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The Hidden “Friction Tax”

Health innovation loves the language of efficiency: faster, smarter, automated, digital, self-service and AI-enabled. Those words open doors to opportunity because they promise to...

Why We Sacrifice Personal Freedom to Protect Other People

Social isolation. Loneliness. They grew restless. A group of older women met for lunch after six months of sheltering in place. A meal with...

Struggle to Survive, the First Rural Hospitals Line Up for New Federal Lifeline

Although not expected to be a permanent solution to pressures facing rural America, policymakers and hospital operators hope a new CMS program will slow the financial bleeding that continues to shutter those communities’ hospitals.

Data from Two States Show Masks Really Make a Difference

Real-world data from Kansas and Tennessee that wearing masks can slow the spread of Covid-19 and reduce hospitalization rates