Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Expending time and energy working separately within electronic health records (EHR) and legal case management systems (CMS) can be a huge operational stumbling block for medical-legal partnerships; it can also mean missed chances for communication and follow-up. A Montana-based MLP has secured a Technology Initiative Grant from the Legal Services...Read More
Sunday, June 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating health and economic disparities. As urgent health and legal needs intersect during this crisis, medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are uniquely positioned to respond. While communities’ needs change and grow every day, MLPs can focus their efforts by pivoting their services to respond to the issue(s) most frequently identified by their health care providers and patient populations, and by reinforcing fundamentals of their MLP practice. This digest contains additional resources to help MLPs respond to the pandemic. ...Read More
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
There’s a new kind of specialist at Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland. Like longtime doctors there, she sees patients suffering from earaches, chronic asthma or schizophrenia, but she’s not a doctor. She’s a lawyer. Read the full article with reporting from Matthew Hirsch.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Today, the American Bar Association (ABA) became the first professional organization to formally endorse medical-legal partnership. The resolution, released in a report by the ABA's Health Law Section, called on its more than 400,000 members and all in the legal profession to dedicate time at medical-legal partnerships to specifically address...Read More
