Richard Abrams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5948141 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Abrams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrams |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rush University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Medical Education Program Highlights Curriculum renewal Rush Medical College (RMC) premiered its integrated preclerkship curriculum in 2017–2018. The program roles of practitioner, communicator, leader, advocate, educator, scholar, collaborator, and professional, with a foundation of medical knowledge, guide the curriculum. A single-pass curriculum that combines the normal and abnormal states is anchored around cases from all core clinical discip…
Managing the Unmanaged
STUDY OBJECTIVE: This study presents a case analysis of how 3 urban medical centers with differing ownership models, within 1 metropolitan area, ration access to uncompensated care to uninsured patients. METHODS: Data was triangulated from 3 sources: hospital financial reports by service line for a fiscal year, a survey of 292 self-pay patients, and the self-pay policies and practices of clerical personnel described in a previous publication. RES…
Avoiding Free Care at All Costs
Rationing Access to Care to the Medically Uninsured
BACKGROUND: Medically uninsured patients seeking nonemergency care are not guaranteed access to services at most healthcare institutions. They must first register with a clerk who could require a deposit and/or payment on an outstanding debt. OBJECTIVES: This study examines the factors that influence whether nonmedical bureaucratic staff sign in or turn away uninsured patients who cannot meet prepayment requirements. RESEARCH DESIGN: The study wa…
Illicit Pleasures
Arriving on the seventh terrace of Mt. Purgatory, the pilgrim keeps to the edge where a cliffside draft curls back the flames, creating walking-space. Mindful of double peril he anxiously divides his glance between the fire and the precipice and notices an odd optical phenomenon. It is late afternoon, the sun low in the sky. But while elsewhere along the ledge the daylight bleaches the fire colorless, where Dante walks he casts a shadow, darkenin…
Inspiration and Gluttony
Inspiration and Gluttony
Illicit Pleasures
Arriving on the seventh terrace of Mt. Purgatory, the pilgrim keeps to the edge where a cliffside draft curls back the flames, creating walking-space. Mindful of double peril he anxiously divides his glance between the fire and the precipice and notices an odd optical phenomenon. It is late afternoon, the sun low in the sky. But while elsewhere along the ledge the daylight bleaches the fire colorless, where Dante walks he casts a shadow, darkenin…
Rationing Access to Care to the Medically Uninsured
BACKGROUND: Medically uninsured patients seeking nonemergency care are not guaranteed access to services at most healthcare institutions. They must first register with a clerk who could require a deposit and/or payment on an outstanding debt. OBJECTIVES: This study examines the factors that influence whether nonmedical bureaucratic staff sign in or turn away uninsured patients who cannot meet prepayment requirements. RESEARCH DESIGN: The study wa…
Avoiding Free Care at All Costs
Managing the Unmanaged
STUDY OBJECTIVE: This study presents a case analysis of how 3 urban medical centers with differing ownership models, within 1 metropolitan area, ration access to uncompensated care to uninsured patients. METHODS: Data was triangulated from 3 sources: hospital financial reports by service line for a fiscal year, a survey of 292 self-pay patients, and the self-pay policies and practices of clerical personnel described in a previous publication. RES…
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Medical Education Program Highlights Curriculum renewal Rush Medical College (RMC) premiered its integrated preclerkship curriculum in 2017–2018. The program roles of practitioner, communicator, leader, advocate, educator, scholar, collaborator, and professional, with a foundation of medical knowledge, guide the curriculum. A single-pass curriculum that combines the normal and abnormal states is anchored around cases from all core clinical discip…
Medicine (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (3 works) · History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works)