The central mission of many health start-ups is explicit: to “disrupt” the status quo in the U.S. health care system. But when disruptions hijack the attention of health workers, it […]

The work of Advanced Primary Care (APC)1 is different from what most primary care practices do today. In addition to using queueing theory and technology portals to provide access and […]

Since the start of the pandemic, health care professionals have focused on understanding acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a manifestation of COVID-19. Although ARDS was first clinically recognized in […]

Health care outcomes improve and unnecessary spending declines when we can get ahead of problems rather than reacting to them after they have spiraled out of control. For a woman […]

This week’s AI Talk… Trustworthiness of AI in health care The Consumer Technology Association has just released a new ANSI Standard ANSI/CTA-2090: “The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: […]

I have a confession to make: I wasn’t always pro vaccines! My view of vaccination has changed since my son was a baby when I actually considered skipping his vaccinations […]

Health equity exists when all persons have the opportunity to be healthy, regardless of social, economic, demographic or geographic status. Digital health literacy is the ability to access, understand and […]

Dealing with a pandemic this past year turned everything we thought we knew about life upside down, including health care. An already challenged industry was exposed for what it has […]

This week’s AI Talk… “Who should stop unethical AI?” That is the intriguing title of an article in The New Yorker. There is now a spotlight on problems created by […]

Many Medicaid programs, health plans, and ACOs are looking for new strategies to offset tight budgets. COVID-19 has dealt severe blows to the economy, state budgets and the provision of […]

The value of community health workers (CHWs) is finally being recognized here in the U.S. This cadre works to approximate and glue together the pieces of our fragmented health care […]

Some state Medicaid agencies leverage the enrollment process  to drive health plan improvement.  Within states that operate Medicaid managed care, there are typically high percentages of individuals newly enrolled in […]