UnitedHealthcare Awards $11M in Grants to Address Social Determinants of Health
What You Should Know: – Health insurer UnitedHealthcare has donated $11M in grants to nonprofit organizations across 11 states. – These grants are part of […]
Health Disparities
Key obstacle to reducing health disparities: measurement
One of President Biden’s top priorities is reducing health disparities. In fact, President Biden created a Health Equity Task Force to address the issue; the […]
Homeward Raises $50M, Inks Value-Based Contract with Priority Health
What You Should Know: – Homeward raises $50M Series B funding round co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and Human Capital. – The funding round also […]
Can Health Plans Lead Us Towards Data-Driven Health Equity?
Jessica Bonham-Werling, Payer and Provider Solutions Marketing at Redox The Institute for Healthcare improvement indicates that twice as many healthcare organizations cite health equity as […]
Executive Roundtable: Can Innovation Alleviate Clinician Burnout?
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural, and organizational causes—including excessive workloads, administrative burden, and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is […]
We Hold These Truths
BY KIM BELLARD It’s July 4th – Independence Day for those of you who remember your U.S. history. There’s already too much talk about loss […]
LGBTQ patients’ preventive health knowledge lags behind the general population, report says
LGBTQ Americans have a lack of understanding of the preventive health services they need, compared to the general population, a new report found. In order […]
ACAP Launches Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation
What You Should Know: – Today, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) announced the launch of The ACAP Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation. […]
Met with AWS funding, Oben Health seeks to treat hypertension in at-risk groups without medication or surgery
Oben Health, a San Francisco-based company developing a digital treatment platform to fight heart disease without medication or surgery, recently received funding from AWS’ accelerator […]
Philips’ Future Health Index 2022 Report: 4 Key Trends to Know
What You Should Know: – Today, Philips announced the publication of its Future Health Index (FHI) 2022 report: ‘Healthcare hits reset: Priorities shift as healthcare leaders navigate a […]
Geographic Disparities in United States Hospital Capacity
Interesting study from Hegland et al. (2022) in HSR. The authors used data from Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), American Hospital Association Survey, Hospital […]
Is It Finally Time for Hospital-at-Home or is Time Up?
Karen Conway, VP of Healthcare Value, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) All the signs point to a bright and expansive future for hospital-at-home programs, which have […]
Cancer Mortality Among Black Individuals in the US
Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the US, just behind heart failure. Yet in recent years, we have seen that improved prevention, […]
AWS Launches New Healthcare Accelerator Focused on Health Equity
What You Should Know: – Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the launch of the next AWS Healthcare Accelerator—this year with a new focus on health equity. […]
Mahmee CEO: We’re making progress in eliminating disparities in maternal care
Mahmee raised $9.2 million in Series A funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The startup’s CEO, Melissa Hanna, saw the raise as clear recognition […]
Mental Health Awareness is Everywhere. Why Shouldn’t Virtual Care Be Standard?
Geoffrey Boyce, CEO of Array Behavioral Care May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which for years has been a platform to increase understanding about mental illness and […]
How the Life Sciences Industry Can Boost Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
Although it is well established that diversity improves outcomes and drives excellence, implementing diversity lags behind in many industries, including life sciences and healthcare. Diversity […]
athenahealth Improves Care for Transgender & Non-Binary Patients
What You Should Know: – athenahealth launches new capabilities in athenaOne, the company’s cloud-based suite of electronic health records (EHR), healthcare billing, and patient engagement […]
Increasing connectivity to address health disparities requires more than expanding broadband access
The broadband expansion, especially in rural areas, will allow more people to access telehealth. But a panel at MedCity INVEST in Chicago said that’s not […]
Rural Health Startup Homeward Emerges with $20M to Support Rural Communities
What You Should Know – Homeward, a new company focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable primary and specialty care in rural communities launches with an initial […]
Now is our chance to design digital health for equity: Here’s how we can do it
As we embrace breakthroughs in digital health, let’s not cut, paste and proliferate the health equity issues of the offline world. We can only claim […]
