Part 1 of a 3-part series on health stigma and healthy privilege. This post has been kicking around in my head for nearly a month now, the product of conversations with clients, chats with friends, and a professional life in…
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Hi There Mr. Elephant–Let’s Talk about Health Stigma & Privilege
Tagged with: health, privilege, stigma
Posted in Health behavior, healthcare, Social Determinents of Health
Posted in Health behavior, healthcare, Social Determinents of Health
Come Together Right Now: The Mental Health Field Must Unite
Come Together Right Now: The Mental Health Field Must Unite This post was written by Dr. Misty Hook, and was originally published on the Counselling Resource website. It is a followup to her post, The Pay is the Thing. A…
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The Pay is the Thing: Re-evaluating Mental Health Reimbursement
This post was written by Dr. Misty Hook, and was originally published on the Counselling Resource website. A licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Texas, Dr Misty Hook received her PhD in counseling psychology from Ball State University. She…
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Hospitals Evals Are Going Social
For the savvy medical observer, it is commonplace to refer to industry standards of hospital quality in choosing one hospital over another. Those quality measures are set forth by trusted indicators, such as the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers…
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Putting the United State healthcare in international context
Just when you thought reports highlighting the US healthcare system could not be more damning, a new report emerges showing that “Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries”. Good morning…
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Let me help: An open letter to the healthcare system
Dear healthcare: I want to help you; really, I do. You see, when tragedy strikes all around us we often look to you. Sometimes in that quick glance we see you as the problem. But yet, more often we look…
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Complexity in healthcare
“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge” – Winston Churchill Why is healthcare so complex? Why is transformation in healthcare so hard to achieve? The great healthcare policy mind, Dr. Paul Starr, has written extensively about healthcare. If you are…
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The Quantified State
While the throngs of zombies, ninjas and superheroes awaited Halloween with baited breath, the health policy wonks of Colorado awaited the following morning for the release of something just as sweet… the Colorado All Payer Claims Database. The release of…
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Tagged with: cost, healthcare, innovation, policy
Posted in Community, Health behavior, healthcare, public health, Social Determinents of Health
Posted in Community, Health behavior, healthcare, public health, Social Determinents of Health
What we are about: Occupy Healthcare
A little over one year ago, this website was started in an attempt to become a “location where the community can come to discuss healthcare.” We wanted a “place where meaningful healthcare issues can be raised and worked on together.”…
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Health insurance and the high deductible option
It has been made very clear that if we do not begin to address the rising cost of health insurance premiums, no one in the middle class will be able to afford any coverage. Consider the following from the Robert…
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Tagged with: health insurance, health insurance exchange, healthcare, PPACA
Posted in healthcare, insurance
Posted in healthcare, insurance
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