• AIDS incidence among all MSM declined 22% from 1996 to 1997 ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Overall, the proportionate declines in AIDS incidence from 1997 to 1998 were smaller than those from 1996 to 1997. (cdc.gov)
  • Federally funded CT programs provided 2.5 million tests (40,605 HIV-positive) in 1995, 2.6 million (39,119 HIV-positive) in 1996, and 2.3 million (34,875 HIV-positive) in 1997. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1997, the most recent year for which complete data were available, STD clinics provided more tests overall (551,838) and more confidential tests (494,414) than other sites, and dedicated HIV CT sites provided the largest number of anonymous tests (302,273). (cdc.gov)
  • In his State of the Union Address in January 1997, President Clinton voiced a goal of connecting every school and library into the Internet. (globalsecurity.org)
  • a critical analysis of WHO's leadership role in international health by the Task Force on Health in Development", was made available during regional committee meetings in September and October 1997 as a first step in ensuring wide dissemination of the conclusions of the task force on strengthening WHO in the next century. (who.int)
  • During 1996-1998, AIDS incidence per 100,000 population was calculated using race/ethnicity-specific Bureau of the Census estimates of males aged greater than or equal to 13 years for the corresponding years. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1996, the reported number of cases of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections was 490,080, a rate of 194.5 per 100,000 persons. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1996, the overall reported rate for women (321.5 per 100,000) was more than five times that in men (60.4). (cdc.gov)
  • The decrease in reported cases between 1995 (149.4 per 100,000) and 1996 was 25.4 cases per 100,000. (cdc.gov)
  • The government in Nepal aims to reduce the maternal mortality rate to be at par with the UN's Sustainable Development Goal of 75 maternal deaths for every 100,000 births by 2030 through various maternity care schemes. (ucanews.com)
  • Reportedly, Nepal reduced its maternal mortality rate from 539 per 100,000 births in 1996 to 258 per 100,000 births in 2015. (ucanews.com)
  • According to the CDC, more than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States during the 12-month period May 2020 to April 2021, reflecting a new record high. (medscape.com)
  • 1 , 2 After World War II, with the introduction of penicillin and aggressive public health efforts led by Surgeon General Thomas Parran, syphilis rates fell almost 95% from 66 cases per 100,000 persons in 1946 to 4 cases per 100,000 in 1956. (glowm.com)
  • The resulting syphilis epidemic hit the United States in a series of waves of increasing magnitude that culminated in a 1990 peak rate of 20.3 per 100,000 (Fig. 1). (glowm.com)
  • Rates of HCV acute and chronic infections (referred hereinafter as HCV infections) have been steadily increasing in the United States since 2010, with rates of acute infections more than tripling among reproductive-aged persons as of 2021, from 0.8 to 2.5 per 100,000 population among persons aged 20-29 years and from 0.6 to 3.5 among persons aged 30-39 years ( 4 , 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The pandemic also focused policy attention on longstanding issues including: initiatives to reduce health disparities, expand access to care through the use of telehealth, improve access to behavioral health and home and community based services, and address workforce challenges. (kff.org)
  • Starting in the early 2000s, the World Health Organization facilitated the academic and political work on social determinants in a way that provided a deep understanding of health disparities in a global perspective. (wikipedia.org)
  • [12] With a series of affirmations and announcements, the Declaration aimed to communicate that the social conditions in which an individual exists were key to understanding health disparities that individual may face, and it called for new policies across the world to fight health disparities, along with global collaborations. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, long-standing health disparities between Native Americans and the general US population exist (1). (cdc.gov)
  • 95% CI, health disparities among them. (cdc.gov)
  • 2002). fective and timely (or any) treatment in differential exposure to risk factors The term disparities is very closely for the cancer, whether they survive, such as social factors (e.g. resourc- aligned with inequalities, and is more and whether they have access to pal- es and support), living conditions commonly used in United States lit- liative care. (who.int)
  • Definitions of inequity, inequality, and disparities in health. (who.int)
  • Sul ivan variations, and disparities in the health achievements of individuals and et al. (who.int)
  • Disparities in cancer are defined by the United States National Cancer oped (Sankaranarayanan, 2014). (who.int)
  • HICs, there is consistent and trou- prevalence (all existing cases), cancer death (mortality), cancer survivor- bling evidence of ethnic or racial ship, and burden of cancer or related health conditions that exist among disparities in cancer care and out- specific population groups" (National Cancer Institute, 2018). (who.int)
  • In the United States, racial/ethnic minority populations account for an increasing proportion of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, including cases among men who have sex with men (MSM) (1). (cdc.gov)
  • This report presents recent trends in AIDS incidence and deaths among MSM who belong to racial/ethnic minority populations*, and compares data on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses with AIDS diagnoses during 1996-1998 among racial/ethnic minority MSM in the 25 states** that have conducted confidential HIV surveillance and AIDS case surveillance since 1994. (cdc.gov)
  • Subject to federal standards, states administer Medicaid programs and have flexibility to determine what populations and services to cover, how to deliver care, and how much to reimburse providers. (kff.org)
  • States may receive a higher match rate for certain services and populations. (kff.org)
  • It is especially committed to safeguarding the health of populations that are particularly vulnerable to certain environmental hazards - children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines social determinants of health as "life-enhancing resources, such as food supply, housing, economic and social relationships, transportation, education, and health care, whose distribution across populations effectively determines length and quality of life. (wikipedia.org)
  • At a National Security Council meeting in September , U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the consequences of climate change "are falling disproportionately on vulnerable and low-income populations. (counterpunch.org)
  • Although most studies of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia have been reported from western populations in the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Italy, cases of possible proliferative verrucous leukoplakia have been reported in people of Indian and Chinese origin living in Malaysia. (medscape.com)
  • agents and health outcomes in Filipino patients is limited, Adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents is essential to studies support an increased risk for developing diabetes reducing the poor health outcomes of populations at high in this group. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1995, these programs accounted for approximately 15% of annual HIV antibody testing in the United States, excluding testing for blood donation (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Up to three reasons for visit population figures used in calculating from December 25, 1995, through were coded and classified according to these rates are U.S. Bureau of the December 22, 1996. (cdc.gov)
  • With respect to gender, the 1996 gonorrhea rate decreased from the 1995 rate by 19.0% in males (128.5), and by 14.8% in females (119.5). (cdc.gov)
