medical Can I Withhold Medical Care From a Bigot? Christin Hakim, June 11, 2022 Let me note, too, that the freight of words is affected by who’s speaking them. Patients — perhaps as a result of sepsis-associated delirium or certain neurological disorders — may not be in control of their speech; people who are subject to Tourette-syndrome-related coprolalia should not be denied medical treatment… Continue Reading
medical Health minister pledges to fly injured Ukrainians to Israel for medical care Christin Hakim, May 24, 2022 Israel will pay for injured Ukrainians to fly to Israel to receive medical treatment, and will allocate millions of shekels for the transfer of medicine to Ukraine, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Wednesday. Horowitz made the pledge over Twitter, after speaking with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Liashko, and affirmed Israel’s… Continue Reading
medical Inside the American Medical Association’s Fight Over Single-Payer Health Care Christin Hakim, February 23, 2022 Joy Lee and Dan Pfeifle arrived early for the June, 2019, meeting of the American Medical Association, where they were helping to lead a gathering of the A.M.A’s medical-student delegation. The medical students usually assembled early to discuss priorities, but this year they had an additional reason to strategize: they… Continue Reading
medical Trevor Reed: American detained in Russia says he is coughing up blood, has not received medical care Christin Hakim, February 18, 2022 “In December #TrevorReed had prolonged exposure to another prisoner with active tuberculosis. Trevor now reports he is coughing up blood and has not received medical care for it. @mfa_russia give Trevor proper medical treatment; better yet, release him,” a US Embassy spokesperson wrote on Twitter. The families of both Reed… Continue Reading
health How unifying dental, medical care can advance health equity Christin Hakim, January 15, 2022September 9, 2023 The complete separation of the dental and medical health systems in the U.S. isn’t just anachronistic; it’s also harmful to patients and frustrating for physicians and dentists alike. Consider, for example, that only about half of patients who visit an emergency department with a toothache end up seeing a dentist… Continue Reading
medical Why Health Care Systems Should Invest in Medical Malls Christin Hakim, November 16, 2021 Medical malls, a new type of care delivery location is gaining traction. They can be a pure medical center or a mix of health care services and leased retail space. There are about 30 in the United States. They have the potential to enable hospital-based systems to deliver care more effectively, efficiently,… Continue Reading
medical Medical City’s new partnership re-creates hospital care in patients’ living rooms Christin Hakim, November 14, 2021August 21, 2023 North Texas hospital system Medical City Healthcare is partnering with a home health care company to bring hospital room-level care to patients’ living rooms, a move that could signal a shift in how medical care is administered in the future. Plano-based Resilient Healthcare provides medical services such as around-the-clock remote… Continue Reading
medical How moving toward universal health care and other reforms can address them Christin Hakim, October 9, 2021 Higher rates of COVID-19 infection among essential and frontline workers put a spotlight on underinsured laborers. Essential workers—those who perform a range of jobs and services that are necessary for society to function well, including but not limited to occupations in health care, food service, and public transportation—are less likely… Continue Reading
sport parenting advice from Care and Feeding. Christin Hakim, September 24, 2021 Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, I am a 29-year-old cis gay man (he/him) in a long-term partnership. While my partner and I talk about… Continue Reading
medical Idaho medical leaders battling misinformation while healthcare workers face crisis standards of care Christin Hakim, September 18, 2021 Idaho medical leaders say the consequences of misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines are tragic and avoidable. BOISE, Idaho — With the implementation of crisis standards of care comes the understanding that health services may look different. Dr. Jim Souza, the Chief Physician Executive for St. Luke’s Health System, said crisis… Continue Reading