Health Services
Young, female e-cigarette users more likely to have asthma attack, use health services
Young females using e-cigarettes had greater odds for an asthma attack than young males not using e-cigarettes, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Inhaled corticosteroids increasingly used for COPD outside recommended indications
From 2010 to 2018, a rising number of veterans with COPD received inhaled corticosteroid prescriptions as first-line therapy outside recommended indications, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
With more training during residency, PCPs could expand reproductive health workforce
Family medicine physicians who received residency training in programs that incorporated community-based care and family planning were more likely to provide reproductive health services than those who did not, recent data show.
HHS awards $88M to support youth mental health, substance abuse services
More than $88 million in grant funds recently poured into youth mental health services and the treatment of substance use disorders, according to a press release from HHS.
VIDEO: Collaboration key to provide behavioral health services for homeless population
SAN FRANCISCO — Collaboration and communication between mental and physical health services is crucial to overcome logistics of providing proper care for homeless individuals in a large city, Carine Nzodom, MD, says in a Healio video.
‘Surprising’: Most children do not access mental health services after firearm injury
Over three in five affected children do not receive mental health services within 6 months of experiencing a firearm injury, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Reproductive health care barriers range from access to interpersonal challenges
From 2017 to 2021, barriers to reproductive health care increased, with the largest increases among women from historically disadvantaged populations, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open.
Headspace Health announces expansion of workplace mental health services beyond US
A California-based digital mental health provider announced the expansion of its comprehensive care services for organizations beyond the United States, beginning with the United Kingdom.
Partnership aims to provide more human, digital mental health services
Digital health solutions company Twill has announced a partnership with e-Psychiatry, a telepsychiatry and teletherapy service, that it says will provide increased human and digital mental health support for patients.
HHS awards over $100M in funding to improve mental health services
HHS, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced $109.4 million in funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act for states and territories to improve mental health services.