While most physicians believe that parents' challenges with intimate partner violence, family planning, and health insurance affect children's health, far fewer address such issues in practice.
"Once we save people, we have to talk seriously about next steps," says Scott Weiner, MD, FACEP, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Response and Education Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Chances are, there's a pay gap between men and women employed by your healthcare organization. And for institutions in Massachusetts, a pay equity law going into effect July 1, 2018, means it's time to do something about it.