  • Although primary care research overlaps the field of health services research (IOM, 1995), it has certain special facets and concerns. (nationalacademies.org)
  • According to a June 2006 assessment of the National Space Weather Program, "When the [program] began in 1995, space weather needs of civil aviation were rarely noted, although such needs were widely recognized for U.S. Department of Defense missions, especially high-altitude reconnaissance missions or those in polar regions. (flightsafety.org)
  • In particular, Acumen has developed expertise in topics such as: value-based purchasing, real-time policy monitoring and evaluation, drug safety, drug pricing, expenditure forecasting, comparative effectiveness research, and outcomes measurement for various health and welfare programs. (aeaweb.org)
  • Regular physical activity (PA) can improve health outcomes in cancer survivors, but the rate of adherence to PA recommendations among middle-aged survivors is unclear. (cdc.gov)
  • Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) are seen as particularly effective in low- and middle-income countries, but relatively little is known about the interface between the supply of services and program administration and specific human development outcomes. (rand.org)
  • This is a significant finding considering that younger diabetic patients have been shown to have the Abstract poorest glycemic control and worst health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Refugees are an often understudied population and vulnerable to poor health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • comes, as well as evidence of less access to cancer screening, poorer to risk factors and the likelihood of tial y higher proportion of cancers cancer care, and less favourable developing cancer, to whether infor- associated with chronic infection, but outcomes among other disadvan- mation relating to the cancer is col- cancers associated with reproduc- taged groups (Smedley et al. (who.int)
  • In many LMICs, the outcomes for care. (who.int)
  • This work multisectoral influence shaping child development outcomes, supporting children's human is licensed under the rights and advancing social and economic justice. (who.int)
  • The Biden Administration has efforts underway to help promote continuity of coverage , expand access , and has focused on closing the coverage gap in states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (kff.org)
  • 2012 was a year of victories, from the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act to a political discourse that focused on the middle class, reproductive justice, and marriage equality. (americanprogress.org)
  • According to the report, the coverage expansion that began in 2014 as a result of in the Affordable Care Act continued to have an impact on the growth of health care spending in 2015, with 20 million individuals gaining either private health insurance or Medicaid coverage. (chapman.com)
  • The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) established by the Obama administration in the United States, embodied the ideas put in place by the WHO by bridging the gap between community-based health and healthcare as a medical treatment, meaning that a larger consideration of social determinants of health was emerging in the policy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and voluntary testing (CT) programs have been an important part of national HIV prevention efforts since the first HIV antibody tests became available in 1985 (1). (cdc.gov)
  • As a result of our numerous federal and state government contracts, we have access to extensive healthcare and social welfare data. (aeaweb.org)
  • The federal welfare overhaul of 1996 ushered in myriad policy changes aimed at getting low-income parents off public assistance and into employment. (mdrc.org)
  • We do not know who those women are and where they are," said Nisha Joshi, a senior public health officer at the Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services. (ucanews.com)
  • However, the handbook explores how rather than alleviating poverty, it has instead exacerbated poverty and pre-existing inequalities - privatizing the services of social welfare and educational institutions, transforming the state from a benevolent to a punitive state, and criminalizing poor women, racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants. (routledge.com)
  • With parts focusing on the lived experience of the poor, social justice and human rights frameworks - as opposed to welfare rights models - and the role of helping professions such as social work, health and education, this comprehensive handbook is a vital reference for anyone working with those in poverty, whether directly or at a macro level. (routledge.com)
  • Combined state and federal Medicaid spending comprised nearly one-fifth of all personal health care spending in the U.S., providing significant financing for hospitals, community health centers, physicians, nursing homes, and community-based long-term services and supports (Figure 2). (kff.org)
  • When the novel coronavirus began sweeping through New York and New Jersey in March 2020, state and local officials began scrambling to accommodate the anticipated influx of patients. (tetratech.com)
  • CDC recommendations for hepatitis C screening among adults-United States, 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2020, because of the changing epidemiology of HCV infections in the United States, CDC expanded previous risk-based testing recommendations to include universal screening for all adults aged ≥18 years at least once and for all pregnant persons during each pregnancy ( 12 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The largest country by area in Africa and the Arab world, and the tenth largest on the planet, Sudan borders the Red Sea to the northeast as well as nine nations: Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest and Egypt to the north. (allgov.com)
  • Written 13 years ago in a joint report authored by University College London and The Lancet , that prediction is prophetic given a recent United Nations report confirming the disruption climate change is already causing on every continent. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • The South Africa-United Nations Strategic Cooperation Framework (UNSCF), 2013-17 is the overall framework for the work of the UN System in South Africa. (who.int)
  • The United Nations Country Team in South Africa is deeply appreciative of its collaboration with the Government of South Africa. (who.int)
  • Blinken's sentiment was echoed by a report on the impact of climate change and migration from the White House earlier this month, one of a slew of reports as the U.S. prepared for the United Nations summit on climate change that begins in Glasgow on October 31. (counterpunch.org)
  • The South African government has undertaken to `put children first' by becoming a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child2 and by distinctly recognising children in the Bill of Rights of the South African Constitution. (who.int)
  • These workers included doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists, as well as others in the emergency department, intensive care unit, infectious diseases units, and respiratory and other wards where patients with suspected pandemic infl uenza were housed. (cdc.gov)
  • This rate exceeds that of all other notifiable infectious diseases in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health , occupational safety and health, health promotion, prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the rate of primary and secondary (P&S) or infectious syphilis in the United States declined 89.7% between 1990 and 2000, the rate of infectious syphilis increased between 2001 and 2006. (glowm.com)
  • citation needed] Children's hospice services are dedicated to improving the quality of life of children and young people who are not expected to live to reach adulthood and their families. (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2006-144, (September 2006). (osha.gov)
