Jan 23, 2023 | Access, Featured
By Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. Hospital closures, service cuts, and lack of medical care in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the state—that is the status of hospitals and medical care in Mississippi, where 38 rural hospitals (54%) are expected to shutter their...
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Oct 31, 2022 | Access, Featured
Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. A rare disease, by the U.S. definition, is one that afflicts less than 200,000 individuals in the population at a given time. Compared to more widespread conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, ‘rare’ diseases do not receive as...
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Oct 4, 2022 | Access, Featured
Patients Rising Now signs on with 70 other patient groups to send another letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) praising the Department fortheir Proposed Rule regarding nondiscrimination in healthcare. We sent our own letter outside of this one...
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Sep 30, 2022 | Access, Featured
By Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. Perhaps a cliched statement, but the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant psychological impact on a large portion of the global population and has renewed stakeholder interest in providing access to behavioral health services for...
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Sep 21, 2022 | Access, Featured
By Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. Pharmaceutical research, manufacturing, and marketing are long, nuanced, and expensive processes. While innovation in this space has a direct impact on both disease, prevention and disease outcomes, patients may often feel distant...
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