Resources & References
Healthcare System
- Overview of the Healthcare System (PDF)
- Healthcare Policy (Kaiser)
- Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It's Not At Their Doctor's Office (Healt Affairs.org)
- Can't Find a Doctor? You're Not Alone (U.S. News and World Report Health)
- Addressing Colorado's Primary Care Provider Shortage (PDF)
- Trends Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems (American Hospital Association)
Insurance
- Video: How does insurance work? (Humana)
- Glossary of Insurance Terms (Healthcare.gov)
- Employer-Based Insurance Explained (Kaiser)
- Trends Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- New Data Say Uninsured Account for Nearly One-Fifth of Emergency Room Visits (Department of Health and Human Services)
- Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. 2009
Public Health Programs
Medicare
- Video Tutorial: Medicare 101 (KaiserEDU.org)
- Additional Medicare Tutorials (KaiserEDU.org)
- Medicare and You (HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
- Medicare website (Medicare.org)
Medicaid
- Medicaid Eligibility Overview (HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
- Medicaid Information (HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Veteran's Administration (VA)
Health Reform
- Health Reform Bill Summary: The Top 18 Immediate Effects (Huffington Post)
- About Healthcare Reform (State of Colorado)
- Healthcare Law Fact Sheets (AARP)
- Video: "Health Reform Hits Main Street" (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- How will it affect me? Health Reform Subsidy Calculator (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
Healthcare Team
- Healthcare Team (American Medical Association)
- Healthcare Team (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)
- Who's Who in Your Healthcare, Part 1: In the Hospital (Harvard Medical School)
- Clergy as Healthcare Providers (Southern Medical Journal)
- Bureau of Labor and Statistics
- Doctors (Physicians)
- Physician's Assistants
- Pharmacists
- Dentists
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) PDF
- Nurse Practitioners
- Social Workers
- Laboratory Technologist or Technician
- Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Aids
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Respiratory Therapists
- Speech Therapists
- Administrative Medical Assistant
- Medical Records Specialist
Ethics and the Law
Patient's Rights and Responsibilities
- President's US Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry
- Patient's Bill of Rights (American Cancer Society)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Other References
- Dohan, D. and Schrag, D. (2005) Using Navigators to Improve Care of Underserved Patients. Cancer. 104(4): 848-855.
- Nather, D. (2010) The New Healthcare System: Everything You Need to Know. Thomas Dunne Books: New York.
- Weaver, A. (2005) Clergy as Healthcare Providers. Southern Medical Journal, 98(12). Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/smajournalonline/fulltext/2005/12000/clergy_as_health_care_providers.33.aspx