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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Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care
January 24, 2012 | Story
Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.
If You Have Pneumonia, Which Emergency Department will Give the Best Care?
May 17, 2012 | Program Results Report
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.
New Routes to Community Health
January 12, 2012 | Program Results Report
From 2006 to 2011, New Routes to Community Health brought together immigrant-led groups, local media organizations, and community institutions in eight cities to use storytelling and media making to address health concerns of immigrants and refugees.
Project Safe Conduct: Collaborative Interagency Program to Improve End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients and Their Families
May 15, 2008 | Program Results Report
Case Western Reserve University, in partnership with Hospice of the Western Reserve and the Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospital, created Project Safe Conduct.
Developing Insights into Disparities
November 1, 2007 | Story
Race and ethnicity affects how patients and their physicians interact and can impact health outcomes.
How Do Consumer-Directed Health Care Plans Affect Medical Care?
August 8, 2012 | Program Results Report
RAND conducted the first large-scale, multi-employer study of the effect of consumer-directed health care plans on the cost and utilization of health care and estimated future national impact of increases in enrollment in such plans.
The Immigrants and Refugees New Arrivals Advocacy Project
September 9, 2011 | Program Results Report
The Center for Children's Advocacy in Hartford, Conn., operated a medical-legal advocacy project to improve the health of new immigrant and refugee children.
Developing Universal Symbols for Health Care Facilities
May 13, 2011 | Program Results Report
Project staff worked with a design team to create and test a set of universal graphic symbols to help people with limited proficiency in English find their way around health care facilities.
An Innovative Prescription for Better Health
May 9, 2011 | Video/Story
Health Leads relies on volunteer college students to "fill" prescriptions by connecting patients with vital resources.