By MICHAEL MILLENSON Four days after emergency surgery and barely able to walk, Heather Sherman flew from Chicago to Washington for first-day-of-work onboarding at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fourteen months later, Sherman suddenly became one of the thousands of federal employees summarily dismissed by a weekend email telling them they were “not…
Eloisa Mendoza ha pasado 18 años ayudando a personas que no dominan el inglés a comprender documentos legales complejos. Los guía en medio de eventos estresantes, repletos de denso papeleo, como solicitudes de ciudadanía, divorcios y traducciones de actas de nacimiento. Mendoza trabaja en Elko, Nevada, una región remota en el noreste del estado. Su…
Access to care isn’t enough. Healthcare organizations need to build trust in order to reach underserved communities, experts said on a recent panel. The post How Can Healthcare Organizations Earn Trust with Marginalized Communities? appeared first on MedCity News.
Many of those who survive the loss, devastation, and displacement of an extreme climate event — such as a flood, tornado, drought, or wildfire — experience anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and even suicidal thoughts. Similar mental illnesses are often found even when people are indirectly exposed to extreme climate events. The post The…
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to…