Patient Engagement News and Articles

Racial Disparities Apparent in Benefits to Walkability, Neighborhood SDOH

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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 Rates Sink, Renew Calls for Cost and Policy Change

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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...

On Cancer Moonshot Anniversary, White House Unveils Patient Navigation Plans

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On the one-year anniversary of the Cancer Moonshot’s renewal, President Joe Biden has announced plans to support patient navigation, community health, and the cancer patient experience. The...

50% of Patients Forget Treatment Plans, Need Better Patient Education

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Despite near-universal confidence, patients are forgetting most of the key information following an inpatient hospital stay, leading experts from the University of Michigan School of Medicine to call...

Racial Disparities in Adverse Childhood Experiences Tied to Brain Changes

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Black kids are more likely than White kids to have different brain structure that might lead to a higher predisposition to certain mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a...

45% of Women Forego Preventive Care Access, Care Costs a Key Barrier

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High healthcare costs are keeping nearly half of American women from preventive care access, according to a new Ipsos poll fielded on behalf of the Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention...

Cleveland Clinic Opens Center for Infant and Maternal Health

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The Cleveland Clinic has launched the Center for Infant and Maternal Health, an initiative designed to address maternal and infant mortality by way of community health partnerships and investment in...

Language Interpreter Services Key for Overcoming LEP Barriers

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Poor access to language interpreter services isn’t just harmful to the patient with limited English proficiency at the center of care; it also makes things more difficult for the clinicians...

Do Patients Get Enough Patient Education About Their Blood Pressure?

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Taking blood pressure is standard procedure for nearly any healthcare encounter, but it might be lulling some patients into a sense of false confidence about when to access care, according to a new...

HHS Issues $139M in Funding to Support Chronic Disease Prevention

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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...

Rural-Urban Health Disparities Persist with Higher Risk of Heart Failure

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New National Institutes of Health data adds to the literature documenting rural-urban health disparities, with this newest study finding that those living in rural regions are 19 percent more likely to...

Racial Disparities in VA Appointment Wait Times Worsened Amid COVID-19

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Hispanic veterans seeking medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) were more likely to face longer VA appointment wait times. Recent...

Did HHS Pandemic Relief Funds Promote Health Equity?

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The Department of Health and Human Services was mostly successful in its pursuit of health equity during the pandemic, at least in terms of pandemic relief fund spending, according to a new assessment...

Geography Affects Racial Health Disparities in Cancer Treatment Delays

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How long does it take to begin cancer treatment? It may depend on where you live, according to new data showing that geography can compound or mitigate racial disparities in cancer treatment...

Parent, Caregiver Engagement Low During Pediatric Well-Child Visits

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Parent and caregiver engagement is missing from many pediatric well-child visits, with new survey data from the University of Michigan showing that parents and guardians come unprepared for those...

Unequal Home Healthcare Agency Access Yields Racial Health Disparities

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Medicare beneficiaries of color are more likely to use unpaid, informal caregivers, like family caregivers, for their home healthcare than White beneficiaries, a trend researchers from the Commonwealth...

Full Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Led to Greater Workforce Diversity

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New research out of West Virginia University revealed that granting full nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice can foster greater workforce diversity that reflects the demographic of patient...

Few Studies Assess Social Determinants of Health Intervention by Race

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Less than a third of studies investigating social determinants of health interventions include race and ethnicity in their analyses, and even fewer stratify intervention outcomes by race, according to...