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...
Yelp will be posting new consumer-facing notifications on its business pages meant to quell medical misinformation or misleading medical information about crisis pregnancy centers and abortion access,...
Living in poverty, separation from a parent, and parental harshness or neglect are all key adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that lead to an increased risk for premature death in adulthood,...
Primary care clinics can effectively close the care gap for depression assessments by employing universal mental health screenings, according to researchers from the University of California San...
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) has finalized two patient-reported outcomes measures set to improve the quality of care delivered to folks in hospice care, the...
The University of Tennessee’s College of Nursing was recently awarded a $3.7 million grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to fund a project which aims to boost...
Researchers may have uncovered two new SDOH screening questions to ask in the emergency department, with the questions accurately predicting future homelessness, according to new data in JAMA Network...
The social determinants of health explain about half of the racial health disparities in life expectancy in the United States, emphasizing the nation’s need to address social risk factors,...
It’ll take more than improving patient access to health IT to close the digital divide, according to a new assessment from the VA’s Office of Inspector General.
The OIG report found that a...
Nursing homes are vastly underreporting patient safety events, like the occurrence of moderate pressure ulcers, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a practice that could impact the...
The United States overdose epidemic continues to worsen, but most patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) lack potentially life-saving medication access, according to new findings published in the...
Inflation is creating healthcare affordability problems, with more people of color than White folks saying the rising cost of healthcare is limiting patient care access, according to recent polling...
For many Houston adults, high out-of-pocket healthcare costs have deterred them from accessing care, according to new survey data collected by Sesame via Pollfish.
The nation's fourth-largest city...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access has increased over the years, but stark racial health disparities presented at the 24th International AIDS Conference yield concern that the HIV...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has codified patient safety reporting as part of its Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for 2023, a move that’s being lauded by...
Doctor’s offices have about four chances to meet patient experience expectations before a healthcare consumer picks a new provider to visit, with around three-quarters of patients mentally...
