Hospital Learning Network new children to care gap between the needs of Pont legal, health needs
"Good health requires much more than good medicine," said Ellen Lawton, co-principal investigator of the National Center for Forensic partnership.
"We know that children need safe housing, access to health insurance and enough good food to be healthy. But what is less often heard is that the complex nature of these problems often requires health and legal professionals working together to protect patients and change policies that affect health. "
over the last 10 years, participating hospitals and legal organizations have pioneered innovative sanitation individually legal partnerships that integrate legal aid in patient health care services. They saw preliminary improvements to the health of patients and adherence to medical treatment, as well as cost savings for hospitals
"Initial research shows that children's hospitals that are part of the lawyers the health care team. - to train other team members to identify and track issues and advocate for patients - improving housing conditions and prevented homelessness, got health insurance and recover the money previously denied benefits for patients, "said Brian Contos, executive director in the division research & Insights of the Advisory Board Company [
the network learning will further study the impact of legal care of the health of patients and to develop recommendations that will help the hospital of all children in the United States understand the link between the legal needs and health of children and establish smarter interprofessional partnerships that improve the quality of children's health. Walmart, which supported the forensic partnership in Arkansas since 2010, is engaging other pro bono business organizations to participate in the network of partnerships and support for learning in their communities.
A better team for the Learning Network of the health of participating children:
- Arkansas Children Hospital
- Children's Hospital Boston
- children's health Atlanta
- national health system for children (Washington, DC)
- Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati children
- hospital Texas children
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society
- Law Center for children (Washington, DC)
- Georgia State College of Law
- Houston Volunteer Lawyers
- legal aid of Arkansas
- legal aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
- forensic partnership of the University | Boston
About the National Center for Forensic partnership:
NCMLP works to improve the health and well being of vulnerable people by transforming the health care team to identify, treat and prevent health-violence, unmet legal needs. It is a project of the Department of Health Policy at the School of George Washington University public health and health services. www.medical-legalpartnership.org
About the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Established in July 1997 school of the public service health and health services brought together three longstanding university programs in medical schools, business, education, and is now the only school of public health in the capital of the nation. Today, more than 1,100 students from almost every state of the United States and over 40 countries pursue e undergraduat, graduate and doctorate in public health level degrees. The school now offers an online master of public health, MPH @ GW, which allows students to continue their studies from around the world. http://sphhs.gwu.edu/
About the Advisory Board Company
The Advisory Board Company is a global technology, research and consulting company that uses its expertise in health care working with more than 3,0 hospitals and healthcare organizations help health care get better.www.advisory.com
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