Healthcare Policy and Opinion

Reversing the Doctor Drain

How innovative partnership models may help slow the erosion of medical care in America’s rural and Indigenous tribal areas

1 year ago

The Urgent Need for Proactive Surveillance of Infectious Disease at Mass Gatherings

As the world gradually recovers from the shockwaves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spectre of another potential public health crisis…

1 year ago

Paid Sick Leave Sticks After Many Pandemic Protections Vanish

In a nation that was sharply divided about government health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, the public has been warming…

1 year ago

Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Health-System CFO

Health system CFOs across the country face a unique quandary. Operating margins remain low, staffing shortages restrict services, and industry-wide…

2 years ago

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

Tobacco products have been proven to cause various cancers, but new nicotine-containing products are questionable, too.

2 years ago

A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

[Republished with permission from KFF Health News. Authored by Céline Gounder.] Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first…

2 years ago

We Know the Health Ecosystem is Fragmented, Resulting in Rising Costs and Poorer Patient Outcomes, But What Are We Doing About It?

As We Enter the “Post-Fragmentation” Period, Health System Kinetics Points Us Toward Solutions

2 years ago

Exclusive Medika Conversation with HIMSS Top Leadership – Inside Scoop on Key 2024 Priorities

HIMSS - World's top health IT society takes on pressing policy and patient care issues - AI, cybersecurity, info democratization…

2 years ago

HIMSS 2024 will Feature Prominently in Medika Life Coverage

Heads up to our readers. Forget the buzz about AI, ChatGPT and GenAI. These tech tools are already making their…

2 years ago

Galen Growth + ViVE 2024 Champion Digital Health Innovation as a Salve for an Ailing US Health Ecosystem

Health Information is Both a Maze and Bridge As the World’s Biggest Health System Seeks Solutions to Its Care and…

2 years ago

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