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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

In this post, I’ll share just a handful of insights that were particularly impactful to my work and my commitment to work toward health citizenship for all people in the U.S. First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before joining Geisinger, she served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, where she developed an innovative payment and delivery model for rural hospitals. Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

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In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC) Framework, which emphasizes community and policy components of enhancing chronic disease health care. However, the Chronic Care Model offers approaches that could help us address this critical public health crisis.