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-100d, (2004). (osha.gov)
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2002-101, (April 2002). (osha.gov)
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). (cdc.gov)
  • Details of the survey design and questionnaires are published in the NHANES III Plan and Operation reference manual (NCHS 1994, U.S. DHHS 1996). (cdc.gov)
  • Multivariate logistic regression analysis was adequate access to health care and drug coverage (1,2). (cdc.gov)
  • Trends in AIDS incidence during 1989-1998 among MSM aged greater than or equal to 13 years from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories were analyzed by race/ethnicity, age, and geographic area of residence. (cdc.gov)
  • Trends examined were from 1989 through 1998 and from 1996 through 1998, the period of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Hahn was a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 1989-1996. (archives.gov)
  • In 1989 Malveaux was recruited by HUCM to chair its Department of Microbiology. (encyclopedia.com)
  • From the early 1960s to 1980, the syphilis epidemic was concentrated among homosexual men, but by the late 1980s, reported cases came largely from ethnic minority heterosexuals, particularly marginalized African Americans living in the South and in large cities. (glowm.com)
  • Reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis, United States, 1941-2006. (glowm.com)
  • Syphilis remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy, despite the continued sensitivity of T. pallidum to penicillin, the widespread availability of inexpensive, accurate tests, and substantial efforts to encourage routine screening through early prenatal care. (glowm.com)
  • Surveillance data show that 85-90% of women reported to have primary and secondary syphilis in the United States are in the reproductive age group of 15-44 years. (glowm.com)
  • During 1996-1998, for the 25 states with confidential HIV surveillance, age and race/ethnicity of MSM whose disease status was HIV infection (not AIDS) when initially diagnosed were compared with MSM who had AIDS-defining conditions when first diagnosed. (cdc.gov)
  • National Overview of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 1996 The logo on the cover of Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 1996 is a reminder of the multifaceted, national dimensions of the morbidity, mortality, and costs that result from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • We used data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey (12), which is conducted annually among a large, representative sample of noninstitutionalized adults in the United States and US Territories (District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). (cdc.gov)
  • Primary care can be investigated, and almost certainly improved, using scientific methods. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Funding and infrastructure to support primary care research stand in sharp contrast to the organized commitment to advancing knowledge in various subspecialty areas of medicine, typically using the methods of biomedical research and clinical investigation. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Models used to attribute costs to tobacco use are described and the methods used to predict the health benefits of quitting are detailed. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • METHODS: We used the Knowledge to Action framework, which was developed to map how science is translated into effective health programs, to examine how the evidence-based intervention from the 2002 Diabetes Prevention Program trial was translated into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's large-scale National Diabetes Prevention Program, eventually resulting in payment for the lifestyle intervention as a Medicare-covered service. (cdc.gov)
  • For these reasons, public health programs should work to diagnose HIV infection in each of the approximately 200,000 infected persons (6) who do not know their HIV status, link them to care and prevention services, and assist them in adhering to treatment regimens and in sustaining risk-reduction behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • Developed from the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime's "Violence in the Workplace" symposium June 10-14, 2002 as a guide to businesses, small and large, and government in implementing a proactive workplace violence prevention strategy. (osha.gov)
  • It highlights the central role of STD prevention in improving women's and infants' health and in promoting HIV prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Using local, state, and federal resources, chlamydia prevention programs for screening of asymptomatic women have been established throughout the country. (cdc.gov)
  • The emergency department (ED) is an opportune setting for overdose prevention, as people who use opioids frequently present for emergency care, and those who have overdosed are at high risk for future overdose death. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In addition, The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • This has largely been due to limited human and financial resources, unaffordable drugs for prevention and treatment, and poor infrastructure. (who.int)
  • The translation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention from research to a Medicare-covered service can serve as a model for national adoption of other interventions that have the potential to improve population health. (cdc.gov)
  • The dominant geographic features of Sudan include the River Nile, which bisects the country south to north, the Libyan and Nubian deserts of the north and the Sudd swamp of southern Sudan, created by the sluggish White Nile, which is the size of Belgium and the world's largest swamp. (allgov.com)
  • And while the United States has the world's largest border budget (an average $19 billion from 2013 to 2018, and an almost 11-to-1 ratio of border to climate financing), Canada (15:1) and Australia (13.5:1) have even higher ratios. (counterpunch.org)
  • All together, the world's largest polluters are compounding one human-made disaster with another one. (counterpunch.org)
  • The findings indicate that among MSM, non-Hispanic black and Hispanic men accounted for an increasing proportion of AIDS cases and had smaller proportionate declines in AIDS incidence and deaths from 1996 to 1998. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Center for Research and Education of the Populace (CINEP), from January 1 through August 26, there were 28 cases of "intentional deaths of civilians committed by state agents. (state.gov)
  • The NGO Human Rights Watch collected information linking 25 civilian deaths during the protests to police, including 18 deaths committed with live ammunition. (state.gov)
  • Reportedly, the Health Ministry had hired trained nurses to provide postnatal care at home to reduce the possibility of maternal deaths after childbirth. (ucanews.com)
  • According to Nepal's Health Ministry, 24 percent of maternal deaths occur during or after childbirth and 19 percent during the postpartum period - which begins at childbirth and ends within 6 weeks. (ucanews.com)
  • Several government programs aimed at increasing maternal care such as the President's Women Uplift Program, free institutional delivery service, and allowances given to pregnant women for antenatal, postnatal, and institutional delivery have reportedly yielded results to reduce maternal deaths. (ucanews.com)
  • The federal government also recognizes the importance of protecting this information, which is why they passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA. (bmc.com)
  • If your organization deals with protected health information in any form, then you must follow all rules and regulations as outlined by HIPAA . (bmc.com)
  • HIPAA is a federal legislation in the United States that provides provisions for how to protect the privacy and security of confidential medical information. (bmc.com)
