COVID-19 has forced rule changes that have created a telehealth revolution. What have we learned, and are these policies here to stay?
Care Delivery Innovation
Posted inWorkforce
Exploring the Gender Pay Gap in Primary Care
Karen Joynt Maddox explores research on differences in visit number and length between male and female primary care physicians.
Posted inWorkforce
How Different Is Care Delivered by Docs vs. NPs?
Bianca Frogner looks at the latest research comparing services offered by primary care doctors and NPs.
Posted inCost of Care
When More Information Doesn’t Equal More Cost-Effective Care
Ishani Ganguli on research examining if patients who got enhanced reports received fewer services in the following year.
Posted inMental Health
Meeting the Mental Health Need
Soaring numbers of Americans are feeling anxious, stressed and depressed. Could a reimagined approach to primary care help meet their needs?
Posted inPublic Health
Home Sweet Hospital
With business models upended by COVID-19, hospitals are dusting off a decades-old model for bringing acute care into patients’ homes.
Posted inHealth Equity
Who Gets Care
In response to coronavirus, experts are designing plans to ration resources and determine who should get care before someone else.
Posted inCost of Care
Coronavirus Conversations: Chris Chen
The challenges of protecting “the old, the poor and the sick” from the coronavirus.
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 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?