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Why Diversity In Healthcare Makes a Difference When Treating Patient Pain

Minority Nurse

This includes the false belief that Black patients have a higher pain tolerance than whites and the false presumption that Black patients are more likely to abuse drugs. Implicit and explicit gender biases are also ubiquitous in modern medical practice.

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Mastering Prior Authorization Roles: Responsibilities and Training Demands Explored

ACMA Blog

Engagement in Prior Authorization: Duties and Training INTRODUCTION: The prior authorization (PA) process is critical in providing some patients with their medically necessary products. It ensures that what the patient receives is medically appropriate for their situation.

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Can a Food-As-Medicine App Extend Chronic Health Management at the Grocery Store?

Health Populi

He is collaborating with Dr. Robert Lustig as Chief Medical Officer, a pediatrician well-known for his evangelism about the deleterious role of sugar in the human diet. I am hopeful that food-as-medicine, turbocharged through food support programs and digital tools, can take its rightful place in patient care and food and app prescriptions.

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The Health Industry’s Progress Toward Equity and Eliminating Disparities: A Look at Healthcare Distributors and Group Purchasing Organizations

Healthcare Leadership Council

At Cardinal Health, the company’s Sonexus Access and Patient Support program develops tailored solutions to help patients get on, and stay on, prescription medication therapies. In fiscal year 2023, these patient assistance programs dispersed more than 1,650 medication shipments a day totaling more than $5.1