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Post-Acute
Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
There is little help from the government for families who need a home health aide, unless they are poor.
Innovation
Can Social Workers Fill a Care Gap in Innovative Community Health Programs?
New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand Medicaid reimbursement to include licensed independent social workers, addressing a...
Innovation
Tampa General Turns to Crowdsourcing for Cancer Care Innovation
The health system is seeking new ideas and technologies that can help improve cancer diagnosis and treatment in rural areas.
Innovation
Kaiser Permanente Launches Medicaid-Based ‘Food is Medicine’ Study
As the HLTH conference kicks into gear in Las Vegas, Kaiser Permanente has launched a collaboration with Instacart to study...
Pharma
CVS Health's First-Ever Chief Health Equity Officer Plans to Make a Difference
Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP, sees the national pharmacy chain as an integral part of a new healthcare ecosystem that...
Clinical Care
How to Address the Relationship Between Health Equity and Patient Safety
'You basically cannot have patient safety without health equity,' says Yale New Haven Health executive.
Technology
Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers
What will it take? Rural health executives share their solutions to healthcare desert challenges.
Innovation
Contributed Content: Left Stranded: Millions in Healthcare Deserts Battle for Access to Life-Saving Services
Nashville General Hospital CEO Joseph Webb, DSc, FACHE, explains how health systems are addressing care gaps in the country's most...
Pharma
Boehringer Ingelheim's Elena Livshina Finds Purpose in Tackling Cardiovascular Inequities
The company's US head for the cardiovascular portfolio is leading the effort to find new treatments for women living with...
Innovation
LA Health Plan Launches Program to Improve Healthcare for the Homeless
The health plan is issuing more than $4 million in grants to nine organizations through an innovative program to improve...
Innovation
NIH Launches Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence Program
12 healthcare organizations across the country will create a network to develop and test new programs aimed at tackling the...
Innovation
Federal Project Aims to Use Virtual Care to Address Health Inequity
UNC-Chapel Hill will use a five-year, $3.73 million NIH grant to establish the Center for Virtual Care Value and Equity...