Using text messaging for COVID-19 vaccine patient outreach was as effective as direct phone calls in getting patients to seek out the vaccine, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open,...
Disproportionate geographic barriers to cancer care access beleaguer Native Americans, a study led by Washington State University researchers has found.
The study, published in the journal Value...
New research conducted by Cedars-Sinai shows disparities in access to cancer care for racial and ethnic minorities diagnosed with advanced liver cancer, as they did not receive early access to the...
Women, as well as Black and Hispanic populations, have faced longstanding health disparities in patient access to opioid treatments like buprenorphine, a Mayo Clinic study published in JAMA Network...
When a food security program in Dorchester, one of the boroughs of Boston, started offering up English muffins, it quickly became apparent those subsidized meals wouldn’t be fruitful. What was...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant decrease in preventive care access, with the impact on cancer screening being especially notable as millions of patients missed their care, according to a...
There is a big spike in patient demand for mental healthcare services, as seen in the rising number of mental health visits, yet patients still indicated that significant access barriers exist,...
In a new assessment of reproductive and abortion care access, researchers have found that long travel distance is a leading barrier to care.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open by researchers...
The establishment of subsidized supermarkets trimmed obesity risk among low-income children residing near those supermarkets, researchers at NYU Langone Health found, shining a light on how access to...
For the mostly immigrant population Silvia Posada sees at her organization, Essen Health Care, patient access to care—particularly preventive care and chronic disease management—isn’t...
A Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO) was able to cut emergency department utilization and increase care coordination through patient navigator interaction, a study published in The American...
More and more young adults are citing cost and stigma as key mental healthcare access barriers, according to the latest in JAMA Network Open.
The study, published as a research note, found that the...
Patient access to mental healthcare is still out-of-reach for most LGBTQ youth, with more than half saying they wanted or needed mental healthcare in the past year but were not able to access it,...
Women and Black patients with chest pain experienced longer emergency department wait times than their White, male counterparts, new data shows, shining a light on disparities in timely patient access...
Hypertension during pregnancy is a growing problem in the United States, with Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) pregnant people being the most at-risk for hypertension, according to...
Despite happening nearly a hundred years ago, the nation is still seeing the impacts of redlining and other forms of systemic racism, with recent data showing that redlining has resulted in present-day...
The American Medical Association (AMA) will dedicate its efforts toward improving medical workforce diversity, doubling down on its commitment to advance health equity, the organization has...
Race and income are proving key social determinants of health affecting outcomes for kids with autism, who already have higher-risk health challenges, according to a new report from The Autism...
Kansas is the latest in an expanding number of states giving full practice authority to nurse practitioners (NPs), according to an announcement from Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
The bipartisan bill...
Smoking was the leading social determinant of health affecting mortality and life expectancy, although income was another strong SDOH predictor, according to researchers from the Center for Population...