  • Originally enacted in 1996 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HIPAA was later expanded when the omnibus rule was put into place in 2013. (bmc.com)
  • The omnibus rule increased penalties for HIPAA compliance violations to a maximum of $1.5 million per incident, and incorporated the modifications that were set in 2009 by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act . (bmc.com)
  • In short, HIPAA protects what is referred to as Protected Health Information (PHI). (bmc.com)
  • Even inadvertent violations are not considered justifiable by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services, so it is vital that you understand the rules outlined in HIPAA, as well as how your company can comply with them. (bmc.com)
  • The HIPAA Privacy Rule sets national standards that protect personal health information and medical records. (bmc.com)
  • On November 22, 2016, the United States Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Right ( "OCR" ) announced that the University of Massachusetts Amherst ( "UMass" ) agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( "HIPAA" ) Privacy and Security Rules. (chapman.com)
  • Therefore, unbiased national estimates of health and nutrition characteristics can be independently produced for each phase as well as for both phases combined. (cdc.gov)
  • Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) was departments in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Ambulatory medical care is the patient visits to physicians' offices departments (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). (cdc.gov)
  • The medical records were published by The Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, and relate to children receiving gender-affirming care. (outsmartmagazine.com)
  • I have obtained exclusive whistleblower documents showing that, despite its public statements, the Houston-based children's hospital-the largest in the United States-has secretly continued to perform transgender medical interventions, including the use of implantable puberty blockers, on minor children. (outsmartmagazine.com)
  • If you care about Texas kids, you should be appalled that someone would be illicitly disclosing their medical records. (outsmartmagazine.com)
  • Because men with gonorrhea are usually symptomatic and seek medical care, trends in males are a good measure of disease incidence. (cdc.gov)
  • After directing the adolescent section in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, he joined the faculty of Loma Linda University School of Medicine and the medical staff of Loma Linda University Hospital in 1986. (andrews.edu)
  • These morbidities contribute to existing health inequities due to workers' limited access to affordable, quality medical care [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They experience severe limitations on visitation, movement, and recreation, and often have very limited access to medical and legal services. (typepad.com)
  • Immigrants detained in these centers have reported scores of human rights abuses citing overcrowding, freezing concrete cells, denial of medical care to children, confiscating legal documents and personal belongings, and racially charged insults and death threats. (typepad.com)
  • Coordinated sexual assault response teams or programs are generally designed to ensure that victims are provided with a broad range of necessary care and services (legal, medical, social services) and to increase the likelihood that the assault can be successfully prosecuted. (stopvaw.org)
  • As the then Special Rapporteur noted in her 2003 report, some jurisdictions have created "one-stop" crisis centers that "provide 24-hour services, including legal, medical and psychological counselling services. (stopvaw.org)
  • Reportedly, some of the community hospitals and medical colleges also offer the services free of cost for which the Ministry of Health and Population reimburses the expenses to those health facilities. (ucanews.com)
  • When an average month at this hospital can include 1,400 medical operations, 5,000 educational presentations, more than 100 births, and thousands of other health care services, you'd better be ready. (tetratech.com)
  • So, for example, their analysis classifies the costs of medical care and absenteeism from work due to smoking-associated illnesses as social costs. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Kaiser Permanente's all-electric medical office building in Santa Rosa, Calif., is the first demonstrated net-zero carbon health care building in the U.S., according to ILFI, the International Living Future Institute. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • Memorial Hermann Health System is the largest nonprofit health care system in Southeast Texas, operating 14 general medical and surgical (GMS) hospitals among a portfolio of clinical facilities. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • Trained as a microbiologist and immunologist, as well as a medical doctor, Dr. Floyd J. Malveaux's research led him from the mechanisms of bacterial infection to the biological and public health aspects of allergies and asthma. (encyclopedia.com)
  • As a professor and dean of the Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) in Washington, D.C., Malveaux educated some one thousand medical students and brought new technology and a new health sciences library to the university. (encyclopedia.com)
  • During his final year of medical school, Malveaux's research interests turned to immunology, specifically allergic reactions of the human immune system and asthma, a chronic inflammation of the airways caused by allergens. (encyclopedia.com)
  • A general practitioner ( GP ), family physician or family practitioner ( FP ) is a medical doctor who provides primary care. (bionity.com)
  • The term general practitioner is common in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, where the word physician is largely reserved for certain other types of medical specialists, notably in internal medicine . (bionity.com)
  • We retrospectively reviewed medical records from all ED visits between April 2016 and May 2017 with a primary diagnosis of opioid overdose at a large, urban tertiary hospital located in Alberta, Canada. (biomedcentral.com)
  • finally abandoned medicine after six torturous years of I received my medical degree from the State medical school. (bvsalud.org)
  • For public health, reduced HIV transmission may occur because many infected persons probably will reduce sexual risk behavior after HIV-infection diagnosis (3). (cdc.gov)
  • Medicaid is the nation's public health insurance program for people with low income. (kff.org)
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. (cdc.gov)
  • The program funds 30 states and one tribal government to develop and strengthen their abilities to evaluate and respond to environmental public health issues. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC works to protect public health and the safety of people, by providing information to enhance health decisions, and promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 sharpened everyone's focus on the importance of modern public health facilities. (tetratech.com)
  • New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his public health team worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Tetra Tech team to renovate the 250-bed East Orange General Hospital to supplement existing facilities and planned field hospitals. (tetratech.com)
  • health-related education, public health and health administration" [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • The majority of Brazilian GPs are located in the public health sector and is constituted mostly by young, recently graduated physicians. (bionity.com)
  • MDACC is a research-driven patient care organization that has approximately 21,000 employees with an annual revenue of $5 billion and the largest number of clinical trials in the United States. (archives.gov)
  • One broad explanation for the mismatch between the bulk of clinical care and the bulk of health-related research is the misperception that primary care is already sufficiently understood (Nutting, 1996). (nationalacademies.org)
