How we organize and deliver health care can affect its quality. Are there enough hospitals in the community to meet its needs? When health care providers work for a health system, do they deliver different care than those who don’t? This kind of evidence about hospitals and health systems is critical to delivering better care.
A new study published in HSR, an official journal of AcademyHealth, found that urgent care centers reduce costly emergency department (ED) visits, especially in areas with long ED wait times as well as among Medicaid enrollees and the uninsured.
This ‘plain language summary’ considers a recent commentary from Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D., in HSR, an official journal of AcademyHealth, that offers a broad review of the state of the science on Accountable Care Organizations, including a brief discussion of three new studies also published in the August issue.
Health system issues were featured at last month’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM) with a focus on equity, the impact of new data sources on decision making, and the need to advance the workforce.
These findings suggest that physicians should increase their awareness of stigmatizing language in patient records to ensure that their notes are informative and respectful.
Given their location in counties with high economic and health needs, for-profit hospitals have significant potential to impact population health if they are successfully incentivized to engage in population health improvement.
In a special issue of Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation, authors reflect on ways to increase the impact of research by leveraging embedded research to better align researchers and health systems.
As Mental Health Month draws to a close, child health researchers consider key components related to diversity, equity and inclusion that can ensure Black children and adolescents get what they need to help them flourish psychologically, socially, and emotionally.
This ‘plain language summary’ reviews recent research on how Veteran’s Affairs might ensure adequate access to high quality care via network adequacy standards. Network adequacy standards are common in the commercial market, where states regulate commercial insurers provider network. However, the regulations vary from state to state and the VA is a national system.
In this blog post, the authors describe the urgent need for clinicians to listen carefully to and respect the knowledge that patients have about their own symptoms and experiences.
Postpartum women are more likely to use health care of all types during the first three weeks after childbirth, and increased problem-related health care use persists through sixteen weeks postpartum.
