Shortages of basic medical supplies have become a familiar pattern for hospitals around the U.S. What causes them? And how can we prevent them?
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Posted inInsurance
Primary Concerns
We look at the polls and talk to voters to break down how and why health care is shaping the 2020 election.
Posted inCost of Care
The Price of Innovation
Is it possible to lower drug prices without losing out on breakthrough treatments in the future?
Posted inHealth Equity
‘Hot Spotters’ on Trial
Improving health and lowering costs for the sickest and most expensive patients in America is a dream harder to realize than many health care leaders had hoped.
Posted inHealth Technology
The Sidebar: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT)
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often viewed as the “gold standard” of health care research. How do they work and what are their tradeoffs?
Posted inMental Health
Leap of Faith
As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country, some states are turning to controversial laws that force people into treatment.
Posted inInsurance
The Good Stuff
Two friends—a doctor and an economist—have spent more than 20 years trying to redesign insurance around one simple but elusive goal: make the good stuff more accessible than the bad stuff.
Posted inHealth Equity
Feeding the Sick
We know good nutrition is tied to good health. But is there evidence that food should be prescribed and paid for like medicine?
Posted inHealth Equity
What Brings You In Today?
Health care leaders are spending more time and money trying to improve how doctors and nurses communicate with their patients. Are those efforts working?
Posted inCost of Care
The Train Has Left the Station
What have 30 years of hospital mergers meant to the cost and quality of care we receive? And where do we go from here?