Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) experience significant health disparities and die much younger than the general population. Interventions to address this disparity have targeted nutrition, physical fitness, and smoking cessation, but have not yet resulted in significant improvements in health outcomes for this population. The patient-centered care plan, used by providers and patients during […]
Background Many efforts over the past decade have focused on developing quality improvement and safety curricula for residents. Sponsoring institutions have encountered challenges aligning resident projects with institutional quality and safety priorities, engaging faculty mentors, and securing support for resident initiatives from executive leadership. Objective We developed a small grants program to support resident-led change projects intended […]
A group of seven community health centers (CHCs) serving low-income communities in Massachusetts collaborated to eliminate unnecessary dermatology referrals, improve access to care for patients with serious skin conditions, and reduce overall dermatology spending.
New research from the Institute for Community Health estimates that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the public charge rule could prompt 195,000 to 455,000 California children in need of medical attention to leave Medi-Cal. This estimate includes up to 93,000 low- and moderate-income children with at least one potentially life-threatening condition, such as cancer or epilepsy, […]