We are working with The Lupus Initiative to evaluate materials that describe an enhanced lupus curriculum for medical, nursing, and other health professions students. To assist in that process, KDH Research & Communication, a research firm in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking participants for a survey regarding the curriculum.

If you are a medical educator or a medical, nursing, or other health professional, or student, you are invited to review materials and complete a survey online offering insight on The Lupus Initiative’s plan for curriculum development.

NHMA Thanks Everyone Who Made Our 14th Annual Conference a SUCCESS!

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Washington, DC

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

National Hispanic Medical Association NHMA NET July 2010

Washington, DC

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

NHMA supports

the increase in funding for public health funding to Congressional appropriators this month. NHMA supports the Child Nutrition Act of 2010 to expand Federal nutrition programs.

Falling Through the Cracks:
Why Hispanics find it especially difficult to access health care.

Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association, “Hispanics [often] don’t enroll” in either private or public insurance, even if it is available to them. For those who have access to insurance through their employers, this may be because they still cannot afford their share of the premiums. Those eligible for public programs may not know how to enroll. They also are often afraid to participate in a government program.

Using Comparative Effectiveness Research to Improve the Health of Priority Populations Summit of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institute

“Dissemination of Comparative Effectiveness Research to Minority Providers and Patients”

Remarks by
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
President & CEO
National Hispanic Medical Association

June 3, 2010

National Hispanic Medical Association NHMA NET June 2010

Washington, DC

Legislative Update

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Begins to Plan for Implementation of Health Care Reform

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act will cover 32 million uninsured ------Hispanics who now are estimated to have over 15 million uninsured are nearly half of the target for this new law.

Mayo 2010 – McNeil Consumer Healthcare, recuerda a padres y cuidadores que deben verificar si las formas de TYLENOL®, MOTRIN®, ZYRTEC® y BENADRYL® para bebes y niños en su posesión forman parte del retiro del mercado voluntario anunciado el 30 de abril de 2010. Consultar la lista de productos retirados del mercado aqui