Opinion | The Oft-Forgotten Team Members: Health Unit Coordinators
It was our pleasure to attend the 40th Annual Education Conference of the National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) in mid-August this year. The program was “open to all healthcare support team members and their supervisors, educators, and administrators.” This broad classification includes health unit coordinators; unit and medical secretaries; unit and ward clerks; […]
Symposium on Monkeypox Stigma Interrupted by Protesters
MONTREAL — A symposium on the status of the monkeypox outbreak at the International AIDS Conference was briefly interrupted by protesters demanding that the U.S.’s stockpile of smallpox vaccines, which could be used to prevent monkeypox, be released to the world. A group of about 50 activists mounted the stage with whistles, shouts, and signs, […]
Everybody Loves CHIP, So Why Isn’t It Permanently Funded?
WASHINGTON — When Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.), a pediatrician, was asked at the Families USA virtual conference in January about the important healthcare provisions in the Build Back Better Act, there was one item she made sure to mention: permanent funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). “Every year the Children’s Health Insurance […]