HIT Consultant
MAY 2, 2022
Although it is well established that diversity improves outcomes and drives excellence, implementing diversity lags behind in many industries, including life sciences and healthcare. experience significant health disparities , including higher rates of chronic disease and premature death compared to the white population.
Health Populi
APRIL 27, 2021
In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. ASPE analyzed data from 62,451,150 people who had 1 or more vaccine doses administered by 3-10-21. of Hispanic and LatinX people (19% of U.S.
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Health Populi
JUNE 8, 2021
In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. increased by a relatively low 6.0%
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S. health care.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Under-investment in social determinants of health are major drivers of inequitable health outcomes in the United States. health system continue to exacerbate poor health and disparities. COVID-19 and the U.S. Finally, racism and other forms of discrimination in the U.S. Uninsured people in the U.S.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 3, 2021
Chief Medical Information Officer, Urban Health Plan. As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
When COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, we again saw a stark pattern of inequities by neighborhood. Although it passed well before the pandemic, Dallas’ paid sick leave policy was not set to go into effect until April 1, 2020 (two weeks after Texas declared COVID a public health disaster ).
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