Health Disparities news from FierceHealthcare
NewsMore hospitals protect gay patients--but not staff--from discrimination
On the heels of New York's recent legalization of same-sex marriage comes a report that a growing number of U.S. hospitals are protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients Read more...
Hospitals in U.S. territories have higher death rates, worse outcomes
As the nation works to overcome healthcare disparities, the U.S. territories are being left out of the discussion. As a result, hospitals in U.S. territories have significantly higher death rates and Read more...
Urban, suburban areas rank highest in county-specific health outcomes
The healthiest counties in America tend to be in urban and suburban areas, while the vast majority of the 50 unhealthiest counties are rural, according to the first nationwide, county-by-county Read more...
Surgeon general pick may boost primary care focus
And the nominee for surgeon general is...Regina Benjamin, a primary-care physician who's been part of a center studying healthcare disparities at the National Institutes of Health. She comes with Read more...
Groups urge legislators, president to address healthcare disparities
Sadly, there are often large disparities in between the health outcomes of different minority groups, including higher rates of death from some conditions. Now, with a new president in place, Read more...
Study: Medicaid patients don't get cancer screening
Medicaid patients may not be getting the screening they need for cancers such as colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer--and a new study suggests that it may be due in large part to their primary Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Broader health coverage could reduce disparities, lawmakers say
SPOTLIGHT... Broader health coverage could reduce disparities, lawmakers sayWhile it wouldn't eliminate health disparities entirely, proposals to expand health insurance to all U.S. residents could Read more...
| Press ReleasesKaiser Permanente Volunteers Advance Dr. King’s ValuesEmployees Volunteer Across Southern California on MLK Day of Service PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kaiser Permanente Southern California physicians and staff are honoring civil rights leader Read more >> HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to discuss health disparities and the primary care workforce in Charleston, South CarolinaSebelius to participate in a roundtable discussion with nurses CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Read more >> HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to discuss health disparities and the primary care workforce in Charleston, South CarolinaSebelius to participate in a roundtable discussion with nurses CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Read more >> Nortec Software Partners in Initiative to Support Health IT in Underserved CommunitiesNortec Software Announces Partnership with North Shore Medical Labs, in collaboration with HHS and AHIMA to Provide EHR Systems and Healthcare IT TrainingWILLISTON PARK, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2011 Read more >> Affordable Care Act to improve data collection, reduce health disparitiesHHS announces new draft standards to improve the monitoring of health data by race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status, and begins planning for the collection of LGBT health data Read more >> |
