Hospitals and health systems stand at the forefront of advancing health equity and carry the heavy responsibility of treating illness while promoting wellness and reducing disparities in health outcomes.
Carter entered hospice care in his home, more than a year ago, and has set an inspirational example of how to live your last days on Earth with hope, meaning, and vigor.
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
Implementing diverse and sustained strategies to empower frontline workers should be the cornerstone of any modern healthcare workforce management program.
Meeting individuals where they are in their healthcare journey is essential for keeping lines of communication open and creating the right conditions for people to proactively seek out diabetes care.
Four modest system improvements in the U.S. are assisting with valuing and activating people’s families and support networks in health care today.
The future of American healthcare hinges on the continued support and elevation of independent primary care—a cornerstone that not only enhances healthcare quality and cost controls but also ensures a healthier and more equitable future for all.
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
To ensure that rural hospitals like ours can continue delivering high-quality, comprehensive health care, the federal government must support and protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program that enables us to do what we do best.
When striving for health equity, organizations need to adopt new methods and a new mindset in order to steer clear of using SDoH as a buzzword, and instead hit the mark of health equity results.
A new era in maternal care is emerging with the advent of maternity care management platforms. Innovative organizations are centralizing the coordination of all patient care aspects, seamlessly integrating with providers' electronic health records, existing workflows, and health information exchanges.
In an interview last week, Larry Cohen — CEO of Health 2047, the American Medical Association’s venture studio — noted that digital health programs have proven to do a good job of improving patient outcomes — but only for certain groups. As technology continues to advance, he urged healthcare leaders not to underestimate the effectiveness of engaging patients by having boots on the ground.
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
In the last episode of the year, Wrobel, CEO of an Indiana-based federally qualified health center, describes how a survey helped her and her community workers understand exactly how confident her patients are in managing their own care and the best way to help them with the ultimate goal of improving overall health equity.
Shifting the healthcare system to an upstream approach will take a lot of work, but young people desperately need it, and the healthcare system direly needs it as well.
A significant healthcare crisis looms as Baby Boomers age, which will contribute to a rise in Alzheimer’s cases. Combined with a shortage of geriatricians and caregivers, we will soon have more lonely seniors in America. We must open our minds to new solutions, such as robotic companions.
Merith Basey, executive director of Patients For Affordable Drugs, believes the Medicare price negotiation program is here to stay, no matter who is president and no matter how many Big Pharma players file lawsuits. Her reasoning? Every other high income nation has been negotiating prices with drugmakers for years, and the program is widely popular in the U.S. among pretty much everyone who isn’t a pharma company, she said during a session at Engage at HLTH.
When violence in general—including gun violence—goes unchecked in any hospital setting, the physical and psychological impact can be severe, lasting and even devastating. Beyond injuries and tragic loss of life, the fallout from unchecked violence creates worker anxiety, loss of productivity and workdays, and significant legal and reputational losses.