OCR Says Widely Used COVID-19 Practice Of Allocating Respirators & Other Scarce COVID-19 Care Based On Pre-Existing Medical Conditions Violates Civil Rights Laws
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Check Your Immunizations To Celebrate 2019 National Infant Immunization Week Celebration
Check your immunizations this week!
Some Vets Can Claim Tax Refund
Some veterans may be due a credit or refund as a result of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act passed in 2016. The law affects veterans who received disability severance payments after January 17, 1991, […]
College Bound Disabled Students Get Started Early Learning Rules For Seeking Accommodations
Finding reported in the new Mobile Health Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes Report from the Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The findings raise questions about whether patient, health plan, employer or other amounts invested to acquire and use in these applications as tools to help diabetes patients better manage their disease provide sufficient return on investment.
Diabetes Management Apps: Tech Tools or Toys?
Finding reported in the new Mobile Health Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes Report from the Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The findings raise questions about whether patient, health plan, employer or other amounts invested to acquire and use in these applications as tools to help diabetes patients better manage their disease provide sufficient return on investment.
Celebrating Mother’s Day & Nurses Week Acknowledging The Nurse/Mother & Other Health Care Professionals Whose Work Began & Inspire Project COPE: Coalition On Patient Empowerment
This week’s celebration of “National Nurses’ Week” and the impending celebration Sunday of Mother’s Day is a perfect time to celebrate the career of a nurse and mother whose common sense efforts to take care […]
Becoming & Caring For Antique People: A Privilege We All Hope To Experience
Lucky people live long enough to experience caring for beloved aging family or friends, then living through old age. It’s a privilege most people look fondly forward to and take for granted until something happens […]
Making Real Change Happen Through Committed Action
As many students participate in the National School Walkout in protest that something be done following the tragic Parkland school shooting today, it’s a good time to focus on the best way to make needed […]
Protect Your Loved One From Abuse
Millions of elderly and disabled Americans live in nursing, assisted living and other care facilities. While patients and their families admit patients to these facility rightly expect these care providers to appropriately and safely care […]
Tell Congress To Vote on Obamacare Reform Starting With House’s Vote Tonight
The US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote again tonight on the revised Majority-leadership lead first step healthcare reform legislation seeking to provide Americans and American business with some initial relief from the soaring […]