The Case for Prioritizing the Number One Killer: Cardiovascular Disease
Highly preventable if diagnosed and managed early, CAD should be a healthcare priority. Both patients and providers have pivotal roles in driving this change.
Why Harris’ Medicare at Home Plan is Good but Flawed
On the surface, it sounds positively delightful - who wouldn't want to help dear grandma avoid the nursing home? But as is often the case with these sweeping government proposals, the devil is in the details.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Medicaid’s Health Equity Problem Starts and Ends with Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs). Why Are They Being Overlooked?
While federal healthcare programs focus their attention on ensuring healthcare resources exist for communities in need, HRSNs become critical drivers of whether individuals can actually access and benefit from these resources.
Nurturing the Nurturers: The Role of Parental and Caregiver Wellness in Supporting Children’s Mental Health
Healthcare providers play a critical role in helping caregivers recognize potential imbalances. Encouraging caregivers to access resources for self-care and respite isn't just a nicety, it's a clinical necessity.
Community Pharmacies Fill Critical Healthcare Gaps in Rural Areas — Here’s How We Can Empower and Support Them
We need to equip pharmacists with technology that can help them to make impactful clinical interventions in the pharmacy and reimburse them for these services, which would help to address the provider shortage.
It’s Time for Employers and Policymakers to Step Up for Caregivers
The U.S. workforce does not need to be in a position where they must choose between their careers and caring for their families. If sufficient balance between work and caregiving is not achieved, caregivers face the risk of becoming patients themselves.
Improving the Healthcare Financial Experience to Help Care Flow
Zelis CEO Amanda Eisel shares her perspective on how the company is solving the problems of a fragmented health financial system to benefit all.
Staff Safety is Key to Sustaining Home Health Growth
Innovative approaches to home care will only be successful if organizations can ensure the safety of the professionals who enter patient homes. To do that, they’ll need to embrace new technologies that support in-home caregivers in real-time, and implement new protocols that ensure they are provided with the security and comfort they deserve.
Patient Safety Structural Measure Marks Progress Towards Safer and Compassionate Care
CMS recently finalized the Patient Safety Structural Measure, which sets forth a broad roadmap for the implementation of a culture of safety, learning, transparency and accountability within hospitals and health systems nationwide — enabling and encouraging significant progress towards safer care and improved support for healthcare workers.
Democratizing Access to Care: The Rise of Virtual Centers of Excellence
A new model of virtual care is emerging that promises to better democratize healthcare access for millions of Americans and revamp our care delivery system with a focus on value and efficiency.
Protecting Our Future: Why We Must Guard Against Gaps in Public Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is considering certain changes to the current meningococcal vaccination schedule. Here's why the ACIP should scrap that proposal.
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What Keeps Healthcare CIOs Up at Night: Balancing Technology Investments with Consumer Expectations
When it comes to managing inbound phone calls, underperformance has devastating cost implications.
How Health Systems Can Bridge Gaps in Health Equity
To effectively address health disparities, organizations must implement health equity strategies that target systemic barriers and root causes. Here are strategies that can help drive comprehensive, system-wide change.
Parenting: The New Mental Health Threat?
A CEO and father of two reflects on the Surgeon General's recent advisory, evolving pressures on today's parents and the impact on mental health.
There is Still a Significant Need for Community Pharmacies
Losing these retail medication outlets creates more than just pharmacy deserts. In many low-income and underserved areas, drugstores also serve as grocery stores and hubs for essential services, and hence their closures mean communities lose crucial access points for a variety of goods and services.
Trickle-up Innovation: The Unexpected Benefits of Designing Healthcare from the Bottom Up
What if we placed the needs of the most vulnerable at the heart of healthcare innovation? This isn’t simply about equity; it’s about unleashing a wave of creativity that could transform healthcare for everyone.
America’s Loneliness Epidemic is Fueling a Mental Health Crisis
America is in the midst of a loneliness epidemic and it's taking a devastating toll on our mental and physical well-being. Here are 3 things that could help reverse the crisis.