Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are increasingly recognized as influencing pediatric health and well-being into adulthood, as new data in JAMA Network Open signals that organizations that screen...
The specter of a big bill and high patient financial responsibility is getting in the way of emergency department (ED) care access some individuals might actually need, according to data published in...
Americans need more patient education to understand COVID-19 testing options, especially as higher rates of respiratory viruses like COVID-19 pose a risk to patients, according...
The lack of data integration is starting to wear on the overall patient experience, with new survey data showing that 83 percent of patients have to provide the same health histories they have in the...
The US is experiencing yet another negative byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic, with new surveying from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) showing enhanced vaccine hesitancy among parents of...
Half of US patients think hospitals need to up their nursing staff, with concerns about nurse and other staffing shortages dissuading healthcare access for some, according to a survey completed by...
Unconscious, implicit bias towards Black patients may be the central factor influencing racial disparities in provider recommendations for certain treatment options, such as the removal of brain...
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...
By implementing a cross-sector community health program to address a communitywide social determinant of health, Reading Hospital, an Accountable Health Communities (AHC) model grantee, addressed food...
A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society provides some insight into the “sandwich generation,” the middle-aged adults who care both for their children and...
In five years, primary care access might not be defined by walking into a traditional brick-and-mortar clinic—not if consumers have anything to do about it, according to a new report commissioned...
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...
The nation’s public health sector is at a crossroads after two years of a pandemic that illuminated infrastructure shortcomings. And amid work to improve efficiency, governance, and clarity,...
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 new Commonwealth Fund brief reports that the United States has maintained a global title it probably doesn’t want: the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world.
The report found...
Direct-to-consumer healthcare websites that offer a medication after online screening might be improving patient access to care, but they often fail to provide the patient education industry groups say...
Access to contraceptives via the federal Title X Family Planning program increased the rate at which women graduated with a bachelor’s degree by between 6 and 12 percent, underscoring how...
A new Dutch study is recounting the reasons why some patients don’t access follow-up care or screenings after producing a positive result on at-home colorectal cancer tests, suggesting that...
For the second year in a row, the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) Top of Mind for Health Systems report showed that health IT investments will focus on improving patient access to care.
The...
.Salient findings based on a FAIR Health initiative give a glimpse into the value and utility of shared decision-making tools to patients of color.
By large, shared decision-making is seen as an...
