Cost might be the most important issue when making patient care access decisions, but factors like convenience and location aren’t far behind, according to the Healthcare Patient Consumer Survey...
Nursing homes serving mostly Black patients employ fewer registered nurses than facilities serving mostly White patients, a staffing issue that researchers from NYU said could be driving racial health...
Urban neighborhoods, once redlined by federal officials in the 1930s, are still haunted by the effects, as new research shows they face cancer screening disparities.
Individuals residing in...
Even among patients with endless resources at their fingertips, racial health disparities loom large. In a study of professional football players, researchers found that Black players report worse and...
A nearly $800,000 grant package from NYHealth and OpenNotes is set to help primary care providers and federally qualified health centers in expanding patient access to clinical notes, the organizations...
Uber Health, the rideshare company's healthcare arm, has broadened its service capabilities by launching grocery and over-the-counter pharmacy product delivery services to break down patient...
Three researchers from UC Riverside think using emojis could enhance patient-provider communication, especially among underrepresented patient populations.
Writing in JAMA Network Open commentary, the...
Nationwide, emergency departments (EDs) are grappling with extensive patient wait times, soaring patient visits, and significant overcrowding. However, new research reveals that predictive estimates of...
Nearly one in five trans adults said they’ve been refused care by a healthcare provider, according to a new KFF report, a sign of the everyday discrimination and healthcare access challenges...
Does it matter what an AI chatbot’s avatar looks like? It might, according to researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who raise questions about patient experience,...
If your food security program doesn’t offer subsidies, you’re doing it wrong, one new study in Marketing Science found.
When faced with the choice to buy healthier foods or cheaper foods,...
Evara Health is among the recipients of a $65 million HHS funding initiative, supporting underserved communities in creating innovative approaches to reduce Black maternal health...
As the healthcare world gradually shifts its focus toward patient-centered care, Vanderbilt's clinician-patient communications tool has achieved a significant milestone, recording its millionth...
Even the highest-performing hospitals see racial health disparities in adverse patient safety events, with a new report from The Leapfrog Group and Urban Institute showing that gaps persist across top-...
Only about a quarter of youth mental health providers offer specialized mental healthcare for young members of the LGBTQ community, according to a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics.
This was...
In the world of chronic disease management tools, not all technologies are created equal. According to a new Regenstrief Institute study, care management apps that offer patient data access and data...
The American Medical Association (AMA), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and Race Forward have united in a national coalition advocating for multi-sector collaborations to prioritize...
In terms of maternal and infant outcomes, neighborhood is everything, with a new JAMA Network Open research note outlining poor perceived neighborhood safety can result in low birth weight, likelihood...
While more primary care practices are screening patients for social risk, the cost of social determinants of health (SDOH) interventions targeting housing security, non-emergency medical...
A new study out of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine found that doctors of osteopathy (DOs) perform just as well as medical doctors (MDs) in various measures of clinical outcomes and patient...