  • Discussions in the workshop and elsewhere during this study made clear, however, that primary care is a distinct and quite complex field, that it is inadequately described to and poorly understood by the broader health care community and the public generally, and that it is apparently an important source of variation leading to different health (or disease) states and clinical management strategies. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Additionally, faster growth in total health care spending in 2015 was driven by stronger growth in spending for private health insurance (growth of 7.2 percent), hospital care (5.6 percent), and physician and clinical services (6.3 percent), and continued strong growth in Medicaid (9.7 percent) and retail prescription drug spending (9.0 percent). (chapman.com)
  • Normal laboratory values and imaging studies, coupled with clinical improvement, can give the health care provider a false sense of security. (medscape.com)
  • Treatment of inhalation injuries caused from toxic smokes is based on clinical presentation and involves primarily supportive care directed at the cardiopulmonary system. (medscape.com)
  • To determine whether frontline health care workers for Pandemic Infl uenza ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Health Management Plan for Pandemic Infl uenza ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Notifi ed cases of laboratory confi rmed pandemic (H1N1) by the Human Research Ethics Committees at each of 2009, by week, Victoria, Australia, 2009. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2023, Medicaid programs are facing new challenges and millions of enrollees are at risk of losing coverage as states unwind the continuous enrollment provision that was put in place early in the pandemic to ensure stable coverage. (kff.org)
  • What are the advantages of focusing on large open-source datasets during a Global Pandemic? (utmb.edu)
  • COVID-19 pandemic: A health sectors and their desire and capacity to do more. (who.int)
  • No survival association was found for Native American compared with white lung cancer patients or those using the Indian Health Service versus private insurance in fully adjusted models. (cdc.gov)
  • This undertaking is particularly important in the foundational school phase where, code with y c our ode with y smart phone or if special attention is given to children's optimal health, their immediate survival, growth and mobile device mobile de health are likely to be enhanced. (who.int)
  • Published: 13 Feb. 2023 psychosocial and health screenings of children and their families. (who.int)
  • Union Pacific and Grupo Mexico bought up the nation's railroads and ended passenger service (which Union Pacific had long since ended in the U.S. (prospect.org)
  • As a share of the nation's Gross Domestic Product ( "GDP" ), health spending accounted for 17.8 percent. (chapman.com)
  • Throughout the United States, low-wage, minority workers are disproportionately affected by occupational illnesses and injuries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chronic exposure to hazardous chemicals at work can lead to serious illnesses, contributing to health inequities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Throughout the United States (US), low-wage, minority workers are disproportionately affected by occupational illnesses and injuries, and many of these are Latinx and immigrant workers [ 1 , 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chronic exposure to toxic chemicals at work can lead to serious illnesses such as asthma, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and reproductive health issues [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To provide that care, the DOD and DVA must invest in research that will help discover the causes of, and treatments for, their illnesses, particularly those that are combat-related. (ontheissues.org)
  • For example, when deciding whether or not to invest in a mass media anti-smoking campaign, the cost of the campaign might be incurred over the next five years, but the benefits, in terms of, say, reduced health care costs for smoking-associated illnesses, occur over the next fifty years or so. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • A GP or FP treats acute and chronic illnesses, provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. (bionity.com)
  • U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Safety, Health and Working Conditions Compensation and Working Conditions Article, (Spring 2000). (osha.gov)
  • The 1996 gonorrhea rate of 124.0 is the lowest rate since national reporting began but is above the revised Healthy People 2000 (HP2000) objective of 100. (cdc.gov)
  • The economic burden of depression in the United States-including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder, and dysthymia-was estimated at $83.1 billion in 2000. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Malveaux also served as Howard University's interim Vice President for Health Affairs in 1996 and as Vice Provost for Health Affairs from 2000 through 2003. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The objective of the consultation was to agree on the major elements of a WHO programme on health and human rights for the period 1998-2000. (who.int)
  • The children's hospice movement is still in a relatively early stage in the United States, where many of the functions of a children's hospice are provided by children's hospitals. (wikipedia.org)
  • NHAMCS is a Together, the NAMCS and NHAMCS national probability survey of visits to hospital emergency and outpatient data provide an important tool for departments of non-Federal, short-stay, and general hospitals in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is urging hospitals and health systems to commit to reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030 and to net zero by 2050, the same level of reductions the federal government has already promised for its own buildings, including Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • Hospitals that set ambitious goals now, and back them up with action, will be better prepared for future regulations that might aim to reduce health care sector emissions. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR ® program for commercial buildings, launched in 1996, is the oldest and one of the most successful programs to provide hospitals with the technical know-how to improve energy performance. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • For this reason, I strongly support increases in these departments' peer-reviewed research programs. (ontheissues.org)
  • In 2015, the federal government accounted for the largest share of health care spending (29 percent), followed by households (28 percent), private businesses (20 percent), and state and local governments (17 percent). (chapman.com)
  • Key developments since the early stages of development in Children's Hospice care include: 1996: the Children's Hospice International's (CHI) Founding Director, Ann Armstrong-Dailey began collaboration with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce a better solution for families and the Medicaid program at large. (wikipedia.org)
  • Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health care and long-term services and supports to more than 90 million low-income people in the United States. (kff.org)
  • 1. Medicaid is jointly financed by the federal government and states and administered by states within broad federal guidelines. (kff.org)
  • Because of this flexibility, there is significant variation across state Medicaid programs, and as a result, the share of state residents covered by the program (Figure 1, tab 1). (kff.org)
  • The match rate for most Medicaid enrollees is determined by a formula in the law that provides a match of at least 50% and provides a higher federal match rate for states with lower per capita income (Figure 1, tab 2). (kff.org)
  • however, the American Rescue Plan Act included an additional temporary fiscal incentive to states that newly adopt the Medicaid expansion. (kff.org)
