Population Health

LAPTN has helped its clinicians produce tens of millions of dollars in cost savings and meet numerous quality-improvement targets.

Before the three-phase plan can be executed, hospitals should ensure adequate screening and testing capacity as well as access to PPE.

Citing historical injustices, the hospitals pledged action to combat a health system rife with racial inequities.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma promotes value-based payment models to address race, ethnic disparities and the social determinants.

Communicating information and building health system capacity are among the cornerstones of safe economic reopenings.

Private entities have taken up the slack in the U.S., but the dearth of testing is still hampering the mitigation of the pandemic.

Low-resource facilities and those with high concentrations of socioeconomically challenged residents experience poorer outcomes.

Partnerships with communities can help minimize care gaps, says Dr. Garth Graham of CVS.

This week's top stories include the Department of Health and Human Services whittling down vaccine candidates, the Senate weighing the future of telehealth and Proteus filing for bankruptcy.

Dr. David Rhew, chief medical officer and VP of healthcare at Microsoft, discusses the many uses of automation, including to help manage high patient call volumes, unwieldy medical device data and daily employee health screening.