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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

Credit: Courtesy of East Carolina University Weve lost a lot Rural health care access in general across North Carolina has suffered in recent years. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill. At least 10 other hospitals in rural towns across the state are at risk of going under.

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Raising Awareness of aTTP in the African American Community, a Provider’s Perspective

Black Health Matters

We will refer to it as aTTP throughout this article. Black Health Matters: Could you tell us about your day to day practice and what you treat on a typical day. I also primarily run a health services research program that’s looking at the big picture of how we care for patients with blood clotting disorders, including aTTP.

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20th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

One of his major achievements in the Somali public health sector is the reestablishment of the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) of Somalia after its destruction during the war in Somalia. He is passionate about public health services, research, academic teaching and training and sport.

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Patient-Centered Care: Definition and Examples

Tulane Public Health Blog

It can vastly improve patients’ health and lives, the lives of healthcare practitioners, and even the healthcare system overall. Benefits for Patients As suggested by its definition, a patient-centered model helps patients feel listened to and cared for rather than automatically referred for further tests or treatment.

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Patient brokers prey on those struggling with addiction; new campaign works to stop them

NC Health News

Patient brokering, sometimes called body brokering, can take several forms, according to the Dayspring Foundation formerly the Eleanor Health Foundation which supports addressing the social determinants of health within the recovery ecosystem.

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“Health Care” vs. “Healthcare” Signals Change Greater Than Grammar

The Health Care Blog

Aronson, writing in The BMJ , uncovered the term in the title of a 1906 textbook, The Health Care of the Baby. This popular publication, he added, may have been instrumental in introducing the term into Britain, where a British journal in 1907 referred to the health care of the working classes.

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Rural North Carolina counties would suffer most from Medicaid cuts

NC Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill, said the program is a major source of funding for the states rural hospitals, many of which are struggling financially. Without Medicaid, many of these people on Medicaid would be uninsured, Holmes said in an interview with NC Health News.