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Telemedicine and Disparities in Visit Attendance at a Rural Pediatric Primary Care Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic
DISCUSSION: The adoption of telemedicine did not reduce pre-existing disparities in visit attendance. Further work is needed to identify the reasons for the disparities and improve visit attendance of historically disadvantaged patient populations.PMID:37464516 | DOI:10.1353/hpu.2023.0048
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shaundreal Jamison Yingying Zheng Linh Nguyen Farhan A Khan Dmitry Tumin Kristina Simeonsson Source Type: research

Identification of Minimal Clinically Important Difference Scores of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
CONCLUSIONSThese diabetes-specific reference points to interpret clinically meaningful change in PedsQL scores can be used in clinical care and research for youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. PMID: 23340884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Diabetes Care - January 22, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Hilliard ME, Lawrence JM, Modi AC, Anderson A, Crume T, Dolan LM, Merchant AT, Yi-Frazier JP, Hood KK, for the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group Tags: Diabetes Care Source Type: research

Correction
The January/February issue of the Journal of Pediatric Health Care carried an article entitled “Comparisons of Health Care Utilization Outcomes in Children With Asthma Enrolled in Private Insurance Plans Versus Medicaid” (Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 28[1]:71-79) in which the affiliation and corresponding address for the first author, Jongwha Chang, were listed incorrectly. The correct affiliation and corresponding address for Dr. Chang follows: Jongwha Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration, Samford University, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, AL 35229; e-mail: jchang1@samford.edu. Th...
Source: Journal of Pediatric Health Care - February 21, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Health Policy Source Type: research

Recent trends in antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in pediatric ambulatory care in Taiwan, 2000-2009: A nationwide population-based study.
CONCLUSION: The 10-year antibiotics prescription rate in ambulatory children with ARTIs was 7.0% and it decreased gradually from 2000 to 2009 in Taiwan. Through understanding the annual trends in antibiotic prescriptions, it may be possible to design interventions to improve the judicious use of antibiotics in children. PMID: 25442862 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - November 1, 2014 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lee ML, Cho CY, Hsu CL, Chen CJ, Chang LY, Lee YS, Soong WJ, Jeng MJ, Wu KG Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research

The Real Dark Side of Health Care: Health Care Corruption
The editors of the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine just stated they they were shocked, shocked to find out that physicians occasionally express disrespect for patients when the patients cannot hear or see them.  The occasion was an editorial signed by three editors whose title included the phrase, "shining a light on the dark side of health care."(1)  The editorial referred to an anonymous narrative that recounted two incidents from the past.(2)Two Alleged Incidents of Physicians' Expression of Disrespect for Patients The first incident, discussed second hand, was of a obstetrician who made a sexist comme...
Source: Health Care Renewal - August 25, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: anechoic effect Annals of Internal Medicine health care corruption medical journals professionalism Source Type: blogs

For low-income children, preventive care more likely in Medicaid, CHIP than under private insurance
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Researchers have found that children in low-income families experience greater access to preventive medical and dental care under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) than children covered by private insurance. However, for all types of insurance coverage, access to pediatric specialty care was a challenge.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 16, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

" A Radical Idea for Health-Care Reform: Listen to the Doctors " - Oops, I Mean Listen to the Corporate Executives, Directors, and Lobbyists
It has been the season for health care reform in the US since at least the Nixon administration.  We have endlessly discussed the unholy triad of health care dysfunction: rising costs, declining access, and stagnant quality.These days, with all the furor over whether Obamacare should be repealed and replaced, let alone, or improved, it is still the season for health care reform.  Last weekan article by David Ignatius in the Washington Postentitled " A Radical Idea for Health Care Reform: Listen to the Doctors, " appeared.   Since onHealth Care Renewal we are all about trying to uphold physicians ' profe...
Source: Health Care Renewal - April 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: boards of directors conflicts of interest deception disinformation health care reform propaganda Source Type: blogs

Asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and post-ED visit hospital and critical care admissions, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2010-2015.
Conclusions: Both asthma-related ED visits and post-ED hospitalizations were greater for children, blacks, and Hispanics. ED visits were also greater for Medicaid/CHIP. These findings might help prompt future studies on identifying additional potential risk factors for frequent ED visits among disproportionally affected subpopulations. PMID: 31922923 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - January 12, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research

Clinical Guidance for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency and Critical Care Areas after Implementing Insurance Coverage in Korea.
Authors: Choi WJ, Ha YR, Oh JH, Cho YS, Lee WW, Sohn YD, Cho GC, Koh CY, Do HH, Jeong WJ, Ryoo SM, Kwon JH, Kim HM, Kim SJ, Park CY, Lee JH, Lee JH, Lee DH, Park SY, Kang BS Abstract Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a useful tool that is widely used in the emergency and intensive care areas. In Korea, insurance coverage of ultrasound examination has been gradually expanding in accordance with measures to enhance Korean National Insurance Coverage since 2017 to 2021, and which will continue until 2021. Full coverage of health insurance for POCUS in the emergency and critical care areas was implemented in July 201...
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - February 22, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research

Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion on Tertiary, Pediatric Surgical Care
We examined the effect of ME on rates of elective, ambulatory surgery (EAS), especially among publicly-insured and ethnoracial-minority patients.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - April 27, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Megan E. Bouchard, Soyang Kwon, Benjamin T. Many, Jonathan C. Vacek, Fizan Abdullah, Hassan Ghomrawi Source Type: research

Which Specialties Get the Biggest Markups Over Medicare Rates? Which Specialties Get the Biggest Markups Over Medicare Rates?
A study of private insurance claims found that the highest markups were in anesthesiology, emergency and critical care, and neurosurgery.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - October 21, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Unintentional Pediatric Poisoning Exposures in an Emergency Department: A Comparison of Poison Control Center Referrals and Caregiver Self-Referred Visits
Conclusions Among patients presenting at 1 pediatric ED, disparities with PCC utilization exist among age groups, racial identification, and poison exposure type. Educational outreach interventions are needed to ensure optimal use of the PCC services by patients, caregivers, and health care professionals.
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - December 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research