Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Though crisis standards of care are meant to provide an ethics-based approach to the complex process of allocating scarce health care resources, in reality, they fall short. Even the best laid plans cannot guarantee an equitable division of health care resources.
Health Populi
JUNE 18, 2024
Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world.
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Health Populi
OCTOBER 24, 2019
That paragraph imagines how our homes can and should be our health hubs, enabled by connectivity (ensuring net neutrality and fast lines for all), privacy and data security, and universal health care access. That, too, was a prime Dr. Topol moment, wearing his health policy hat: his belief that the U.S.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
In Massachusetts, Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Centers in Ayre served predominantly low-income populations, many of whom rely on their proximity and affordability for care. There will be many more closures across the Steward network in similar communities, with similar outcomes.
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2021
They conclude, “the US is consistently the wealthiest country in the world with subpar levels of coverage for a core set of health services; these findings provide additional evidence of the need to reduce disparities.”
Health Populi
JANUARY 20, 2019
Those of us whose work touches any aspect of health and health care must attend to public health and commit to reducing health disparities in America. This post is updated from previous versions that have run here on Health Populi to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, s, birthday. .
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