Caregivers should tailor their processes to account for the stress and fear many victims of abuse and human trafficking feel when brought into the medical environment.
The last thing that should be on the mind of a woman going into labor is whether her weekend, holiday, or nighttime delivery is putting her and her baby at a greater risk of negative health outcomes.
In the 2018–2019 season there were up to 43 million cases of the flu, resulting in about 20 million medical clinic visits, 647,000 hospitalizations, and 61,200 deaths.
The organization says that these barriers, which were put into place in response to the opioid crisis, have hurt many patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT).