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

Health Populi

First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity. The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group. colonoscopy).

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The New Pandemic: Burnout Threatens to Wipe Out a Generation of Providers

Healthcare IT Today

A 2019 article published in the American Journal of Medicine estimates that 37% of the time primary care providers spend with patients is actually spent interacting with EHRs. To overcome this burden, many teams add an additional care provider to the room to help with documentation.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. We will discuss the six key elements of the Chronic Care Model in the next sections.

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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013

American Well

This is a network of health information that is shared by New York hospitals, private practices, nursing homes, clinics, and pharmacies that have chosen to join this information hub to facilitate health information exchange. What does this mean to you? Neither will her physician.

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