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Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
The National Health Council represents the patient voice on various issues, such as the creation of patient-focused usability criteria in research [14] and advancing the development of new treatments and cures through passage of the MODDERN Cures Act. [15] The NHC played a key role in lobbying for health care reform legislation in 2009 and 2010.
Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate [1] may be an individual or an organization, concerned with healthcare standards or with one specific group of disorders.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is a United States-based nonprofit that seeks to educate the public about diabetes and to help those affected by it through funding research to manage, cure and prevent diabetes, including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes. It is a network of 565,000 volunteers which ...
Nurse-managed health centers also focus on preventive health care, especially regarding certain chronic conditions like asthma, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. This focus on preventative, holistic health care has been shown to reduce emergency room usage and decrease the length of hospital stays among nurse-managed health center patients. [13]
Ross says poor working conditions are driving nurses away, affecting the quality of care for patients. "Our goal is not to just keep people from dying; it's to have them well, to leave better than ...
There were three critical elements of developing a profession on the table in these early years: association, credentialing and education. The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy was founded as an association of mainly hospital-based patient advocates, without the autonomy characteristic of a profession: it was and is a member association of the American Hospital Association.
Densford testified before Congress during World War II regarding wartime nursing recruitment. [22] [23] Lavinia Dock, nursing educator, public health advocate, author, and suffragist. [24] Mary Keys Gibson, involved in desegregation efforts in 1948 [25] Mary Eliza Mahoney, a founder of the former National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses ...