Neighborhood walkability has the potential to boost physical activity and improve BMI, two key factors for addressing obesity. But neighborhood conditions like safety, another key element of...
Medication adherence remains a problem for chronic disease management, with new data in JAMA Network Open showing that around one in five adults with diabetes did not maintain use of glucose-lowering...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Indian Health Service (IHS), has awarded $139 million in grant funding to address diabetes disparities through chronic disease prevention...
The Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 cap on insulin cost-sharing is poised to improve patient satisfaction, medication adherence, and prescription affordability, according to a research note...
Older patients with a history of incarceration are more likely to develop a chronic disease than those without prior incarceration, according to new research out of the University of California San...
Listen up: a new program out of the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health shows that community health workers can effectively connect low-income seniors with hearing aids.
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New research out of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has found a link between a mental health diagnosis of depression and medication adherence, underscoring the need for better...
An integrated mobile healthcare program focused on patient transitions from hospital to home was able to improve the likelihood of chronic disease medication adherence for patients with lung and heart...
Financial incentives may just be the most effective patient engagement tool for weight loss, outranking other strategies like wearables and diet books, according to researchers from the NYU Grossman...
A meager 4 percent of Americans think the healthcare industry is prepared to manage a growing senior population, with communication about senior care options and patient trust in senior clinical...
Offering health coaching to family caregivers might be key to improving patient activation and chronic disease management for patients with diabetes, according to a new study published in JAMA Network...
The Supreme Court’s decision in Hobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health allowing statewide abortion bans has led some clinicians and pharmacists to restrict access to certain drugs that help manage...
The number of Americans with a usual source of care has dropped 10 percent in the last 18 years, with only about three-quarters of people saying they have a regular primary care provider or at least a...
Irrespective of where a patient resides, having easier primary care access might be key to improving chronic disease management and detection for patients with hypertension, according to new research...
Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are excluded from patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures due to language barriers. Leaving them out reduces the opportunity for better cancer treatment...
Health barriers driven by social determinants of health (SDOH) have worsened chronic disease management for patients dealing with hypertension, a Mayo Clinic Proceedings study concluded.
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For the mostly immigrant population Silvia Posada sees at her organization, Essen Health Care, patient access to care—particularly preventive care and chronic disease management—isn’t...
Women and Black patients with chest pain experienced longer emergency department wait times than their White, male counterparts, new data shows, shining a light on disparities in timely patient access...
The Nebraska-based Bluestem Health knew whole-person care that accounts for behavioral health and SDOH would be the key to complex chronic disease management, but in the throes of a nationwide workforce shortage, the federally qualified...
Cancer patients and caregivers prioritize different concerns during treatments, but providers should address both in order to enhance the patient’s experience, according to a report from the...
