In Our Words

On December 18th, 2025 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced two proposals to the conditions of participation for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement .  These proposals would severely restrict access to gender-affirming care for minors. Additionally, the second proposal, which would bar hospitals and their affiliated clinics from reimbursement eligibility if gender affirming-care is provided to minors, is an unprecedented use of these conditions. This fund

The WHEM team attended this year’s National Abortion Federation (NAF) Annual Conference, where we heard from independent clinics, advocacy organizations, research groups, and frontline clinicians who are collaborating to sustain abortion access and patient safety. National data demonstrate that post-Dobbs abortion access has shifted rather than disappeared, with telemedicine now accounting for a substantial proportion of care and interstate travel nearly doubling since 2020  

HBO’s The Pitt packs a thoracotomy, lateral canthotomy, and pericardiocentesis all into one, incredibly unlikely ER shift—but the most...

January 21, 2025. The WHEM Journal Club focused on the state of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs in the U.S. and challenges...

October 29, 2024. The Women’s Health Journal Club explored the pervasive issue of data bias in medicine and its historical and ongoing...