Monday, November 5, 2012
An Arizona study assessed the stress levels of patients before and after receiving legal services, and found that MLP intervention led to a reduction in perceived stress and an improvement in overall wellbeing. ...Read More
Monday, October 1, 2012
A study in New York City found that medical-legal partnership housing interventions for adult asthma patients reduced hospital admissions and the need for medication....Read More
Monday, October 1, 2012
In this article, the important role that social workers can play in a medical-legal partnership's development, process, and success is discussed. The authors argue that MLPs are greatly enhanced when they seek active engagement from social workers who can empower patients to use legal services and improve medical-legal collaborations....Read More
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Over a four-year period, the medical-legal partnership at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta secured Medicaid payments for services that would otherwise be unreimbursed. MLP services also led to an increase in physician satisfaction and saved hospital employers $10,000 annually in continuing education costs....Read More
