The Community Equity Alliance aims to grow the community health workforce, advance the connections between healthcare institutions and communities, and improve disparities in heart health and mental health. The first organizations working with CVS Health are Meharry Medical College, Sinai Chicago and Wayne State University.
About 98% of healthcare companies have a health equity strategy, but nearly 60% initiated the strategy in just the last five years and 34% created it during the Covid-19 pandemic, the EY report shows.
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Possible strategies for employers to reduce disparities include addressing social determinants of health, improving care navigation, leveraging virtual care and upgrading plan offerings, the authors of a Harvard Business Review report said.
Healthcare organizations need to have clear and specific goals in order to make real change in reducing health disparities, executives from SCAN Health Plan and CVS Health said. The insurer is tackling medication adherence in Hispanic members and flu vaccination rates in Black members, while the retailer is taking on women's health, heart health and mental health.
Among the takeaways from HLTH 2022 were the impact of consolidation on clinicians, behavioral health tools to help consumers manage stress and anxiety more productively, and how health tech and medtech companies are supporting remote patient monitoring and testing.
In order to make an impact and improve physical and mental health, we need to recognize the need to approach loneliness as a condition. Building connections through social intervention is the most direct way to affect change.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Research has proven there is a strong link between food security and health outcomes. Kaiser Permanente's $50 million commitment will build on things the organization is already doing, including connecting people with SNAP and sending medically tailored meals to patients recently hospitalized for certain diet-related chronic conditions.
Google announced three updates at the Google Health Equity Summit, including a new video series partnership, improved search features and an expanded program with Fitbit.
Acquiring Shine will help Headspace Health improve its diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts. Shine was first created in 2016 to provide mental health support to those in marginalized communities.
Through the project, 142 rental homes will be renovated and eight new ones will be built. A childcare center will also be created to help alleviate the childcare desert in the area. CVS Health is the latest in healthcare companies to make major investments in social determinants of health.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
If the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid did so, the uninsured rate would drop by 29.1%, the report found. The populations that would benefit the most would be Black Americans, young adults and women of reproductive age.
The increases in enrollment are likely because of changes in the economy, policy changes like Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act and the temporary continuous enrollment requirement from the Family First Coronavirus Response Act, the report said.
Medically Home partners with health systems to provide care in patients' homes. As long as there is a roof, electricity, running water and a bathroom, the company can offer its services.
The CEO of SCAN Health Plan has a message for others trying to battle health inequity: get out of the planning phase and learn by doing.
A new partnership between Yuvo Health, an administrative and managed-care solution for community health centers, and Centene subsidiary Fidelis Care aims to bring value-based care to federally qualified health centers in New York and its Medicaid population.