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According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, there are currently more than 100,000 people in the United States in need of life-saving organ transplants. Unfortunately, this demand far exceeds the number of available organs, and each day an average of 18 people die because of the shortage of organs and organ donors.
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Pediatric head trauma is a common presenting complaint to the emergency department (ED) and is a major cause of pediatric death and disability. This article will address the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of moderate to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI), with a focus on strategies to improve outcome.
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Unfortunate outcomes are a fact of medicine, as too are lawsuits for alleged malpractice.
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The Medicaid expansion and the availability of premium credits for people with incomes up to 400% of the poverty line mean that millions of uninsured people will be able to get help paying for health coverage.
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While many states are just beginning the process of evaluating ways to streamline the Medicaid eligibility process, Massachusetts did so a decade ago. That was when the state first looked into the possibility of developing an electronic application for Medicaid.
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While research shows that Medicaid does a good job of facilitating access to care, compared to those without coverage, there are some concerns about access under the program. "This is especially true for specialty care," says Rachel L. Garfield, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.
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To become eligible for Medicaid, an individual might have to visit a welfare office in the middle of the day several times, for a face-to-face interview, and struggle with confusing paperwork in order to prove his or her income. That scenario, however, may soon become a thing of the past.
