those of his own surgical expertise, his own patients and this region, however.  He is an ardent, engaged, articulate spokesman for cultural competence in health care. I think about cultural competence sometimes, but I really ‘got it’ talking with him; for the first time seeing how cultural incompetence impacted my family. Here’s the story: a number of years ago as my Father lay in a coma, the physician in charge of his care refused to speak with my Mother. It required an attorney and intervention of hospital administrators to learn a... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664170 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:30:25 +0100 4664170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653331&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fahrq-healthcare-access-and-racial-disparities-not-improving%2F2011.03.29 According to American Medical News, the U.S. health system is demonstrating better performance on most measures of health care quality, but it’s failing to improve access to care or cut racial and ethnic health disparities, according to two reports released in February by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  “Quality of care continues to improve, but at a slow rate,” said Ernest Moy, MD, leader of the team at AHRQ that produced the reports.  ”In contrast to that, focusing on issues of access to care, not much has changed.  Focusing on disparities in care, not much changed…Those are bigger problem areas than overall quality of care.”  Measures related to hospital quality are showing the most improvement.  For example, in 2005, just 42% of patients with heart att... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653331 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:00:25 +0100 4653331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219790&cid=t_139417_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fsearching-for-true-meaning-during-the-holiday%2F How would you feel if I were to tell you that there are many children suffering in the world today? How about if I were more specific and told you that over 30,000 children under age 5 are suffering from hunger and preventable diseases? Does this resonate within the depths of your heart? Sweet, innocent babies die every day from a preventable disease in an indigenous country. That number could be considered huge by some, or perhaps quite small, depending on your perspective. If you are referring to population size, however, that is the size of a small city. In regard to time, 30,000 seconds is actually only a little over eight hours. Or 30,000 children could be like 30 large elementary schools disappearing from the face of the earth on Monday … and again on Tuesday … and so on. What&#8... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219790 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:53:16 +0100 4219790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097941&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcares-facebook%2F2010.10.22 [Recently] the Wall Street Journal‘s front page story exposed a significant privacy breech of online personal information via the world’s most popular social networking site, Facebook: Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook’s strictest privacy settings. The practice breaks Facebook’s rules, and renews questions about its ability to keep ident... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097941 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +0100 4097941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872506&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F08%2Fthe-federal-reserve-wants-to-rebuild-main-street.html By DAVID ERICKSON, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and JAMES S. MARKS, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation We all have a vision of the “Main Street” we would like to live near – tree-lined, friendly and safe. But our “Main... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872506 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3872506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3702912&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F27%2Fweekly-news-round-up-new-blog-template-edition%2F Some things that caught my attention this week: A Providence, RI ob/gyn clinic was found to have inserted possibly 400-500 IUDs that are not approved for use in the U.S. and may not be effective. It looks like they’re saying it’s basically the version of the devices approved in Canada, but the investigation is ongoing. Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health has The Abortion Provider’s Declaration of Rights, and is asking for sign-ons. It declares the rights of providers to be free from harassment and violence, to give patients complete and accurate information about the procedure (and not give medically inaccurate politically-motivated information), to perform the procedure after obtaining the patient’s consent without proscribed waiting periods, to choose t... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3702912 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:47:38 +0100 3702912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342612&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F07%2Fsunday-news-round-up-sunny-day-edition%2F It’s 57 degrees in Nashville, and somehow I managed to sleep until noon. Hmph. I’m playing around with Formspring, so, uh, ask me anything? This freely available perspective piece from the New England Journal of Medicine ties in nicely to what Dr. Abraham Verghese said last week about engaging at the patient bedside – Ministry of Touch — Reflections on Disaster Work after the Haitian Earthquake. It includes this line about the approach to women in labor: “We develop a system whereby one of us sits behind the woman and holds her, another rubs her back, and I sit or kneel near her, touching her belly and legs, whispering words of encouragement. I pray, and I watch the woman’s face for clues as the labor progresses.” There is some discussion here in TN a... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342612 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:59 +0100 3342612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148988&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F06%2Fat-our-bodies-our-blog-submit-your-input-on-a-national-plan-to-tackle-health-disparities%2F At Our Bodies Our Blog today I have a post on the Office of Minority Health’s National Plan for Action, which describes the current state of health disparities in the United States and proposes strategies for their elimination; public comments on the plan are being solicited through February 12, 2010. Posted in Access, Rights, & Choice, Government, Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148988 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:18:49 +0100 3148988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923261&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FtIc1MZKvMEc%2F As this first full term at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has unraveled, I see how much they were prepping us during summer term.  My days have been filled with work, outside activity, caffeine, and a test of how long I can go without sleep and still be productive—similar to what I imagine the days are like for most of the Disruptive Women in Healthcare!  Classes this term included biostatistics, evolution of infectious diseases, program planning for health behavior change, health policy I, and public health economics seminar.  I chose the more rigorous biostatistics course (and will take others throughout the year) in an effort to become more quantitative and enhance my ability to analyze and conduct cost-effectiveness studies and economic evaluations in particul... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923261 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:44:33 +0100 2923261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828137&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F23%2Fat-our-bodies-our-blog-health-disparities-infant-and-maternal-health%2F At Our Bodies Our Blog today I have a suggested reading on infant mortality, maternal health, and health disparities, and links to two reports on health disparities (one of which addresses economic effects). Posted in Women's Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2828137 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:38:39 +0100 2828137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2820169&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2009%2F09%2Flimited-english-proficiency-shouldnt-mean-limited-health-care.html By CHANIN BALLANCE It’s impossible to know exactly what shape healthcare will take for Americans as Congress and President Obama struggle with reform measures in the coming months. But one thing is certain: Those who have limited English proficiency will... