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September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Advanced-practice registered nurses (APRNs) provide high-quality primary care. But a shortage of them, and of the faculty to train them, makes it hard to meet the nation’s growing need for primary care.
January 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Access to care for racial and ethnic minority groups, low-income populations, and the un- and underinsured has been problematic despite expansion in the health workforce.
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation created Ikayurtem Unatai (Helping Hands), a palliative care program for Native Alaskans living in the 34 villages that comprise Bristol Bay.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Norman Daniels, PhD, co-authored the book, Setting Limits Fairly: Can We Learn to Share Medical Resources?, which offers criteria for rationing medical resources fairly.
December 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Eileene Shake, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is CEO of the Foundation for Nursing Excellence.
November 1, 2012 | News Release
Funding focused on three interrelated areas, including prevention, costs, access, and workforce issues.
September 9, 2011 | Program Result 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.
May 13, 2011 | Program Result 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.
April 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
Ten hospitals throughout the country joined a collaborative learning network, developed strategies to improve the quality and accessibility of their language services, and tested them using five standardized performance improvement measures.
March 30, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Over the past two months, oral health has received a lot of press. I mentioned the Pew report above. A recent New York Times article pointed out the challenges for some kids. The NBC Nightly News picked up on the story. Water fluoridation, one of th ...