Health Care Systems Journal of Nursing

Insuring the Uninsured: Hispanic Communities

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Despite the improved enrollment from 2014, there are still a percentage of the population that remain without insurance. The Hispanic population continues to be the largest population that have not enrolled and recent limited data indicates a variety of reasons. The biggest promoters of health care are the individuals that provide the service. In order to promote enrollment, we need to use health care providers and nurses to be a resource, the educators and the “sellers” of Affordable Health Care.

Submitted by Sherry Lansdell RN, BSN

Ubiquitous Health: An Emerging Technology in Todays World

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A look into the future and the use of technology to implement ubiquitous health systems.

Submitted by Serena Skinner, RN, BSN, FNP-student

Funding Health Care as a Basic Human Right

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The United States of America is a nation known and heralded worldwide for its democracy, freedom, and wealth. Through our commerce, we have become a prosperous nation. Through our commonalities we stand united. Through our shared citizenship, we establish our community. Through our voices, we are heard. So why is it, our nation has been divided against the idea of health care being funded as a basic human right? U.S. Senator, Ted Kennedy, once said,

Submitted by Jennifer Bergen, Jay Fultz, Sally Kessie, and Angela Osburn

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