Health Literacy Doesn’t Stand in the Way of Patient Data Access
Patient data access and open notes are nearly universally appreciated by patients, with a new survey from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which was obtained via email, showing that concerns about...6-Week Abortion Bans Could Limit Care Access for 90% of People in Need
Georgia’s abortion ban would restrict care access for nearly 90 percent of those seeking an abortion in the state, with the biggest impacts being on Black people, young people, and those with...HHS, OCR Close Case on Medical Racial Discrimination, Care Access
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has officially reached an agreement with Florida’s Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue to ensure patient access to care and health equity following an...Online Reviews, Patient Experience Outweigh Loyalty in Provider Selection
Online reviews and positive patient experiences are now critical in provider selection, and patients are quick to switch if their standards are not met, according to Tebra’s “2023 Patient...Community Health Partnerships Key to Combatting Vaccine Misinformation
UC Riverside Health experts have proposed that community health partnerships can combat the persistent wave of vaccine misinformation, giving public health officials access to greater public messaging...What Influences Patient Trust in Public Health Agencies?
Public health agencies that communicated clearly, led with science, and provided protective resources were able to build patient trust more than those agencies that appeared to be politically...Structural Racism Fuels Racial Disparities in Surgical Outcomes
A new study suggests that structural racism is causing worse surgical outcomes among Black men. Researchers out of UCLA found in a study recently published in BMJ that historical lack of quality...Study Corroborates ‘Weathering,’ Links Racism to Racial Health Disparities
More research is adding to the evidence indicating that the weathering hypothesis has some merit, with new data from Boston University showing that experiences with racism have led to racial health...Features to Build Consumer Trust in Patient Data Sharing
Patients are interested in sharing their own medical information, so long as that patient data sharing comes with features like informed consent, transparency, and consumer oversight, according to a...Paid Sick Leave Improves Preventive Screening Rates by Up to 8%
A new study out of Tulane University confirms what many may have been able to guess about patient access to care: paid sick leave policies increase preventive screening rates because they give patients...Uncontrolled Blood Pressure Rates in Black Women Reveal Health Disparities
Black women of childbearing age face a twofold risk of uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to their white counterparts, which not only fuels racial health disparities but also heightens the risk...Most Popular YouTube Health Videos Might Contain Medical Misinformation
There’s some good medical information on consumer-facing social media platforms like YouTube, but those aren’t the ones most people are viewing, according to researchers from Brigham and...Are Not-for-Profit Hospice Providers Better for the Family Caregiver Experience?
Family caregivers looking for a good hospice experience might want to consider a not-for-profit hospice provider over a for-profit provider, with new data from the RAND Corporation showing that...100M People Lack Primary Care Access, Usual Source of Care
A third of healthcare consumers are being left susceptible to public health threats and complications from untreated chronic illnesses as the US stares down primary care access problems, according to a...Positive Patient-Provider Communication Elusive for Half of Women
Nearly half of young women have had a negative provider experience in the past two years, exposing serious lapses in patient-provider communication for this population, according to figures from the...Sponsored by TeleVox
