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Housing as a determinant of health
Mr. R. recovered from recent neck surgery by doing rehabilitation at a local nursing home. And, even though he’s recovered, he’s still there. He is in the middle of a housing crisis that has left him homeless and me incredulous that finding safe, affordable housing in Camden is nearly impossible. Mr. R is a 60 Read More….
Communities find a voice in healthcare debate
The sharp, metallic chimes of our alarm clocks echoed down the hallway. “Hey, Kerry!” the group sung out in unison as we approached the Massachusetts’ Senator’s office. “Wake up!” I traveled to D.C. on November 17, 2011, with a group of organizers and community leaders representing the People Improving Communities through Organizing (PICO) National Network. Read More….
What Does “Non-Compliance” Mean?
I always wondered about “non-compliance.” In my medical school training, this discussion comes up all of the time. We create plans with patients and at the next visit they have been unable to complete the plans. Take, for example, determining the proper insulin dosage for patients with Type 2 Diabetes. To do this effectively, we Read More….
Discovering Camden with the Care Management Team
While we walked through the neighborhood, I noticed that many of the houses were boarded up. Some houses were covered with graffiti and the streets were littered with garbage and pieces of glass. I was nervous and uncomfortable—I thought to myself how my brief AmeriCorps training had not prepared me for this kind of work—and Read More….
Violence in Camden, Support Groups offer Hope
The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers focuses on healthcare in the city. As my piece, I focus on the disease of violence. Like disease, violence can be both chronic and acute; it infects others by eating away at the core values and integrity of people and communities. To talk about violence and Camden in the Read More….
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HIE Spotlight: The Camden Health Information Exchange
There has been much talk about HIEs in New Jersey, which are in various stages of development and operation. One of these is the Camden Health Information Exchange, which is operating in full swing. NJPCA interviewed Sandi Selzer, Director of the Camden Health Information Exchange to gain a better understanding of how this successful HIE Read More….
Sandi Selzer discusses the Health Information Exchange
Director Sandi Selzer explains the mission of the Camden Health Information Exchange and describes progress toward planned initiatives. She explains how physicians in the community interact with the HIE and what the HIE has in its sights as top priorities for the remainder of 2012. Sandi also talks about Camden’s unique model and how it Read More….
NJ Spotlight – NJ’s Inner Cities Ready, but Waiting, to Formalize Medicaid ACOs
Inner city hospitals and physicians have been waiting for months for the federal government to roll out regulations that will enable them to join together in Medicaid ACOs designed to cut costs while improving care primarily through reduced ER visits. Nevertheless, these medical officials are not simply sitting on their hands. Despite the fact that Read More….
Op Ed: Camden Coalition’s Model for High Needs Patients
There is a lot of buzz about reducing hospital readmissions. But what does a readmission look like? And what will it take to provide the care needed to avoid readmissions? We arrived at the ICU to find our patient sedated and intubated. Yet only 10 days earlier Mrs. P was strong enough to navigate the halls in Read More….
NJ’s health information exchanges share electronic medical records
Medical data is starting to be exchanged electronically in New Jersey via “health information exchanges” whose members are hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers working in the same region of the state. Often, these providers treat the same patients; the goal is to improve outcomes by giving them access to information on all the care Read More….
