Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

My mother was busy raising four children, and I watched her try to navigate and manage the health needs of my great grandmother and saw firsthand how difficult it was to get services in the home, how difficult it was to get her out to see the doctor.

Nursing Homes 144

Nursing Homes Doctors Health Care Reform Nurses 144

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.

COVID-19 133

COVID-19 Health Care Inequity COVID-19 Vaccine Medicare 133

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans.

US Department of Health and Human Services 73

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 73

Bill of Health

MARCH 7, 2024

grants doctors broad discretion to prescribe medications off-label — so if a clinician believes ketamine will alleviate a patient’s depression or anxiety, they can prescribe it relatively easily. And, the waivers also allow physicians to bill Medicare regardless of where patients are located and prescribe medications with audio-only calls.

FDA 111

FDA Telemedicine Public Health Doctors 111