Articles Tagged With: access
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Model Contraceptive Program Increased LARC Access Among Title X Clients
The Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate led to an increase in injectable contraceptives, but did not help improve access to long-acting, reversible contraceptives, research revealed.
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July Is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Faced with health disparities and racial inequities, industry calls for focused attention on the mental well-being of communities of color.
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New FDA Guidance Explains COVID-19 Expanded Access Policy
The Food and Drug Administration published an eight-page guidance for IRBs handling expanded access to investigational products during the pandemic. The guidance, issued in June, explains how IRBs might review individual patient expanded access requests for investigational drugs and biological products during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Servicewomen Experience Barriers to Contraception
A follow-up survey of United States servicewomen and their access to contraceptives during their deployment revealed both good and bad news. Some women reported greater access to contraception, while others experienced barriers to obtaining contraceptives in the weeks leading up to their deployment.
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Restricting Access to Abortion Increases Complications
Restrictive abortion laws increase the chance that a woman will self-manage her abortion, a practice associated with an increased risk of complications.
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Study Examines Failed Self-Managed Abortions in Texas
A recent study revealed that nearly 7% of women seeking abortion services at Texas facilities in 2012 and 2014 reported they had attempted to self-manage their abortion before visiting the clinic. In states like Texas, where most abortion clinics closed because of restrictive state laws, accessing an abortion clinic is challenging. Barriers to safe and legal abortions appeared to be associated with women attempting self-management of abortion.
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Contraceptive Access Issues Require a Different Kind of Understanding
Contraceptive access initiatives often have focused on long-acting contraceptive methods, such as intrauterine devices and implants. These initiatives analyzed provider-level and financial access barriers to contraceptive methods. But this way of thinking has changed. Family planning experts now are examining access issues within a person-centered contraceptive care framework. This framework conceptualizes access according to what individual women want in contraceptives — not just around what they can afford and what is available.
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Evidence Shows Prior Auth Requirements Hurt Patient Care
Complying with health insurance companies’ prior authorization requirements is demanding ever-increasing resources from patient access. The authors of multiple recent studies found these requirements also stop patients from receiving needed — and sometimes life-saving — medical care.
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Report: No Risk-Free Birth Settings; Access to Quality Care Vital
A sweeping new analysis takes stock of U.S. maternal and neonatal care and includes recommendations for improvement.
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HIPAA Settlements Hold Lessons on Right of Access, Breach Reporting
It is worthwhile for risk managers and compliance officers to revisit the requirements on which recent fines were based, specifically regarding time frames and file formats.