  • however, state spending on Medicaid is second to state spending on elementary and secondary education and the program is the largest source of federal revenue to states. (kff.org)
  • In state fiscal year 2021 , Medicaid accounted for 27% of total state expenditures, 15% of expenditures from state funds (general funds and other funds), and 45% of expenditures from federal funds (Figure 1, tab 3). (kff.org)
  • 2. Medicaid provides financing for a variety of groups and for a wide range of services. (kff.org)
  • The Medicaid program covers more than 1 in 5 Americans , including many with complex and costly needs for care. (kff.org)
  • Medicaid also provides coverage for low-income Medicare beneficiaries to help pay for premiums, cost sharing, and services not covered by Medicare. (kff.org)
  • Title XIX of the Social Security Act and a large body of federal regulations and sub-regulatory guidance govern the program, defining federal Medicaid requirements and states' options and authorities. (kff.org)
  • According to recently released National Health Expenditure Data for 2015 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( "CMS" ) Office of the Actuary, U.S. health care spending grew 5.8 percent in 2015, reaching $3.2 trillion or $9,990 per person. (chapman.com)
  • During 2010-2021, hepatitis C virus (HCV) acute and chronic infections (hereinafter referred to as HCV infections) increased in the United States, consequences of which include cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death. (cdc.gov)
  • In parts of the United States where large-scale chlamydia programs have been instituted, prevalence of disease has steadily declined. (cdc.gov)
  • 126,000 children are born with a major birth defect, mostly due to insufficient prenatal care, nutritional deficiency, environmental toxicity, or maternal drug addiction. (educate-yourself.org)
  • According to the report, there has been an increase in the percentage of live births that are assisted by skilled providers from 10 percent in 1996 to 80 percent in 2022. (ucanews.com)
  • A children's hospice is a hospice specifically designed to help children and young people who are not expected to reach adulthood with the emotional and physical challenges they face, and also to provide respite care for their families. (wikipedia.org)
  • Children's hospice services work with families from all faiths, cultures and ethnic backgrounds and respect the importance of religious customs and cultural needs that are essential to the daily lives of each family. (wikipedia.org)
  • When the end of a child's life approaches, children's hospice services are there to provide end-of-life care and bereavement support for as long as it's needed, helping families and friends approach death with dignity and peace. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first children's hospice in Scotland Rachel House, run by Children's Hospice Association Scotland opened in March 1996. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are now over 40 operational children's hospice services open across the UK. (wikipedia.org)
  • Children's hospice services in England receive an average of 5% government funding and rely heavily on public donations. (wikipedia.org)
  • September 2005: Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson receives CHI's "Mattie Stepanek" Award for his distinguished service on behalf of children's health care. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the deputy executive director for UNICEF and vice chair of the board for the GAVI Alliance- a public-private partnership focused on saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing access to immunization in poor countries - Geeta Rao Gupta is a leader on gender, women's issues, and HIV/AIDS. (americanprogress.org)
  • It explicitly states that patients have the right to access their health records at anytime, and may add corrections when necessary. (bmc.com)
  • Malveaux's work indicated that the causes of childhood asthma included the lack of access to health care, as well as various environmental factors such as tobacco smoke and allergens in older buildings and in tightly-sealed newer buildings with poor ventilation. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The North Carolina State Government Web Site Archives allows free and open access to North Carolina state agency web sites dating back to 1996. (archive-it.org)
  • [6] The first area was daily living conditions, which included healthy physical environments, fair employment, and decent work, social protection across the lifespan, and access to health care. (wikipedia.org)
  • develop, and whether they survive access to cancer care services. (who.int)
  • cur on many axes, including, but not havioural factors (tobacco use, un- limited to, a person's socioeconomic healthy diet), and different access to Why should we care about status (SES), race or ethnicity, sex, and through health services. (who.int)
  • When physicians have to decide that a child can no longer be medically cured, along with the parents a decision is made to end care, keeping in mind the best interest of the child. (wikipedia.org)
  • The physicians are then not obligated to provide any therapy care that the doctors have not deemed necessary towards the care goals of the child. (wikipedia.org)
  • The data presented in this report are care occurs in physicians' offices (1). (cdc.gov)
  • By primary care clinician, the committee explicitly means physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, as discussed in Chapter 2 and the committee's interim report (IOM, 1994a). (nationalacademies.org)
  • ABSTRACT The awareness of health care providers, particularly physicians, towards telemedicine is pivotal to its development. (who.int)
  • Tele-health, a broader was designed to evaluate the knowledge concept, is defined as "the use of electronic and attitudes of Libyan physicians towards information and telecommunications telemedicine and to assess the influence of technologies to support long-distance clini- education on their knowledge and attitudes cal health care, patient and professional towards the subject. (who.int)
  • Around 10 years ago, the government recognized that primary health care in Brazil was poorly organized and fraught with many problems, including a lack of attractiveness to young physicians, so a different approach, the Family Health Program ( Programa de Saúde da Família or PSF) was tried, initially with some failures, but later with increasing strength and coverage. (bionity.com)
  • Over the past 25 years, hundreds of health care organizations have partnered with ENERGY STAR to cut costs by reducing energy use, earn recognition by certifying their buildings, and fulfill sustainability goals. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • The University of Texas Libraries' Human Rights Documentation Initiative Collection features fragile websites containing human rights documentation and related content from human rights organizations and advocates across the globe. (archive-it.org)
  • [10] The ACA established community change through initiatives like providing Community Transformation Grants to community organizations, which opened up further debates and talks about increased integration of policies to create change on a larger scale. (wikipedia.org)
  • NHAMCS is part and outpatient departments to the of the ambulatory care component of the National Health Care Survey that population of the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The target universe of the Ambulatory Care noninstitutionalized population of the (RVC) (4). (cdc.gov)
  • These include population growth, increase in MDD prevalence, increase in treatment cost per individual with MDD, changes in employment and treatment rates, as well as changes in the composition and quality of MDD treatment services. (psychiatrist.com)
  • According to the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022 conducted by the Ministry of Health and Population, only 79.3 percent of its 700,000 pregnant women gave birth in health facilities during the year, The Kathmandu Post reported on Feb. 22. (ucanews.com)
