Access to Health Care
National Healthcare Quality Week
By April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP- BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN National Healthcare Quality Week (NHQW) celebrates the contributions that health care professionals make to
By April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP- BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN National Healthcare Quality Week (NHQW) celebrates the contributions that health care professionals make to
This week is National Health Care Access Week, a time when we recognize health care workers who are expanding access to care for patients nationwide. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in the United States, there are more than 7,200 primary care health care professional shortage areas (HPSAs), many of which are in rural areas.