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Curbs can be a physical and social barrier for wheelchair users.

WEBContact WFYI’s health reporter Elizabeth Gabriel at [email protected]. Side Effects Public Media is a health reporting collaboration based at WFYI in Indianapolis. …

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Air quality improved but racial and ethnic disparities in deaths and

WEBDeaths and disease linked to air pollution have dropped across the United States over the past few decades, but not all communities are equally reaping the …

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More cities remove police from teams responding to mental …

WEBRecent deaths after police respond to mental health crises prompt concern. Calls for a team with the expertise to handle those calls in Indianapolis to provide mental …

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Amidst a lack of mental health services, the ‘Living Room’ …

WEBIn Illinois, providers hope the Living Room model will help fill the gap in mental health services, as the nation’s new mental health crisis number, 988, rolls out …

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5 Ways America's courts could change health care in 2024

WEBDan Gorenstein is Tradeoffs’ executive editor, and Alex Olgin is a senior reporter/producer for the podcast, which ran a version of this story on Feb. 1. Key court …

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Accessing Emergency Mental Health Care In Indiana Often …

WEB“It's essentially a hospital or health care mental health care provider asking a mental health judge to commit somebody for treatment,” Reis said. “The stipulations …

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Self-Advocacy Can Improve Health Outcomes For Black …

WEBResearch shows that Black women are the least likely to advocate for themselves in a healthcare setting. The same study also found that when Latina women advocated for themselves, they received better …

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Where can you go if you’re too healthy for the hospital but too …

WEBThe company partnered with Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas, a health and human services agency that was willing to run a new respite …

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Public health workers say they are fighting an uphill battle since

WEBPublic health departments’ outreach efforts to get more people to use their services is just one example of how they are picking up the pieces of the pandemic. But …

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Accessing your health records just got easier – in theory

WEBAccessing your health records just got easier – in theory. Federal regulations promise patients easier access to more of their health care data starting Oct. 6, but …

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How one Indiana town is reinventing emergency medical services

WEBMobile integrated health, or community paramedicine, is an emerging approach to health care that strives to meet people where they are. When a paramedic …

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As nurses demand higher pay, nursing homes and staffing …

WEBThe American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living have sent multiple letters to federal lawmakers, accusing staffing agencies of …

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What Will It Take To Fix The U.S. Health Care System

WEBA recent Kaiser/New York Times survey finds roughly one in five Americans struggle to pay their medical bills. A new book explores how the skyrocketing costs of …

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Home health aides are hard to find — and it could get worse

WEBThe median annual wage for home health aides is $29,430 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That works out to $14.14 an hour for aides …

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Why Latinos Are Less Likely To Seek Healthcare Side Effects

WEBHispanics are the least likely racial and ethnic group to see a doctor when they have health problems. That’s according to a study by the Census Bureau. There …

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How Racism, Trauma And Mental Health Are Linked

WEBSystemic racism is the institutionalization of racism through policies and practices that show up in all of our systems. And it's through systemic racism that mental …

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How do you help patients who show up in the ER 100 times a year

WEBThe stakes are high. Today, homelessness and addiction combined cost the U.S. health care system north of $20 billion a year, wreaking havoc on millions of …

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How Redlining, Racism Harm Black Americans' Health

WEBSystemic racism has a huge impact on the health of Black Americans, and not just in the doctor’s office. In a Facebook Live event, Side Effects Public Media …

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Children caught in fight between youth treatment facilities and …

WEBSimilar problems are playing out across the country and in neighboring states. In Illinois, where these problems existed long before the pandemic, the director of the …

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How have Indiana hospital leaders fostered health equity over the …

WEBMental health . The burden of mental illness falls disproportionately on people of color, and Eskenazi has seen a surge in mental health needs during the pandemic, …

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How new federal help could save rural Midwest hospitals — and …

WEBHull, the Blessing Health administrator, said she thinks the Rural Emergency Hospital designation will be beneficial, but she said the health care industry as a whole …

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How The Amish Live Uninsured But Stay Healthy Side Effects

WEBThere are more than 35,000 Amish people living in Holmes County, Ohio. There’s only one hospital in Holmes County, and it accepts all forms of insurance, …

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