Sentences with phrase «of access to health»

Such treatment disparities may reflect lack of access to health services of these groups and the relative expense and geographical inaccessibility of nonopioid or multidisciplinary pain management.

The die - in represented people who could die from lack of access to health care under the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which Rep. Long supports.

«This election is especially significant for us when women are confronted daily with uncertainty around the future of access to our health care,» said Sadovy.

With all the uncertainty at the federal level around the future of access to health care, now is the time to elect a new Governor who will work to protect and expand access to reproductive health care.

It is shown to them in the racist way in which they perceive they are treated by many non-Indigenous people in a wide variety of circumstances, in the material poverty of their lives and the lives of their extended families and their general communities, and in the way they are discriminated against in employment, in the way they are housed and in their lack of access to health and education services as good as those available to non-Indigenous people.

An alternative approach focuses on children's unmet needs, acknowledging the many possible contributors (e.g., lack of access to health care), as well as parental behaviour.3 The latter approach fits with the developmental ecological perspective which posits that no one factor alone contributes to neglect; there are multiple and interacting contributors at the level of the child, parents, family, community and society.

Resumes in this field showcase such responsibilities as focusing on efforts to improve the health of women before, during, and after pregnancy; and conducting outreach and enrollment in health coverage, as well as coordination and facilitation of access to health care services.

The differences between the rule and the professional codes include the individual's right of access to health information in the covered entity's possession, relationships between contractors and covered entities, and the requirement that covered entities make their privacy policies and practices available to patients through a notice Start Printed Page 82764and the ability to respond to questions related to the notice.

Like the NPRM, it does not create any new right of access to health records by oversight agencies and it can not be used as authority to obtain records not otherwise legally available to the oversight agency.

People and communities experiencing social exclusion, unstable housing, low income, food insecurity, unemployment and poor working conditions, weak social safety nets and lack of access to health, social and legal services are shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics.

The Texas Health Law Program provides help to families in matters of Medicare and Medicaid appeals, bill payment problems, and the denial of access to health services.

North Omaha faces myriad challenges: high crime, food deserts, lack of access to health care, and a long legacy of pollution.

Students who live in communities with high levels of poverty are four times more likely to be chronically absent than others often for reasons beyond their control, such as unstable housing, unreliable transportation and a lack of access to health care.

Poverty, unemployment, and a distinct lack of access to health care and other important resources create situations that require specific responses.

Food insecurity, lack of access to health care (including international food aid), and social, cultural, and economic class, all play a major role in explaining the prevalence of under - nutrition.

But in India, poverty and lack of access to health care consign most children with congenital cataracts to a life in darkness.

They also live in the most egalitarian countries in terms of access to health care and education.»

«We should never deprive women of access to health care that they chose and their medical providers say is best for them,» Bonacic said.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

«We should never deprive women of access to health care that they chose and their medical providers say is best for them,» Senator Bonacic said.

This strongly suggests that the previous increase in maternal mortality was not driven by lack of access to health care, since access has not increased.

It is merely a means of access to health care INSURANCE for those less fortunate and / or less healthy.

Bain & Company partner Norbert Hueltenschmidt told the BBC last year that China faces major health care issues with its aging population, environmental problems, levels of access to health care, and sedentary living — physical activity has dropped 45 % since 1990.

Not exact matches

The decree also calls for research into all the potential health benefits of marijuana, as well as programs that prevent children and adolescents from having access to marijuana and programs for those who develop addictions.

«I have learned, as an entrepreneur, the most important skill you have to have is you have to be an optimist and pessimist at the same time,» said Stephanie Tilenius, former Google VP and founder of Vida, an app that pairs you with 24/7 access to a health coach.

He's now being urged to declare a nation - wide «state of emergency» over the issue by a White House commission, as part of a wide - ranging list of recommendations which also encourages easier access to heroin antidotes and mental health treatment.

Yes, Danes have a stable government, low levels of public corruption, and access to high - quality education and health care.

«A spouse can help keep doctor's appointments and provide transportation, making for easier access to health care services,» said Dr. Jeffrey Berger, another senior member of the project and a preventive cardiologist at NYU.

Levi's had provided them a «needs survey» to get started, but after circulating it in Nazareno, González Franch and Bello Garza realized it presumed a level of development (like access to financial services and health care) that didn't exist in the community.

Scanadu will also have anonymized access to all of its users» health data, which can be used for epidemiology — the study of the patterns of health and disease in defined geographic areas.

Moreover, if we accept that the effective and efficient functioning of our stock markets assumes that investors have access to any relevant information that can affect an organization's financial performance, information about senior leaders» mental health can no longer legitimately be withheld.

A doctor showing up at your door in San Francisco is convenient but access to products and services in consumer health that you may not have been able to get before at an accessible price point is a new level of access.

Sequence Bio plans to decode the DNA of 100,000 people — about a fifth of Newfoundland and Labrador's population — and the provincial government is partnering with the company to help recruit consenting patients and provide access to their health records.

In the words of the chief justice in the Chaoulli v. Quebec case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&access to health care.»

We are committed to making Addyi accessible to women who need it and are actively working with health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to secure the optimum level of access possible.»

I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.

Richards and Karp are asking the tech industry to join Tumblr in supporting with Planned Parenthood's mission of giving access to health care to those who need it.

«We need to work together to break down barriers to care and information for the millions of people desperate to take ownership of their sexual and reproductive health, and tackle disparities in health care access and outcomes.»

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

Setup: In December 2010 Minshew quit her job at the Clinton Health Access Initiative to run Pretty Young Professionals (PYP), a women's networking site she had started with three co-workers a couple of months before.

Extreme politicians at every level of government are doing everything they can to block millions of people from coming to Planned Parenthood, deny access to affordable health care, and roll back women's rights over their own bodies.

She also discussed some of the women's health and family policies that she would prioritize in the White House, such as paid family leave and access to birth control and safe abortion.

«The other two benefits would first of all be to low - income people, whose mobility would be improved, giving them access to jobs, health facilities and so on by removing financial constraints,» he added.

Access to affordable health insurance has sped the growth of the gig economy.

And while various troubling social factors, including unequal access to health care and the impact of the opioid crisis, have stalled the growth of the average U.S. life expectancy in recent years, odds are that America's higher earners will live longer — maybe much longer — than they expect.

Northam campaigned heavily on the promise of getting more Virginians access to health care.

«Although I was previously aware of the many social circumstances affecting my patients» access to care and the circumstances contributing to their overall health,» writes Jessica K. Willett, a California physician, «I'm now able to relate to it on a more personal level.

Collaboration and transparency throughout construction of a real estate project is vital to the health of the project, and that is not possible without access to technology and analytics.

The media giant is partnering with Independence Health Group — one of the largest Blue Shield insurers in the US — to develop an open source tech and communications platform that will allow patients to access their data throughout their healthcare journey.

Workloads, vacation and flextime policies, lines of reporting, office design, access to fitness programs --» everything» affects an organization's overall health, he explains.