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The Impact of Immigrants is Positive

Posted onOctober 10, 2018October 5, 2018AuthorOrlando Sola, MD, MPH

The effect immigrant communities have, as recipients versus contributors, to social services in the United States is a topic commonly used as a political foil. Recent literature shows that the economic impact of immigrants is positive, acting as net contributors Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Health care costs

Following up Your Patients Cuts Returns

Posted onOctober 6, 2018September 22, 2018AuthorEmergency Medicine Residents' Association

The meteoric rise in healthcare costs in the United States is in part attributed to the rise in emergency department (ED) visits for primary care treatable illness and other low acuity visits. These visits place additional strain on EDs already Continue Reading …

CategoriesEMRA Journal Club, Journal Club

Gun Owners Agree on Common Sense Laws

Posted onSeptember 29, 2018September 29, 2018AuthorBich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH

One survivor from the recent Jacksonville, Florida shooting, Drini Gjoka, tweeted, “I will never take anything for granted ever again. Life can be cut short in a second.” In mere moments, healthy people can suddenly become injured, disabled, or die from gun violence. Researchers Continue Reading …

CategoriesGun Violence

Shoulders, Knees, Toes…what about my Head?

Posted onSeptember 19, 2018September 18, 2018AuthorSatcher Health Leadership Institute

In the wake of celebrity suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, mental health has again received national media attention. Although celebrity deaths raise awareness, many more average Americans silently battle with mental illness yet are too afraid to get Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Affordable Care Act, Journal Club, Satcher Journal Club

Medication with Counseling to Stop Smoking

Posted onSeptember 12, 2018AuthorMatthew Stampfl

If asked to name the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, you could probably guess the answer. After decades of public health campaigns, nearly everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. But it still kills nearly Continue Reading …

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