Patricia MacTaggart, Teaching Instructor & Program Director of HealthInformatics@GW in our department, has been named a 2024 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Award Finalist. Help her be named winner by voting for today at https://t.co/1uCqcPjkDO. Voting is open through Nov 28, 2023!
Join us for the inaugural lecture series on inclusive excellence in the public health workforce, presented by Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity researcher and professor, Dr. Anushree Vichare. We'll see you there!
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Our leadership has been on the move! Dr. Anne Markus and GWSPH's Sr. Associate Dean for Research Dr. Adnan Hyder recently returned from Brussels where they were collaborating with the WHO Ambassador to the European Commission on health diplomacy and health policy development.
Our HPM Department Chair Dr. Anne Markus argues that rebuilding trust with marginalized communities is essential if we want to be effective providers of services and equitably improve the public’s health. Read on here: https://t.co/t4rE5nm85g
Nearly 60% of Black Americans say they trust the US healthcare system only some or almost none of the time to do what is right for their communities. Other marginalized populations report similar levels of medical mistrust, which comes with tangible, negative health consequences.
In a newly filed amicus brief, GW Health Policy professors join with experts from across the country to warn of the potentially devastating effects of the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case on access to preventative health services.
Should the plaintiffs win their argument that free preventive benefits guaranteed by the ACA are unconstitutional, millions of people will lose access to critical health services, particularly mothers & children who are most likely to take advantage of free preventive services.
Federal regulations for EPSDT, the preventive health care benefit for children in #Medicaid and CHIP, are decades out of date, says Sara Rosenbaum and Kay Johnson of @GWpublichealth https://t.co/yIaATxTL32
According to @NPR, this year, at least 12 states have passed legislation to limit or ban gender-affirming health care for young people, adding to several bans already on the books.
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The @HRC estimates that these bans will have a devastating effect on the 300,000 high school-aged (13-17 y/o) transgender youth living in the US today, many of whom are in need of this care.
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Medicaid unwinding, affecting over 90 M beneficiaries, may be proceeding in ways that violate key Medicaid protections against unlawful termination of coverage. The Talevski decision reminds states they have legal accountability to protect the rights of beneficiaries during such.
Sara Rosenbaum and Marybeth Musumeci of @GWtweets, Tim Jost of @wlunews, and Alexander Somodevilla of @FoleyHoag analyze SCOTUS's decision in Talevski preserving the right of Medicaid beneficiaries and providers to challenge state actions in court. https://t.co/rqxDJ4hyIN