Imagine, after surviving a trauma, you are so impacted that you have trouble breathing. It’s like taking a breath that is shortened and never reaches your lung. It’s stuck somewhere in your throat and your whole body tenses. It’s hard to blink, hard to … Read More
Issue Briefs
HIV Risk and Prevalence among Minority Women
Integrated Care and Data Exchange
The Office for the National Coordinator (ONC) released a fact sheet on the Exchange for Health Care Operations (45 Code of Federal Regulations 164.506 (c) (4)) that clarifies the uses and disclosures of patient information and data exchange between provider sets/Covered Entities (CE). Protected Health Information … Read More
Domestic Violence and Culturally Specific Factors, Part II
Domestic Violence and Culturally Specific Factors
Implementing culturally congruent trauma-informed care requires knowledge of acculturation factors. Scenario: A monolingual Chinese-speaking young 26-year-old Chinese female recently emigrated from rural China appears in the emergency room with a broken arm and a sprained wrist. She keeps her eye contact minimal and alternately looks … Read More
Population Health And Data Exchange: New Data Integration, One Person At A Time, For A Healthier Nation
Models of Care that are not Inclusive of Behavioral Health: Making the Shift to Integrated Care
Results from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) showed mixed results and an overall failure to capture significant savings. Only 21 ACOs applied and have been designated as the Next Generation ACO from a pool of 353 ACOs designated as Pioneer in … Read More
Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities and Addiction: Special Population Needs and Risks in Treatment Care and Access
The 1999 US Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. (527 U.S. 581) was a pivotal point in defining treatment access for people living with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD). The decision held that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) required that individuals … Read More