Increasing access to water through flexible entitlements?

Decoupling: Ensuring Access to Entitlements After Welfare Reform

Water quality zoning of Vishwamitri River to access environmental flow requirements through aggregation of water quality index

Environmental flow requirements, to maintain the functioning of freshwater-dependent ecosystems and restore rivers in ecologically acceptable conditions, depend upon the present water quality status of the river. Various stretches of Vishwamitri River vary in quality and quantity. Water quality index is a tool to converse information regarding water quality of various stretches of river and can...

Increasing Rural Veterans’ Access to Care Through Research

research, innovation, and a passion for patient care. Nowhere is that more evident than at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). When a Veteran walks through the door of a VA medical facility it is our responsibility to deliver consistent, high-quality care—regardless of where the Veteran lives. However, in our routine efforts to identify new treatments and deliver existing ones, we som...

Increasing access to emergency contraception through online prescription requests.

OBJECTIVE To describe a pilot program, Plan B Online Prescription Access, to provide easy access to prescriptions for emergency contraception via the Internet. STUDY DESIGN We measured electronic prescriptions for Plan B (Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio) by month over time. Pharmacists faxed patient-generated prescriptions back to the Department of Public Health for confirmation. ...

Flexible Access to Patient Data through e-Consent

The advances in healthcare and information technology are shifting more and more the ownership of data from medical institutions and doctors to individual citizens. However, since the medical information of an individual is confidential, the only basis for sharing it, is through prior informed consent which will regulate access to his private healthcare data. This paper highlights challenges in...