Researchers found that patients with disabilities continue to experience unequal care access impacted by provider discrimination and implicit bias, even 30 years after the passage of the Americans with...
Social determinants of health interventions focused on housing security, including addressing houselessness and making home modifications to improve housing quality, improve clinical outcomes and...
Patient portal use in mental health is getting more common, but still, only about half of those with self-reported anxiety or depression are using the health IT, according to data published in...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced a new action expanding pharmacist prescribing authority, a scope of practice change that could make for easier contraceptive access in a post-Roe...
Older adults are among those the hardest hit by the current surging food costs, exacerbating nutrition gaps and food insecurity issues this population already faces, according to new findings from the...
Healthcare consumerism is here, but with few organizations primed to integrate consumer health behaviors into a personalized medicine approach, the consumer experience is falling short of expectations,...
The White House wants to end hunger by 2030, the Biden Administration announced in its recently released National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Strategy is part of a weeklong...
When patients are tasked with making difficult medical choices, a patient decision aid (PDA), used as a part of the shared decision-making process, can be an effective strategy that boosts patient...
Adult patients with public insurance coverage, like Medicare or Medicaid, and uninsured individuals are more than twice as likely to report facing implicit bias in health and otherwise unfair treatment...
Healthcare organizations can trigger improvements in patient satisfaction and engagement by providing in-person patient portal training to hospitalized patients, according to a study from the Ohio...
In partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), YouTube has launched The-IQ – tackling health equity through Information Quality, a patient education video series scaling communication...
The average patient appointment wait time is up 8 percent since 2017 and 24 percent since 2004, with the latest data from Merritt Hawkins showing it takes around 26 days for a new patient to get an...
Racial mental health disparities cost the United States around $278 billion between 2016 and 2020, putting a price tag on a health equity issue that’s long plagued the nation, according to...
Even in urban areas, long travel distances contribute to geographic care access barriers, particularly for cardiac rehabilitation that’s necessary after a traumatic cardiac event, like a heart...
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...
A group of researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine may have cracked the code on medication adherence, outlining two viable options involving patient education and nurse feedback to increase the number...
Ciox Health, a Georgia-based health record management vendor, has reached a $1.85 million settlement to resolve allegations that claimed the company charged excessive health record copying fees during...
Two studies published in the September 2022 issue of Health Affairs give credence to the expanded scope of practice for advanced practice providers, like nurse practitioners and physician assistants,...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has buckled down on its pledge to advance health equity in its recently released 2022 North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan...
Veterans seeking medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have experienced long and disparate patient appointment wait times across various healthcare settings, even after...
