Search Results for: sickle cell disease

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Article: The impact of MLP services on patients with sickle cell disease

A medical-legal partnership at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta saw 76 children with sickle cell disease over a six-year period to assist with a range of legal issues. It was found that MLP services resulted in a range of social and financial benefits for families....Read More

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Helping families keep their heat and lights on

To help chronically ill patients at Boston Medical Center keep their utilities on during cold Boston winters, the hospital’s medical-legal partnership started writing indiviudal protection letters. Unable to keep up with the demand, they turned their attention to strengthening the protection laws to help families upstream....Read More

Friday, April 18, 2014

Partnerships in Georgia & Hawaii honored with Outstanding NCMLP Award

On April 11, 2014, the Health Law Partnership in Atlanta, Georgia and the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii were honored by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP) with the 2014 Outstanding Medical-Legal Partnership Award. The award was established in 2011, and is given annually to recognize programs that...Read More