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Health care
Grob presents on the overlooked role of physician trust in patients at ABIM Foundation Webinar
Most of the existing literature on trust between patients and clinicians focuses on whether patients trust their care team – but what happens when clinicians don’t trust patients? Diminished relationships, less-than-ideal care, and professional burnout …
Celebrating Launch of LGBTQ+ Health Advocacy Program
The LGBTQ+ Health Advocacy program will be a dedicated program of the Center’s health justice clinic. It will pair UW-Madison law, policy, social work, and health science students with LGBTQ+ people. Advocacy will include: fighting …
Sachin Gupte featured on Wisconsin Public Radio!
CPP Legal Advocacy Coordinator Sachin Gupte was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio to talk about insurance company denials. Make sure to give it a listen!
Support LGBTQI+ Non-Profits
We invite others to support GSafe during the Big Share. As health advocates, we support autonomy, informed consent, patients and provider shared decision-making, and support and community for all people. We are in a time …
Sarah Davis and Jill Jacklitz: Don’t nickel and dime patients for online messages to their health providers
CPP Co-Directors Sarah Davis and Jill Jacklitz wrote a guest column in the Wisconsin State Journal about the new changes to patient portals and billing. On Valentine’s Day, Meriter-UnityPoint started charging for some messages …
Rachel Grob leads action research to ensure policy reflects patients’ experiences
Through her career-long focus on listening to, documenting, and understanding patients’ experiences in health care, CPP’s Director of National Initiatives, Rachel Grob, leads research on gaps that others in health care often miss. Grob leads …
Trans health module builds students’ cultural competence
New Trans Health Module trains students in cultural competence In health care, discrimination against trans people occurs in both blatant and subtle ways. A seemingly simple question can negate one’s identity. Patients must complete forms …