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2820169 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2820169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2812368&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F20%2Fsunday-news-round-up-92009%2F I have to say, I haven’t had time to fully read and digest the Baucus/Senate Finance Committee’s 223-page [PDF] stab at health care reform. Christine had a bit about it at Our Bodies Our Blog on Wednesday, and Raisin Women’s Voices has a list of reasons they believe the bill is not good, especially for women. The New York Times had a piece on the bill “draw[ing] fire on both sides.” Another Times piece indicates that 564 amendments to the bill were filed in the past couple of days. The proposed amendments are currently available here. *** A Harvard public health grad, Mikhaila Richards, has set up a site about health disparities called Sick. It’s relatively new, but looks promising. I particularly liked this Auust piece on patient-clinician communicatio... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2812368 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:55:31 +0100 2812368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2572909&cid=t_139417_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F05%2Fsunday-news-round-up%2F Renee of Womanist Musings, has a great post, “The Convenience of ‘Super Crip,’” in which she describes how people treat her like she’s helpless and touch her without invitation when she’s out in her scooter. She also has her weekly links round-up, Drop it Like it’s Hot. Yet another reason why I don’t trust police. Police raided a gay bar in Fort Worth. On the Stonewall anniversary. Somebody left with head injuries, which the cops explain as “fell down, hit head.” They also tried to blame it on those dirty gays and their unwelcome touching (sarcasm, naturally). Dan Savage explains the improbability of the police explanation and vileness of what went down. Via Cara at the Curvature, allegations from female inmates “accusing ... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2572909 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:00:14 +0100 2572909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510202&cid=t_139417_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FLlDHWQOUAhM%2F My organization, the National Hispanic Medical Association, is committed to improving the health of Hispanics and other underserved. We support policies that will reform public health and medical services to decrease health care disparities and improve the health status of vulnerable groups. The National Disparities Report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that our community has the worst access and quality care compared to non-Hispanics in the nation. Evidence-based public health and medicine strategies are necessary to decrease variation of service delivery that impacts and rations care to Latinos, especially in our poor neighborhoods. Medical treatment should be based on comparative effectiveness value of treatment strategies that produce the greatest benefit for t... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510202 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:32:09 +0100 2510202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464159&cid=t_139417_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fevidence-based-lobbying.html Leaders of the medical-industrial complex wonder if the Dartmouth research findings might be a touch overblown. I dunno - maybe. But don't we doctors do a lot else based on much less evidence? What fraction of hallowed medical practice is based on no more than class IIb recommendations?Heck, I'm ready for New York to get less medical money. I don't think the kinds of places I'd rather practice are the ones that are overspending. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464159 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:47:00 +0100 2464159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2285187&cid=t_139417_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fmiscellany-or-dead-animals-chinese.html I'm such a Mishnah nerd. Starting a new tractate gives me a rush. And I've never really learned Zevachim before. (Look, Zevachim 1:2 isn't paralleled in the Tosefta at all?!)*Verizon FIOS didn't mean much to me until Celeste figured out that we now have Chinese TV. 很不錯！*What are the factors associated with racial differences in myocardial infarction outcomes? They have more to do with baseline cardiac risk and hospital factors than with treatment received. So disparities - as we all thought, I guess? - are pretty far upstream. To put it crudely but not inaccurately: African-Americans are poorer, and their hearts are sicker, even before the first troponins are drawn. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285187 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:39:00 +0100 2285187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1962565&cid=t_139417_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F14%2Fhealthcare-quality-and-healthcare-disparites-reports%2F The 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report indicate disparities in oral health care quality, access, and utilization for children. Since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has produced an annual National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report.  These studies are a “report card” on the Nation’s health.  Several [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1962565 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:09:04 +0100 1962565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1922178&cid=t_139417_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F31%2Fada-report-on-medicaid-symposium%2F In June of 2008, the ADA’s Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations (CAPIR) conducted a one-day Medicaid symposium at it’s headquarters in Chicago. The purpose of the symposium was to provide background information for attendees of the Access to Dental Care Summit, which is scheduled for March 2009. The primary goal of the Symposium [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1922178 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:15:39 +0100 1922178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1889387&cid=t_139417_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F20%2Foral-health-the-public-speaks%2F The American Dental Association, in collaboration with Crest and Oral-,B conducted a national public opinion survey on oral health care.  The survey represented  1,000 Americans ages 18 and older, living in the continental United States. The survey focused on the following areas: The public’s perceptions of their oral health care, with a special focus on African [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1889387 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:04:33 +0100 1889387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1838662&cid=t_139417_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F29%2Fmillions-of-children-estimated-to-have-untreated-tooth-decay-new-report%2F On September 22, the Government Accountability Office released a report stating that more than 6.5 million children who are currently enrolled in Medicaid have problems with tooth decay.  Furthermore, children in Medicaid remain at higher risk of dental disease compared to children with private health insurance.  In fact, children in Medicaid were almost twice as [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1838662 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:11:34 +0100 1838662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1830855&cid=t_139417_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Fcommunity-efforts-to-expand-dental-services-for-low-income-people%2F The Center for Studying Health System Change recently published an issue brief exploring the oral health of low-income people.  The brief identifies key barriers and attempts that are being made to provide dental services to these individuals. The report includes sections on: State Medicaid and SCHIP Policy Affects Dental Access Significant Gaps in the Dental Safety Net Community Efforts [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1830855 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:13:03 +0100 1830855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1830856&cid=t_139417_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Foral-health-care-for-mom-and-baby%2F The National Maternal and Oral Health Resource Center has published three new documents related to pregnancy and oral health, and oral health for babies. The first, Access to Oral Health Care During the Perinatal Period, is a policy brief that provides an overview of barriers to addressing women’s oral health needs during the perinatal period. Evidence [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1830856 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:55:57 +0100 1830856