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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +
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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 1, May 2024

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Welcome to our inaugural issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! As such, we wanted to pull together our insights and pass them along to you. Our goal is to create a publication that is...more

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Ensuring Nondiscrimination in Patient Visitations

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Reflecting on lessons learned and complaints received during the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released detailed frequently asked questions (FAQs)...more

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Achieving Diversity in Clinical Trials - Expanding Hospital Capacity to Offer Clinical Trials in the Community

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Executive Summary - The inclusion of racial and ethnic groups in clinical trials has been a national priority for decades, but progress toward that end has been limited. When the Covid-19 pandemic threw into stark relief...more

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Health Care Providers’ Crisis Care Guidelines in Light of Recent OCR and CDPH Guidance

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Faced with an ongoing public health emergency that threatens to overload healthcare systems, many states, including California, have developed or revisited their crisis care guidelines to address a potential COVID-19 patient...more

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New HHS Division to Focus on Health Care Workers' Religious or Moral Objections to Providing Certain Care

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the formation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The new division will review complaints from...more

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