  • When the Victorian State Government in Australia needed new hospital facilities to serve the needs of a growing population in Bendigo and the Loddon-Mallee region, they turned to a project development group that included Norman Disney & Young, A Tetra Tech Company (NDY), as a key player. (tetratech.com)
  • Khartoum, the capital and largest city, is located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, and its metropolitan area (including Omdurman) has an estimated population of 8.3 million. (allgov.com)
  • It is designed to provide national estimates of health and nutritional status of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 2 months and older. (cdc.gov)
  • Adherence was found to be strongly associated population in Hawaii is large and heterogeneous, com- with age and ethnicity. (cdc.gov)
  • Acumen, LLC was established by scholars from Stanford University in 1996 to conduct public policy research and statistical analysis on health and social service programs at the national, state, and local levels. (aeaweb.org)
  • Key issues examined by the international selection of leading scholars in this volume include: income distribution, employment, health, hunger, housing and urbanization. (routledge.com)
  • Salas received the "Woman of the Year" award from the California State Assembly in recognition of her 20 years of outstanding leadership of the organization. (americanprogress.org)
  • El Super, a division of the Mexican Chedraui retail corporation, has become a large supermarket chain in southern California, fighting with the UFCW (the leading union of supermarket workers) and trying to operate as many stores without unions as it can. (prospect.org)
  • Jessica González-Rojas is the executive director at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, or NLIRH-the only national reproductive justice organization that specifically works to advance reproductive health and rights for Latinas. (americanprogress.org)
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (2002). (osha.gov)
  • In addition the JEP, the justice component of the Comprehensive System for Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Nonrepetition provided for in the 2016 peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), continued to take effective steps to hold perpetrators of gross violations of human rights accountable in a manner consistent with international law. (state.gov)
  • On November 22, 2016, the Department of Justice ( "DOJ" ) announced that it had reached a $750,000 civil settlement with CleanSlate Centers, Inc. and Total Wellness Centers, LLC d/b/a CleanSlate, to resolve allegations that the opioid addiction treatment centers improperly prescribed buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and improperly billed Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. (chapman.com)
  • In 2008, the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health published a report entitled "Closing the Gap in a Generation", which aimed to understand, from a social justice perspective, how health inequity could be remedied, and what actions could combat factors that exacerbated injustices. (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). (osha.gov)
  • As conceptualized by this committee, therefore, the primary care research enterprise was thought to be in a fledgling state-long on potential and short on actual accomplishment. (nationalacademies.org)
  • More generally, in referring to primary care, the committee means to imply primary care as defined in Chapter 2 . (nationalacademies.org)
  • Finally, this paucity of primary care research and development leaves primary care insufficiently prepared to confront the challenges and opportunities inherent in the committee's definition. (nationalacademies.org)
  • For all these reasons, the committee determined that setting out a coherent program for research and evaluation in primary care would be an important contribution of its report. (nationalacademies.org)
  • In this regard, the committee took note of Starfield's position (Starfield, 1996) that primary care research is "research done in a primary care context. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Starfield argues that it is a fallacy to conclude either that primary care research can be done in anything other than primary care settings or that information purportedly about primary care that is drawn from research not done in primary care settings is a priori valid for the primary care clinician. (nationalacademies.org)
  • With those cautions in mind, one can draw a reasonable inference that the nation has engaged in little primary care research. (nationalacademies.org)
  • To help redress this imbalance, this chapter explores the need for a primary care research infrastructure and identifies key areas of primary care research that warrant high-priority attention. (nationalacademies.org)
  • In the first main section, the committee discusses four topics relating to the necessary infrastructure for primary care research and offers four recommendations designed to overcome existing barriers to such work and foster a stronger framework within which a broad range of studies might be conducted. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Presents data from 1993 through 2009 from the National Crime Victimization Survey estimating the extent of workplace violence in the United States. (osha.gov)
  • Data on gonorrhea for 1996 show that the annual decreases that have been evident since the national gonorrhea control program began in the mid-1970s are continuing. (cdc.gov)
  • These pilot grants are supported by the K07 on Academic Leadership Award in Data Science and Discovery funded by National Institute on Aging, and co-sponsored by Center for Recovery, Physical Activity, and Nutrition (CeRPAN) , and Center for Large Data Research & Data Sharing in Rehabilitation (CLDR). (utmb.edu)
  • According to the National Civil Police (PNC), as of October 6, state security forces killed 337 gang members during armed confrontations, compared with 603 in 2016. (state.gov)
  • In April 2007, for example, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that researchers at Cornell University had confirmed that "a solar flare 6 created an intense solar radio burst 7 causing large numbers of receivers to stop tracking the global positioning system (GPS) signal[s]. (flightsafety.org)
  • Summaries of health spending by type of service or product can be found on CMS's National Health Expenditures 2015 Highlights page. (chapman.com)
  • I was the head of the national employment service for four years: at the time when the unemployment rate ranged around 18-19 percent. (ips-dc.org)
  • Every WHO country office has also received copies and task force members are holding national seminars to discuss the ideas in the document with policy- and decision-makers, "partners" in health and development, and academic institutions. (who.int)
  • Policy Points Although preventable chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes carry a significant cost and health burden, few lifestyle interventions have been scaled at a national policy level. (cdc.gov)
  • CONTEXT: Many evidence-based health interventions never achieve national implementation. (cdc.gov)
  • All states provide confidential testing (by name) and have confidentiality laws and regulations to protect this information. (cdc.gov)
  • The authors conduct a net assessment of U.S. and Chinese approaches to development assistance and cooperation, using a data-driven comparison to reveal opportunities for the United States to better compete with China in the developing world. (rand.org)
  • emergency department visits c diagnoses c injury c ICD-9-CM estimates of visits to hospital emergency departments (ED's) for 1996. (cdc.gov)
  • Health inequity refers to those inequalities in health that are deemed to Cunningham et al. (who.int)
  • A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. (state.gov)
  • care organization and delivery. (nationalacademies.org)
  • 22 last year received technical and financial support from the United States Agency for International Development and research support from Nepal's first non-profit organization, New ERA. (ucanews.com)
