Ruth Murphey Parker, MD
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ruth Murphey Parker's research has focused predominantly in two areas: medical education and health services for under-served populations.
Access and Barriers to Care
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If You Have Pneumonia, Which Emergency Department will Give the Best Care?
May 17, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine analyzed data from two Atlanta emergency departments to ascertain barriers to achieving standard metrics of performance for treatment of patients with pneumonia.
A Regional Health Collaborative Formed by NewYork-Presbyterian Aims to Improve the Health of a Largely Hispanic Community
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
NewYork-Presbyterian creates a Regional Health Collaborative linking patient-centered medical homes to providers and other community-based resources.
Trends in Quality of Care and Barriers to Improvement in the Indian Health Service
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Indian Health Services (IHS), a federal agency, cares for roughly half of the Native American population. This large-scale study analyzed data from the agency's clinical reporting system to assess 12 performance measures for the years 2002 to 2006.
Beyond Parity
April 14, 2009 | Journal Article
More primary care physicians (PCPs) have trouble obtaining mental health services for their patients than have problems getting other specialty services.
Dialing for Health Care
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
Health Care For All evaluated, upgraded and expanded Helpline, its consumer information and referral service that provides information and assistance to consumers who face financial, cultural or other systemic barriers to accessing needed health care services.
Access to Care Impacts Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
April 1, 2001 | Program Result
The University of California studied access to primary care in selected communities to assess whether hospitalization rates for certain chronic conditions typically managed by outpatient care are valid and useful measures of community access to care.
Survey Identifies Health Care Use and Needs of Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants
May 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1999, researchers from the People-To-People Health Foundation (commonly known as the Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs) conducted a survey on:
Program Results Topic Summary: Rural Health Care - Improving Access to Care
March 17, 2008 | Program Result
This report summarizes some of the lessons learned through RWJF-supported efforts to improve access to health care for Americans living in rural areas.
A Story from the Pediatric Palliative Care Project
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
If all that mattered to dying children and their families was an all-expenses-paid trip to the Grand Canyon or the World Series, it would be easy enough to ease the pain of young lives prematurely foreclosed.