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Carol Boylan, MSS, LSW, Director of the Psychiatric Medical Care Unit. Hahnemann University Hospital
A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing health care disparities. Alameda County Medical Center had these pieces in place to address disparities. Participating in the Disparities Leadership Program , at Massachusetts General Hospital, was the鈥
This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination and related efforts in five states: Alabama, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington State. Such efforts by states to realign the provider payment and delivery systems are key to improving鈥
The rate of 'mortality amenable to health care' that is--deaths that are considered preventable with timely and effective health care declined for people under age 75 across 16 high-income nations between 1997-1998 and 2006-2007. While all countries showed improvement, the United States improved鈥
While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and processes of care, there are still several challenges chief medical officers will have to face, ranging from full updates of evidence, technology and support from hospital and other clinical leadership.