A new RAND Corporation analysis of nearly 4 million HCAHPS surveys showed that hospital patient experience tanked during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wrote in JAMA Health Forum.
Compared to...
Kids from traditionally underserved communities tend to have lower pediatric primary and preventive care access rates than their peers from more affluent places, a new JAMA Network Open study showed....
Functionality is the name of the game for patient safety and compliance technology vendors, with healthcare organizations foremost prioritizing technology functionality when making purchasing...
The maternal health crisis encompasses more than just the nation’s growing maternal mortality rate. New data from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention shows that nearly one in five...
A whopping four in 10 Americans has heard medical misinformation and false claims about COVID-19, reproductive health, and gun violence, illustrating a difficult landscape for medical and public health...
Patient advocacy group OpenNotes wants to make it easier for patients to take advantage of open clinical notes through the launch of its online resource, How To Use Open Notes.
Open notes is the...
There are a lot of reasons why a young person might delay a preventive screening, with a new survey looking at colorectal cancer (CRC) screening showing that patient education and navigation are...
Hispanic or Latina women get diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age than their counterparts of other races, but that’s not because of more habitual breast cancer screening access.
In...
Although the number of doctors spreading medical misinformation is small, new data looking particularly at COVID-19-related misinformation reveals that providers have a broad reach with their...
YouTube is continuing its efforts to combat online medical misinformation by further clarifying how it will assess online video content.
The Google-owned social media platform said it will zero in on...
A new position paper from the American Heart Association (AHA) is calling to address key challenges to shared decision-making in patient engagement.
Particularly, the paper authors said healthcare...
Organizations looking to cut down on hospital readmissions among their limited English proficiency (LEP) populations getting home-based care may consider deploying the same nurse for every visit,...
New data from the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) outlines the expansive reach of community health centers, showing how the clinics extend care access to numerous traditionally...
Only a fifth of the nearly 2.5 million adults with opioid use disorder received medication for the disease 2021, leaving millions without access to addiction treatment, according to new data from the...
Even with home-based care interventions, social determinants of health and structural barriers get in the way of good maternal health outcomes, a new Health Affairs study has found.
The report,...
Reports of racism and healthcare discrimination in pediatric clinics are setting off alarm bells for Urban Institute researchers who are concerned about the impacts on care access, long-term clinical...
A recent analysis of Yelp reviews shows that strong patient-provider communication is key to a good online provider review.
The study, which looked at plastic surgeons in particular, also showed that...
A whopping 5.6 million birthing people are finding themselves without access to maternity care as the prevalence of maternity deserts continues to grow, according to reports from March of Dimes.
These...
The federal government needs a new body that can improve racial, ethnic, and tribal health equity, according to a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
The...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the CMS Hospital Star Ratings, outlining which hospitals perform well in categories like patient safety, patient experience, and overall...
