During a recent forum held in Palm Beach County, FL, healthcare and business leaders, politicians and doctors came together to come up with changes to cover more of the uninsured, to get more people into primary care and to improve working conditions for doctors.
A numbers of patient advocates, including physicians who coach people on how to get better care, are teaching patients how to communicate better with their doctors. This story provides a list of "do's and don'ts."
The Bair Paws hospital gown by Arizant Healthcare not only provides comfort but also an adjustable warmth system that can help prevent hypothermia in many surgical procedures. The single-use gown offers wrap-around coverage with soft, thick material.
A new report shows the increasing diversity of three of Maryland's largest counties is exacerbating already serious health disparities within communities.
With an expansion of CoverTN, housands more working, uninsured Tennesseans will qualify for government health coverage as of Jan. 1. Under the expansion, people earning $43,000 or less whose employers don't offer insurance will qualify, as will some businesses that employ 50 or fewer people and meet other guidelines.
The battle for the Democratic Presidential nomination has now focused intensively on healthcare and the question of how "universal" a coverage plan must be. The dispute reflects a key difference among the party front-runners over how to cover the uninsured.