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- August 13, 2013
Top EHR Software
Read moreElectronic Health Record (EHR) software gives medical professionals access to patient medical records from a centrally-accessible system. With a market size estimated to hit $6 billion by 2015, growing at a rate of over 16% per year, EHR’s typically include medical history, laboratory results, medication, allergies and even billing...
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Health law alone won’t reverse inequities
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act may leave many of the poor and people of color behind. That’s the view of this year’s president of the American Public Health Association, Dr. Adewale Troutman, who spoke in Denver last week. “We are trying to incorporate 30 million people into a health care...
- August 13, 2013
America’s health rankings senior report: A call to action for individuals and their communities
Read moreThe 2012 Edition of America’s Health Rankings revealed that Americans are now living longer lives, but with increased rates of preventable chronic disease. If our nation’s seniors are unhealthy, can we be healthy as a society? Today, 1 in 8 Americans are aged 65 or older. By the year...
- August 13, 2013
2012 Annual Report,The Colorado Trust : Achieving access to health for all Coloradans
Read moreThis annual report includes: an ‘about us’ introduction, a letter from the leadership, details of grant making activities in the areas of health data and information, health advocacy and policy, health care services and systems, and health and well-being, financial information, and information about the board of trustees and...
- August 13, 2013
A national commitment is needed to eradicate health disparities
Read moreDavid R. Williams, PhD, MPH, is a leading social scientist whose work has consistently broken new ground in research about the complex ways that race, discrimination and socioeconomic status shape physical and mental health. He is a professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Williams,...
- August 13, 2013
Is mental health stigma overrated?
Read moreThe Kaiser Health Tracking Poll is a fascinating window into the public’s thinking about gun violence, gun control, and the adequacy of the nation’s response to the needs of those living with serious mental illness. All of the poll responses are revealing but some seem to be particularly important...
- August 13, 2013
State legislative tool kit: Mental health first aid
Read moreIn response to rising local and state interest in improving the awareness, recognition and ability to appropriately respond to the needs of persons experiencing symptoms of a mental illness or who may be in crisis, the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (National Council) and Mental Health First Aid—USA offers resources designed...
- August 13, 2013
In nursing homes, an epidemic of poor dental hygiene
Read moreKatherine Ford visited her father, Dean Piercy, a World War II veteran with dementia, at a nursing home in Roanoke, Va., for months before she noticed the dust on his electric toothbrush. His teeth, she found, had not been brushed recently, so she began doing it herself after their...
- August 13, 2013
State participation in the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid eligibility
Read moreVisit the following link to hover your mouse over a map of the United States to see state wide expansion statuses and the impact of the expansion of Medicaid eligibility on the uninsured; data courtesy of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- August 13, 2013
Richest resort counties rank worst for health coverage
Read moreTwo ritzy resort counties in Colorado have made a list of the 50 worst counties in the U.S. for working people who are living without health insurance. Eagle County, home to swanky Vail and Beaver Creek, ranked 42nd worst among U.S. counties with nearly 29 percent of people who...
