By now, most of healthcare is on the same page about the social determinants of health. These factors related to where patients work, live, and play can have a profound impact on their ability to...
Black and Latino neighborhoods are disproportionately located in pharmacy deserts, according to a Health Affairs study that highlights care access concerns that may compound racial health...
Green space, an increasingly recognized social determinant of health, has been linked to lower racial health disparities related to the novel coronavirus, according to researchers from the University...
More than 50 percent of Americans view COVID-19 vaccine mandates in educational settings favorably, giving credence to what could be an effective policy lever for supporting COVID-19 vaccine access and...
Rideshare company Lyft has developed a patient-facing non-emergency medical transportation system, Lyft Pass for Healthcare, that would let patients schedule and obtain their own rides to appointments,...
Regular preventive care and screenings, along with strong care management plans, are essential to a good population health strategy. But as healthcare experts observe wide patient care gaps, they need...
Removing scope of practice barriers for nurse anesthetists during COVID-19 lead to increased care access, according to a study conducted by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).
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Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) people living in southeast Michigan who report unfair treatment are more likely to face social determinants of health, such as food insecurity, that lead to poor...
The vast majority of healthcare professionals agree that care coordination and provider collaboration results in higher quality care for patients with type 2 diabetes, but many providers face time as a...
A new health equity curriculum at Wake Forest School of Medicine helped improve self-reported knowledge about social determinants of health, a metric school leaders say could prepare new doctors in...
Healthcare organizations looking to address housing insecurity and housing quality as key social determinants of health can look at their mission as a three-tiered roadmap, according to Kelly Kelleher,...
When it comes to public health or medical research, there shouldn’t be any study about minority communities that doesn’t include minority communities. In failing to engage with stakeholders...
Convenient and comprehensive patient care access is the hallmark of good patient engagement and healthcare. But far too often, key roadblocks get in the way of that seamless access, including a number...
A community-based health program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center targeting both expectant and new mothers has significantly reduced infant mortality rates, according to a new study...
Members of racial minorities have better survival rates than White patients for limited-stage small cell lung cancer (L-SCLC) after adjustment for other social determinants of health, according to a...
There is a considerable human and healthcare cost that could have been avoided at the onset of COVID-19 had more been done to ameliorate eventual racial health disparities, amounting to thousands of...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker rang in the new year by signing state legislation that he said will improve patient access to care.
An Act Promoting a Resilient Health Care System That Puts...
Racial health disparities have only gotten worse in the past twenty years, new data shows, despite Congressional and research efforts to better understand and mitigate disparities.
The study,...
Healthcare organizations with cultures of inclusivity and that focus on delivering care to traditionally marginalized populations may be well-positioned to circumvent care access or utilization issues...
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) has published an open letter to the American Medical Association (AMA), lambasting the group for its stance on nurse practitioner practice...
