‘Lost In Translation:’ Hospitals’ Language Service Capacity Doesn’t Always Match Need
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) Luis Ascanio, 61, works as a medical interpreter at La Clinica del
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Month: August 2016
Syncing Up Drug Refills: A Way To Get Patients To Take Their Medicine
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) You have your red pill and your green pill. There’s the one you
Read MoreElderly Hospital Patients Arrive Sick, Often Leave Disabled
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SAN FRANCISCO — Janet Prochazka was active and outspoken, living by herself and
Read More4 trends in health care that were pioneered in homeless medicine
(By Shannor Seerval for STAT) BOSTON — To make health care more accessible and higher quality, insurers and providers are experimenting
Read MoreIndependent Doctors Collaborating in Tennessee
A group of independent prime care doctors in small towns and rural counties around the state of Tennessee are collaborating
Read MoreCruz, Cornyn Press Obama for Answers on Unspent Zika Money
(By Fred Lucas for The Daily Signal) The entire Texas Republican delegation in Congress signed a letter to President Barack
Read MoreA key trial for a Bristol-Myers cancer drug fails in a ‘major surprise’
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In a stunning setback for Bristol-Myers Squibb, its blockbuster Opdivo medicine failed to meet the
Read MoreDoctors Need A New Skill Set For This Opioid Abuse Treatment
(By Karen Shakerdge, Side Effects Public Media, for Kaiser Health News) In a big hotel conference room near New York’s
Read MoreCalifornia Doctors And Hospitals Tussle Over Role Of Nurse-Midwives
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) A California bill that would allow certified nurse-midwives to practice independently is pitting
Read MoreFacing bleak odds, cancer patients chase one last chance — in Cuba
(By Rob Waters for STAT) Mick Phillips didn’t think much about it when he started coughing a lot in the
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