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  • Oregon Leading the Nation in Clearing Backlog of Untested Rape Kits with Survivor-Focused Legislature

    March 20, 2019 |

    University of Oregon |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    As of 2018, Oregon’s backlog of Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) kits had been cleared thanks to the passage of a state bill, commonly referred to as Melissa’s Law. Besides clearing the accumulated kits, the legislation requires police to pick-up the kits from hospitals within seven days of notification and submit SAFE kits for testing within two weeks. Such a response has led to six perpetrators being identified as well as a systemic, patient-driven process for sexual assault survivors.

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  • Helping the Homeless to Make Their Medical Preferences Known

    March 19, 2019 |

    Undark |

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    Response Location: United States, Venice, California

    When people experiencing homelessness are admitted to a hospital, they don't always have advance care directives in place which takes ownership away from them as far as dictating their treatment, who to contact and what to do with their organs should they die. The St. Robert’s Center in Venice, California is working to change this, however, by bringing the necessary paperwork to those that may need it most.

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  • How Telangana is improving maternal mortality and bringing down C-sections

    March 18, 2019 |

    Scroll.In |

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    Response Location: India, Karimnagar, Telangana

    To address the issue of maternal mortality that was linked with women giving birth at private hospitals instead of public, Telangana implemented a series of reforms including childbirth kits, financial incentives, an ambulance system, and enhanced training and guidelines. The state has now seen an increase in natural childbirth in public hospital facilities and credits these solutions as ways of making "public health facilities less intimidating."

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  • Treat Medicines Like Netflix Treats Shows

    March 05, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Australia has found a promising model to make high-priced medicine cheaper for patients, including expensive treatments for Hepatitis C, which the country is now on track to eradicating by 2026. The strategy works similar to the business strategy of subscription streaming services- by paying a lump sum to drug producers, Australia gets an unlimited amount of the drug for 5 years, allowing all patients to get help while ensuring stable profits for drug companies.

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  • Immigrants here illegally were waiting until near death to get dialysis. A new Colorado policy changes that.

    February 25, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Throughout the US, the majority of states have policy in place that dictates against treating immigrants there illegally for kidney failure until it reaches emergent conditions, costing states millions of dollars each year. Colorado, however, recently became the sixth state to enact a new policy that allows Medicaid to cover regular dialysis treatments, saving the state $17 million per year and decreasing physician burnout from treating such severe cases.

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  • Creative Cures for Hospital Days

    February 18, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Liberia, Guanacaste

    At Enrique Baltodano Hospital healthcare providers are working on improving patient experiences by implementing patient-centered care. From making surgery preparations more enjoyable for children to offering an array of services to expectant mothers, the doctors and nurses are aiming to reduce anxiety while making the patient's hospital stay more memorable.

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  • To Treat Babies for Drug Withdrawal, Help Their Mothers, Too

    December 12, 2018 |

    Undark |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Cruz, California

    Realizing there was no protocol in place to help pregnant women addicted to drugs or babies born to a mother with an addiction problem, a team of doctors in Santa Cruz created one. From using morphine to treat withdrawal in infants to visiting with mothers before, during and after pregnancy, the varied approaches are showing signs of success through shorter hospital stays, fewer return visits and less reports of child abuse.

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  • These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives

    November 23, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kingston, New York

    For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival in Kingston, NY that invites musicians and artists from around the United States to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. At the 2018 festival, over 173 musicians and artists made 465 clinic visits.

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  • Hospitals help patients get out the vote while stuck in bed

    November 02, 2018 |

    Associated Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Some hospitals are finding ways to help their patients vote. Penn Votes Project is an initiative between hospitals and the Penn Law School that helps patients fill out and notarize their absentee ballots. Then there’s Patientvoting.com where patients can find information on medical absentee voting by state. “Every citizen of the United States has the right to vote and we think getting ill shouldn’t impair that process.”

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  • How transgender people in the South are helping each other get health care

    October 24, 2018 |

    Scalawag |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    After accompanying trans people to their doctors appointments, and answering their medical questions, Kale Edmindson founded Trans Buddy in 2013. “Transgender people can call a hotline and get a trained “buddy” to answer their questions, refer them to a trans-friendly provider, or accompany them when seeing a doctor.” Since then, hundreds of people have been served and the model was replicated by the Kentucky Health Justice Network.

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