By Sarai Rodriguez March 30, 2023 – Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), in partnership with the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF), has urged the healthcare industry to adopt a health equity-focused set of recommendations…
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Benjamin Zaniello, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, PointClickCare Dr. Enrique Enguidanos, Founder & CEO of CBC SolutionsAbout one out of five Americans with serious illness struggled to access care during the pandemic, and rates…
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The following is a guest article by Diana Zuskov, MPH, Associate Vice President of Healthcare Strategy at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions.
SDoH Success Stories to Inspire Adoption and Action in Your Organization
Healthcare organizations are spending significant…
What You Should Know:– Health equity – or the lack thereof – is one of the biggest challenges facing US healthcare organizations today.– A new report from Accenture, US health inequity: beyond the statistics, analyzes the role US…
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Georgia policymakers, county officials and the NAACP are asking the federal government to investigate Wellstar Health System’s closure of two Atlanta-area hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
The latest request came from the Fulton County Commission…
On March 13, the HIMSS EHR Association submitted its comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on its Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule. WHY IT MATTERS
Of primary concern, the…
By Sara Heath March 16, 2023 – The affordable housing crisis might impact patient health, with new data from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine showing that moving because rent gets…
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By Sara Heath March 15, 2023 – A new report from FAIR Health indicates that the United States is taking a patchwork approach to patient access to care and primary care, with…
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The worsening mental health crisis among children and adolescents is the most pressing issue affecting patient safety, according to ECRI.
Each year, the nonprofit creates a list of the industry’s top ten patient safety concerns….
In a fee-for-service world, it can be hard for health systems and other providers to prioritize caring for the homeless population, who carry some of the worst health risks of any other population in…
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