Population Health
UnitedHealth Group previously announced $50 million to fight COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers, seniors and hard-hit communities.
Dr. John Torous, director of the digital psychiatry division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses the rising need for digital tools including apps to treat mental health under social distancing orders.
The proposal would fully fund telehealth services and devices for eligible healthcare providers, although some aren't pleased with its exclusion of for-profit hospitals.
Consumers will feel these increased costs through higher out-of-pocket expenses and premiums, especially if the federal response is lacking.
Cities that adopted early, broad isolation and prevention measures had lower disease and mortality rates during the Spanish flu era.
We asked for your experiences during the coronavirus public health emergency, and you've responded. Here are some of our readers' experiences so far.
Some of the medications being used to treat COVID-19 are known to increase cardiac risk in some people.
The message is clear: Nurses and physicians should treat asymptomatic patients as carefully as symptomatic patients.
Deep Dive: The best way to address social determinants of health is to create an interconnected system between between providers and the community.
Finding ways to connect meaningfully with patients is almost as important as those patients finding ways to connect with each other.