Black Female Co-founders CancerIQ Raises $14M to Improve Cancer Early Detection and Prevention
CancerIQ Co-Founders Feyi Olopade Ayodele & Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Olopade, MD What You Should Know: – CancerIQ, a Chicago-based platform powering early cancer detection and prevention across broad […]
Medicare Advantage Poses Challenges to Health CareCost Effectiveness and Equity
BY NIRBAN SINGH AND AMY HELBURN Introduction Medicare Advantage (Advantage), originally conceived in 1997 during the Clinton Administration as ‘Medicare + Choice’, has progressively grown […]
The Simpson’s Explain Healthcare
By KIM BELLARD Happy New Year! We’re starting 2022 full of hope and renewed optimism. Oh, wait; not so much. We’re not only still in […]
The need for H.O.P.E: victims of human trafficking need better care from health professionals
BY SARAH BETH I remember the first time I told a doctor that I was being trafficked. That experience was also the last time I […]
CVS Caremark Expands Efforts to Tackle Health Disparities
What You Should Know: – CVS Caremark announced an expansion of its efforts to address health disparities among patients, starting with certain conditions including sickle […]
ConcertAI, Janssen Partner to Address Health Disparities in Clinical Trials
What You Should Know: – ConcertAI, a leader in RWD and enterprise AI tech for oncology, announced the expansion of its multi-year collaboration with Janssen. […]
This Mother’s Day, Let’s Get Mothers the Health Care Coverage They Need
Mothers deserve more than a day of recognition this year—they deserve the whole month, and more. The pandemic has been particularly hard on women, especially poor […]
What Will It Take for Hospitals to Survive the Pandemic?
Dr. John Frownfelter, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer at Jvion In 1852, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center opened as Chicago’s first chartered hospital. In May, […]
Healthcare leaders: disorganization, disparities characterized health crisis
Reflecting on lessons learned from the pandemic, healthcare leaders pointed to the lack of coordination and glaring health disparities that hampered the U.S. pandemic response. […]
City of Milwaukee Taps NowPow to Improve Health Equity & Outcomes
What You Should Know: – IMPACT, a designated provider of 211 information and referral services in Southeastern Wisconsin, today announced a groundbreaking collaboration with local […]
GetWellNetwork Acquires Consumer Engagement Platform Docent Health
What You Should Know: – GetWellNetwork is acquiring Docent Health, a digital health company. Docent provides a patient engagement platform used by healthcare organizations to […]
mPulse Mobile Acquires Digital Health Engagement Company The Big Know
What You Should Know: – mPulse Mobile, the leader in conversational AI solutions for the healthcare industry, will acquire The Big Know, a prominent digital health […]
COVID-19 and racial disparities
On the eve of Martin Luther King Day, let us take a quick look at the impact of COVID-19 by race/ethnicity. CDC reports rates of […]
Xealth’s CEO Shares Impact of Digital Health in 2020 and What’s Ahead in 2021
Mike McSherry, CEO & Co-founder of Xealth HIT Consultant sat down with Mike McSherry, CEO, and co-founder of Seattle-based digital prescription platform Xealth to discuss […]
30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General […]
As Telehealth Surges, Are Seniors Being Left Behind?
Anne Davis, Director of Quality Programs & Medicare Strategy at HMS A global health crisis has thrust us into a scenario in which lives quite […]
Cityblock Health Reaches $1B Valuation, Raises $160M to Address Systemic Healthcare Inequity
What You Should Know: – Cityblock Health, a transformative, value-based healthcare provider focused on improving healthcare outcomes for marginalized communities, today announced a $160M Series […]
Cleveland Clinic to help bring affordable broadband to city neighborhood
The Ohio-based health system is working with three organizations to provide residents of Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood with access to high-speed internet at affordable prices. The […]
How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors
Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC Senior isolation is a health risk that affects at least a quarter of seniors over 65. […]
COVID-19 and Racial Disparities: Transforming the Health of Businesses
Margarita Alegría, PhD, Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital American businesses and their leadership are at a crossroads. COVID-19 has forced […]
Change Healthcare Unveils Social Determinants of Health Analytics Solution
What You Should Know: – Change Healthcare launches national data resource on social determinants of health (SDoH) for doctors, insurers and life sciences organizations to […]
ASN, HHS Launches KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge
What You Should Know: – The HHS and the American Society of Nephrology announces the launch of the COVID-19 Kindey Care Challenge. – The $300k […]