Urban Community Mental Health Centers (CBECos),are faced with large case loads and, long waiting lists. Clionis,failihg the initial appointment represent a significant loss of staff time and resources to CMHCes. Despite the high rate of failed initial appointments reported, no studies have looked at means of reducing the failure.rate. In the current stUd4 ",88 subjects were assigned to.. one of...

Electronic health records (EHR) constitute a significant technological advance in the way medical information is stored, communicated and processed by the multiple parties involved in the delivery of health care. Although they offer the potential to dramatically transform the health care system and mitigate problems related to patient safety, quality of care and continuity of care, there is wid...

BACKGROUND The number of school-based health centers (SBHCs) has grown from 40 in 1985 to >900 in 1996. During the 1996-1997 school year there were 914 SBHCs, 32% of which were located in elementary schools. Despite the relatively large number of elementary SBHCs in existence, SBHCs serving elementary-aged students are not adequately represented in the literature. OBJECTIVE To analyze physica...

The Good Samaritan Health and Wellness clinic hosted its volunteer dinner in the First United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall in Fulton, Ky on Feb 4. Over 60 volunteers were present at the dinner. The volunteers enjoyed a dinner catered by Alyssa Cherry. This year was the first year that there were 3 recipients of the Mary Russell award. An award that was created as a way to honor the memory...

The Center for Reproductive Health was a fertility clinic run by a partnership of worldrenowned fertility specialists from 1986 to 1995. The Center operated at three clinic locations under affiliation with the University of California Irvine?s Medical Center (UCIMC). The Center?s renowned specialists and medical success stories attracted clients worldwide until evidence of highly unethical prac...

Ohio law made it a crime for a physician to perform an abortion on an unmarried, unemancipated, minor woman unless one parent is notified or a court authorizes the abortion on the minor's showing that she is sufficiently mature to make the decision herself; that she has been physically, emotionally, or sexually abused by one parent; or that notice is not in her best interests. The plaintiffs, ...

1 Rho Iota, Director, Clinical Care Transformation, Office of Clinical Effectiveness, Adventist Health System, Lake Mary, FL 2 Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 3 Professor and Chair, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 4 A...