Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D. Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Visiting Professor, Stanford University Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, New England Journal of Medicine In medicine, we have yet to get it right, namely practicing medicine in a way … [Read more...]
February 23, 2012
A Biweekly Digest Addressing Health Care Issues of the Low-Income Populations
Recent Articles
- AMBULATORY CARE CENTERS – Ambulatory Surgical Centers Found to Have High Rates of Infection Control Lapses
- RACIAL DISPARITIES – Education Level Tied Closely to Incidence of Diabetes Among Whites and Hispanics But Not Blacks, Study Finds
- UNINSURED – Study Finds Uninsured More Likely to Die From Trauma When Compared to Insured Patients
- ACCESS – Physicians Found to be Less Likely to Accept Poor Blacks Versus Whites Into Their Practices
- The Social Role of the Emergency Department
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The Social Role of the Emergency Department
James A. Gordon, M.D., M.P.H. Division of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine and Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital The hospital emergency department (ED) is perhaps the only unrestricted site of … [Read more...]