  • Highest ranked research university and second largest research and development organization in Australia, this web collection of 41 affiliated Centres range from statistical consulting to plant cell biology. (archive-it.org)
  • Latinx workers compose a significant portion of the low-wage labor market and are at greater risk of experiencing occupational health inequities than nonminority workers [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As issues such as curbing gun violence, immigration reform, and reproductive health continue to be hotly debated in Washington, women of color are leading progressive movements nationwide to support these and other important issues. (americanprogress.org)
  • No large-scale analyses have evaluated the prevalence of overweight and obesity in US-bound refugees. (cdc.gov)
  • This document represents a resource for smoke and gas evacuation based on known science, vetted publications, and potential strategies that offer the best protection to both patients and the health care team. (sages.org)
  • The claims, which were originally brought by a whistleblower-employee, alleged that the hospice provider donated $15,750 to a physician's cancer charity in exchange for the physician's referral of 23 patients for hospice care. (chapman.com)
  • For example, patients' travel costs to attend health care consultations should be included in an analysis from society's viewpoint (the societal perspective) but would not be included in an analysis from a department of health's viewpoint. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • In economic evaluation of health care programs, such as smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, costs have, until recently, been classified as either direct (costs incurred in the health sector), indirect (costs incurred by patients or their families) or intangible (costs that are difficult to measure, such as pain and suffering). (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • In recent years, THN programs have been increasingly incorporated into hospital Emergency departments (EDs) in an effort to reach high risk patients [ 10 , 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients were categorized as IHS users for primary payer at diagnosis if they reported using IHS services in FCDS. (cdc.gov)
  • Information networks are changing the way we do business, educate our children, deliver government services, and dispense health care. (globalsecurity.org)
  • An official website of the United States government. (osha.gov)
  • Corporations such as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the Geo Group contracted with the United States government to build new detention facilities and oversee the detention process. (typepad.com)
  • We are in line to meet the SDG target on maternal health, but the problem is a large number of women are still deprived of the basic services offered by the government," Joshi lamented. (ucanews.com)
  • However, those who are not covered or who miss the services are a huge concern for the government. (ucanews.com)
  • Q: Is government veterans' health research sufficient? (ontheissues.org)
  • The Arizona State Agencies collection contains content from the websites of Arizona state government agencies, boards, and commissions. (archive-it.org)
  • Curated by the Alaska State Library is this rich collection of state and regional government agency websites. (archive-it.org)
  • Drawing upon decades of experience, RAND provides research services, systematic analysis, and innovative thinking to a global clientele that includes government agencies, foundations, and private-sector firms. (rand.org)
  • June 2005: HHS approves CHI's Program for All-Inclusive Care (CHI PACC) waiver for the state of Florida. (wikipedia.org)
  • States can obtain Section 1115 waivers to test and implement approaches that differ from what is required by federal statute if the Secretary of HHS determines the waivers would advance program objectives. (kff.org)
  • The program is the principal source of long-term care coverage for people in the United States. (kff.org)
  • The state-of-the-art facility is the cornerstone of a regional program of integrated health care, education, and training for the skilled and technically savvy work force of the future. (tetratech.com)
  • Malveaux's research led to the establishment of HUCM's free treatment program, Community Outreach for Asthma Care. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The following highlights notable health care fraud and abuse news, settlements and enforcement actions from the previous week. (chapman.com)
  • We are looking for applicants with strong econometric modeling skills, and experience with large administrative datasets is preferred. (aeaweb.org)
  • The Supporting Healthy Marriage project is the first large-scale, multisite, multiyear, rigorous test of marriage education programs for low-income married couples. (mdrc.org)
  • World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Infl uenza, Melbourne (A. Kelso, I.G. (cdc.gov)
  • The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. (kff.org)
  • How can individuals and/or departments build a successful Big Data Analysis research portfolio? (utmb.edu)
  • CALL FOR PILOT PROPOSALS aimed at developing and/or utilizing state-of-the-art quantitative/data science methodologies and technologies to address aging-related research questions. (utmb.edu)
  • The " Emergence and Evolution of Social Self-management of Parkinson's Disease, Greater Boston Metropolitan Area, 5 states, 2013-2019 (ICPSR 37631) " study has been released with assistance from the Archive of Data on Disability to Enable Policy and research (ADDEP) . (utmb.edu)
  • Supported by the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ), the project is motivated by research that indicates that married adults and. (mdrc.org)
  • Owing to factors such as lack of know- to assess the knowledge and attitudes of the ledge and interest by health professionals, participant doctors towards telemedicine these e-health innovations are still domina- during the Tele-Cardio Symposium which ted by committed efforts of research and was organized by the Libyan Cardiac Socie- development conducted by pioneers. (who.int)
  • RAND Europe assessed the effectiveness of CCTs through a two-year grant from UK Economic Social Research Council and Department for International Development. (rand.org)
  • UFRJ, I spent two and a half years on a research from semester to semester, but it also guaranteed that fellowship at the Department of Pharmacology in the the information ultimately made an indelible mark in University of Maryland. (bvsalud.org)
  • FCDS data (1996-2007) were linked with data from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). (cdc.gov)
  • The title is recognized by the Federal Council of Medicine (the Federal professional regulatory body), the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. (bionity.com)
  • These private for-profit immigration detention centers are poorly maintained and foster substandard living conditions that threaten the health of those in detention. (typepad.com)
  • An association with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, particularly strains 16 and 18, has been implicated in some cases. (medscape.com)
  • Association between proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and infection with human papillomavirus type 16. (medscape.com)
  • measures health care utilization across various types of providers. (cdc.gov)
  • As always, prehospital care providers must do everything in their power to remove the patient from ongoing exposure without becoming casualties themselves. (medscape.com)
  • States are guaranteed federal matching dollars without a cap for qualified services provided to eligible enrollees. (kff.org)
  • Through the working relationships they have established with EPA, other federal and state agencies, individual citizens, and community groups, regional representatives are able to maintain current and historic knowledge of the sites and issues in their regions. (cdc.gov)