Category: Articles

Health Care for Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Consensus Statement

April 25, 2024

Health Care for Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Consensus Statement

People with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) often face difficulties in getting proper health care and services and may not have good experiences with these systems. They may be more likely to have adverse events during their care such as seclusion, accidents and injuries.

Supporting Access for Everyone (SAFE) Initiative was created to address these challenges and aims to improve the quality of health care for young people with NDDs by establishing a standard of practice.

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Could Rural Fire Departments Bridge the Telehealth Gap?

April 2, 2024

Could Rural Fire Departments Bridge the Telehealth Gap?

As part of Washington State University’s Rural Health Initiative, pharmacy student Amanda Whitehead is exploring the feasibility of setting up telehealth stations in rural fire stations to help bring many health care services closer to rural residents.

Additionally, using telehealth to provide palliative care support to rural family caregivers is a low-cost, feasible strategy for transitioning patients from hospital to home-based care, new research reveals.

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Rural Residents Have Less Access to Special Needs Care

March 11, 2024

Rural Residents Have Less Access to Special Needs Care

According to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), the patient-to-primary-care-physician ratio is about 39 physicians for every 100,000 people.

In many rural areas, this can create crucial gaps in care for children with special needs, whose families often struggle with transportation and accessibility of services.

Additionally, Rural Health Research Gateway offers a new recap on post-acute care in rural areas.

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Newest AIHC Compliance Articles

March 11, 2024

Newest AIHC Compliance Articles

The American Institute of Healthcare Compliance released three articles on compliance.