Federal health care reform is forcing hospitals nationwide to drive down patient readmission rates — or risk losing Medicare revenue. Here’s a look at why and how Bronx hospitals are responding.
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Obamacare Fines Set to Hit Bronx Hospitals
Posted on 30 November 2012.
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Will New WIC Rules Mean Healthier Bronx Kids?
Posted on 28 October 2012.
WIC was first created to provide emergency milk and cheese to hungry children of low-income Americans. It now provides expert nutritional advice and vouchers for fresh produce. Is it working?
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West African Patients Lost in Translation
Posted on 27 October 2012.
Before the Diaspora Clinic opened, health workers at the Martin Luther King Hospital found that many patients who speak minority languages ended up in emergency rooms.
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State Pulls Funding from Highbridge’s only Mental Health Clinic for Children
Posted on 25 October 2012.
Astor at Highbridge, a mental health clinic for children and adolescents in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, will lose three-quarters of its funding from New York State by next year.
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From Weeds to a Healthy Harvest at Fordham
Posted on 25 October 2012.
A student transformed abandoned land at Fordham University into an on-campus farm, offering fresh organic vegetables to both Fordham students and residents in the Bronx.
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Hunts Point Residents March to Raise HIV Awareness
Posted on 25 September 2012.
The community’s first AIDS walk attracted about 180 marchers. Walking from Southern Boulevard to the Peninsula they wanted to raise awareness about the high HIV rate in the neighborhood.
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Cooking Eggplant and Winning Health Bucks
Posted on 07 September 2012.
The city’s Stellar Farmers Markets are the only programs like them for Food Stamp recipients in the nation.
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City Limits: Crackdown on HIV drug black market
Posted on 22 January 2012.
City legislators are trying to toughen sanctions for buyers and sellers of HIV medications on the black market.
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