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NewsGroups 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...
| Press ReleasesUnitedHealthcare Invests $5.6 Million in Family Healthcare Network to Help Improve Access to Quality Care in Tulare and KiInvestment is part of UnitedHealthcare’s California Health Care Investment Program, a 20-year, $200 million commitment to improve health care access for underserved communitiesFunding gives health 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 >> New Educational Venture, “Pharmacy is Right for Me,” Aims to Inspire America’s Next Generation of Pharmacy LeadersOptumRx and the American Pharmacists Association to kick off collaborative initiative with an interactive forum today in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OptumRx and the American Read more >> Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth Partners with Specialists On Call to Deliver Emergency Neurologists & Psychiatrists ImmWAYCROSS, Ga. & WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Americans living in a region of the southeastern United States known as the “Stroke Belt” are known to have a 15 percent higher risk of Read more >> HHS Announces Affordable Care Act Funding Opportunity to Create Jobs by Building, Renovating and Repairing Community Healt$700 million in grants from the Affordable Care Act will help build and expand health centers, create jobs WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today Read more >> |
