The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will now consider people with disabilities as a population with health disparities, which, among other things, with let the agency start conducting more research...
There’s a gulf in how often emergency departments use restraints on Black patients compared to everybody else, an issue that’s alarming considering the physical and psychological harm such...
The problem of medical debt is getting worse, with new Debt.com data showing that inflation and rising medical costs are putting patients in a sticky financial situation and leaving about a third...
Fewer than one in five oncology practices screen family caregivers for signs of emotional distress despite the significant burden these informal caregivers carry during a loved one’s cancer...
The Department of Health and Human Services is going all-in on COVID-19 detection and treatment again as case counts and hospitalizations tick up across the nation.
In a recent announcement, the...
Three in 10 of the immigrant patients who have accessed healthcare in the US have experienced more than one challenge in accessing culturally competent care, with another quarter saying they’ve...
Zocdoc has unveiled a new suite of tools to enable patient access and practice management, part of the Zocdoc Practice Solutions, the company announced in a press release.
The technologies will...
Very few hospitals are doing well in racial inclusivity, but there aren’t many that are vastly underperforming either, with a new analysis from the Lown Institute looking at how some...
The appointment scheduling process is proving not ideal, especially for Spanish-speaking or limited English proficiency (LEP) patients, according to data from RAND.
The study, published in Health...
Having good hospital readmission rates is nearly impossible without a curated patient engagement strategy.
A key metric in most value-based care models, hospital readmission rates measure the...
When it comes to care coordination and social determinants of health interventions, patient engagement and activation are key, according to new data in JAMA Network Open.
The study, published by...
When it comes to care quality and patient experience, American nursing homes barely pass. In a new poll from West Health and Gallup, patient respondents gave nursing homes just a D+ for the quality of...
Inaccurate reporting of home healthcare falls may be tainting the quality of information shared via Care Compare, the online platform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to help...
A new proposed rule out of the Department of Health and Human Services seeks to update parts of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to further prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in...
Six in 10 adults over age 50 haven’t heard of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, and another 70 percent haven’t heard of the RSV vaccine most experts say could stave off another...
Shoppers can now cross “better health outcomes” off their grocery lists, as more data continues to show the efficacy of produce prescription programs.
In a new study, researchers from...
Patient-provider communication is at the forefront of the healthcare experience. Good communication has far-reaching impacts ranging from poor patient satisfaction to a misunderstanding of treatments...
Rural healthcare organizations excel at addressing social determinants of health despite the barriers blocking patient care access, a new University of Missouri study found.
Overall, hospitals and...
There might be a right and a wrong way to discuss value-based care with patients, with new data from advocacy group United States of Care showing that terms like “quality-focused care” are...
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...
