Background Access to healthcare is a poorly defined construct, with insufficient
understanding of differences in facilitators and barriers between US urban versus rural …

Objectives: Community health centers (CHCs) historically have reported challenges
obtaining specialty care for their patients, but recent policy changes, including Medicaid …

Background and aims Delays in diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) may
be more common among underserved safety-net populations, contributing to more …

Background & Aims Despite a high prevalence of risk factors associated with hepatitis delta
virus (HDV) infection among safety-net populations, data evaluating HDV testing and …

Background The impact of safety‐net status, case volume, and outcomes among geriatric
head and neck cancer patients is unknown. Methods Chi‐square tests and Student's t tests …

Background: Free clinics often provide healthcare to homeless individuals who face barriers
to accessing primary care and other healthcare services. This study aimed to assess:(1) …

Access to specialty care can be limited by geography, capacity, and cost. To address these
potential barriers, HealthPartners designed and implemented an e-consult model that …

Purpose To demonstrate how the integration of a pharmacist-led, telehealth-based first-dose
device teaching (FDDT) workflow helped to improve the efficiency of the work system …

Chapter Overview and Statement of Objectives In response to health access barriers,
telehealth and telemedicine have grown as a supplemental healthcare delivery system to …

Background: Pregnant patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM) are at increased risk
for development or progression of existing diabetic retinopathy (DR). A quality improvement …