Health Care
Telemedicine breaks down care barriers
Rather than paying $2,000 at an emergency room, people using telemedicine typically pay closer to $40 per encounter, which is a huge cost savings.
March 28, 2016
Health Care
Texas lags behind the country in telemedicine
Texas is dead last in the nation in access to health care and in expanding the use of innovative technology, like telemedicine, to meet that need.
February 29, 2016
Health Care
The feds are trying to take over mental health policy from states
Instead of making IMDs Medicaid-reimbursable, the federal government should give states more flexibility to use Medicaid dollars more effectively.
December 29, 2015
Health Care
What is the right help for the homeless?
Instead of handouts, we should focus on services that enable and encourage change. Our current approach makes it difficult for people to change their lives because it makes them dependent on government services, often enabling them to continue harmful behaviors.
November 23, 2015
Health Care
The problem with blaming mass shootings on mental illness
Most people suffering from mental illness have no more propensity to violence that the average person.
October 19, 2015
Health Care
Testimony: Sunset Bill for DSHS
"Testimony: Sunset Bill for DSHS" is Kate Murphy's testimony before the House Human Services Committee in support of HB 2510.
April 9, 2015
Health Care
COMMENTARY: Not all wounds are seen
With 1.7 million veterans calling Texas home — more than every other state except California — this is the place where bold policies designed to help brave military men and women can be a model for other states.
February 26, 2015
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Murphy: Texas Needs a System of Consumer-directed Mental Health Care
When the Food and Drug Administration approved the first antipsychotic, Thorazine, in 1954, mental health service providers hoped this drug would revolutionize mental health care. Finally, scientists had created a pharmaceutical that would cure the mentally ill. But as researchers have studied psychosis, they have learned that antipsychotics do not address the root causes...
December 18, 2014
Health Care
Murphy: [T]he state agency tasked…
Murphy: [T]he state agency tasked with public health, the Texas Department of State Health Services... is in dire need of reform.
August 5, 2014