Wednesday, March 26, 2014
This article provides a detailed analysis of how common hardships can become health-harming legal needs, and outlines pathways for fuller integration of medical-legal partnership services in the healthcare setting. The authors suggest legal needs should become a "vital sign" screened for and addressed as a regular part of health care....Read More
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
This article examines medical-legal partnership (MLP) through the lens of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The author outlines the overlap in goals between the ACA and MLP, including a focus on keeping patients healthy rather than treating them when they are sick, re-organizing the delivery system to create a more "patient-centered" focus, and pushing for increased collaboration among providers. It goes on to discuss opportunities for medical-legal partnership in the new health care system....Read More
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Through real-life stories of individual clients and successful advocacy efforts, this article describes medical-legal partnerships' unique ability to improve community health, and examines ways in which working in health care settings can help the legal profession adopt more preventative practices....Read More
Friday, January 24, 2014
Using the medical-legal partnership at Bellevue Hospital Center’s Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry as a case study, this article examines the legal needs of low-income children living with mental illness. The author describes how legal services can advance care for mental and behavioral health issues....Read More
