Hospital emergency departments play a critical role in monitoring the Nation's health care safety net

2002 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Health Care Safety Net ◽  
Hospital Emergency Departments ◽  
Health Care Safety

Case Study—Acting (and Funding) Locally: How One Virginia Foundation Is Changing the Way It Supports Communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 315-322
Author(s):  
Patricia N. Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Health Care Safety Net ◽  
Health Care Safety ◽  
The Way

This chapter presents a case study based on the experience of the Northern Virginia Health Foundation (NVHF). The NVHF was created twelve years ago and was created to improve the health and health care of the residents of Northern Virginia, with a particular emphasis on those of low income and the uninsured. The chapter shows how despite being a small foundation, over the years, NVHF has made significant investments in the health care safety net. However, despite this, low-income residents in the area continue to face considerable challenges. The chapter makes some general conclusions based on this experience: cross-sector collaboration is difficult and, in many instances, expensive. But the return on investment is potentially strong. The direction should be creative and focused.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act as a Federal Health Care Safety Net Program

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1064-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Wesley Fields ◽  
Brent R. Asplin ◽  
Gregory L. Larkin ◽  
Catherine A. Marco ◽  
Loren A. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Health Care Safety Net ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Health Care Safety

Health Reform and the Safety Net: Big Opportunities; Major Risks

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Siegel ◽  
Marsha Regenstein ◽  
Peter Shin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Health Care Safety Net ◽  
The Many ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Health Care Safety

Millions of Americans are dependent on what is often called the “safety net.” These loosely-organized networks of health and social service providers serve the many Americans who are uninsured, dependent on public coverage, or for a variety of reasons unable to access other private systems of care. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, America’s Health Care Safety Net: Intact but Endangered, called attention to both the fragility and the resilience of this health care safety net. The IOM report underscored the critical importance of the safety net to the health and well-being of millions of individuals and called for efforts to strengthen it and improve the nation’s ability to monitor its viability. Given this central role, any health care reform efforts need to be fully informed by an understanding of what the safety net includes, how it is financed, and how it is responding to a series of challenges it now faces.

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