An article from Scientific American on March 26, 2023 entitled Fewer Doctors Are Choosing to Go into Emergency Medicine: Hundreds of unfilled residency spots in emergency medicine are telling us that critical care is in trouble discusses the situation in the United States that is resulting in a shortage of physicians choosing emergency medicine. TheContinue reading “Shortage of Critical Care Physicians [Barrier: Medical Staff Shortage]”
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Women in Health Care Leadership [Barrier: Inequity in Health Care, Shortage of Health Care Providers]
An article on NPR from March 24, 2023 entitled Women were already unequal in the world of global health. The pandemic made it worse discusses research by Women In Global Health that illuminates the need for more women in leadership roles in public health worldwide. The report looks at global data and country case studiesContinue reading “Women in Health Care Leadership [Barrier: Inequity in Health Care, Shortage of Health Care Providers]”
Telehealth & Public Health [Barriers: Access to Care, Location of Care, Physician Shortage
This article in Scientific American from April 1, 2023 entitled Telehealth Is Proving to be a Boon to Cancer and Diabetes Care: Virtual visits surged in the pandemic, and studies show they maintain high-quality medicine, discusses how Telehealth might be helpful in overcoming some of the barriers to public health. For certain situations that doContinue reading “Telehealth & Public Health [Barriers: Access to Care, Location of Care, Physician Shortage”
Pediatric Public Health Care in Short Supply [Barriers: Cost of Care, Physician Burnout, Physician Shortage, Location/Access]
This article entitled Pediatric hospital beds are in high demand for ailing children. Here’s why from March 16, 2023 on CNN discusses a very complicated situation that results in barriers to public health for children in the US. The article references issues such as 1) shortage of hospital beds, staff, nurses, 2) medicaid pays doctorsContinue reading “Pediatric Public Health Care in Short Supply [Barriers: Cost of Care, Physician Burnout, Physician Shortage, Location/Access]”
Death after Surgery More Likely for Black Men [Barrier: Access to Health Care]
An online article on CNN, entitled Among seniors, Black men more likely to die after surgery than their peers, new study suggests, suggests issues with inequities in health care access as evidenced in a recent study Inequities in surgical outcomes by race and sex in the United States: retrospective cohort study. The article states “AmongContinue reading “Death after Surgery More Likely for Black Men [Barrier: Access to Health Care]”
Medical Staff Shortage Following the pandemic [Barrier: Medical Staff Shortage & Burnout]
Another article highlights the Barrier to Public Health of Medical Staff Shortage and Burnout. This Fortune article, entitled The pandemic has irreversibly changed America’s health care system. Here’s why we will all be feeling the consequences of delayed care for years to come, states “A lack of funding and resources, along with rising anxiety, depression, and burnout,Continue reading “Medical Staff Shortage Following the pandemic [Barrier: Medical Staff Shortage & Burnout]”
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