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Native American Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions

Relias

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% without coverage — Native American healthcare disparities clearly still exist despite efforts to eradicate them. . without coverage — Native American healthcare disparities clearly still exist despite efforts to eradicate them.

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7 Strategies for Mitigating the Healthcare Staffing Crisis

Relias

Healthcare organizations across the U.S. have grappled with healthcare staffing shortages since well before the COVID-19 pandemic. Many organizations view the healthcare staffing crisis as a long-term problem that requires more than temporary solutions. 1 – Provide more incentives for healthcare providers to stay in their jobs.

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Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management and Clinical Documentation Integrity To Avoid Coding Disasters

Relias

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. Insufficient Clinical Documentation or Underreported codes. Coding is high value — and in high demand.

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NASW Recognizes October 6th as National Depression Screening Day

Social Work Blog

Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work. With millions of people in the United States living with depression, clinical social workers and other behavioral healthcare providers continuously work to support the individuals and families they serve. Department of Health and Human Services. Depression.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

BARRIERS TO CARE Prior research has identified three main categories of barriers to mental healthcare for people of color (POC): Access, Retention, and Effectiveness. The literature is more mixed on ethnoracial disparities in mental healthcare retention and effectiveness. Department of Health and Human Services, 2019).

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Vaccination Barriers for People Experiencing Homelessness: How Social Workers are Making an Impact

Social Work Blog

Mistrust of healthcare institutions is one factor to consider. If previous experiences with clinics where vaccines are being offered were negative, a person might not be motivated to return. While challenges remain in the delivery of healthcare to PEH, this pandemic experience has been an opportunity to expand all health care to PEH.

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Juneteenth: Social Well-Being and Health Equity

American Board of Clinical Social Work

As clinical social workers and human service professionals, what is your call today for the cause and how can you activate it? 2022) Tackling implicit bias in healthcare. The disparate conditions affecting them can be seen as remnants of practices such as redlining. Resources: CDC. Redlining: Mapping inequality.