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Corporate Innovators Integrate Chiropractic Care into Healthcare Clinics

Corporate Innovators Integrate Chiropractic Care...

Did you know that corporate healthcare clinics are on the rise in the United States? Sixty-five percent of large corporations are expected to feature company healthcare clinics by 2020. Even…

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Healthcare at Home

Healthcare at Home

A radical shift in the provision of healthcare is occurring. Within the past decade, advances in medical technology, changes in reimbursement structures, the desires and complex care needs of an…

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Data Sharing and the Law: Overcoming Healthcare Sector Barriers to Sharing Data on SDOH

Data Sharing and the Law: Overcoming Healthcare...

Hospitals, health plans, and other organizations in the healthcare system increasingly recognize that the health of patients depends not only on medical interventions, but also on social ones. Under a…

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Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce

Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce

The U.S. primary care workforce includes approximately 209,000 practicing primary care physicians, 56,000 nurse practitioners (NPs), and 30,000 physician assistants (PAs) practicing primary care, for a total of nearly 295,000…

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Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services

Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services

This systematic evidence review summarizes research on achieving health equity in 10 preventive services for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in adults by identifying the effects of impediments and barriers…

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Patients with Low Incomes and Their Providers Agree: Continue Telehealth

Patients with Low Incomes and Their Providers...

Large numbers of patients and providers in California have turned to telehealth (care provided via either telephone or video) during the COVID-19 pandemic. What has been their experience, and how…

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Federal Health Spending by Category

Federal Health Spending by Category

The cost of healthcare in the U.S. was nearly $1.5 trillion in 2018.

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Cybersecurity in Medical Devices:  Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions

Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System...

Cybersecurity threats to the healthcare sector have become more frequent and more severe, carrying increased potential for clinical impact. Cybersecurity incidents have rendered medical devices and hospital networks inoperable, disrupting…

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Transforming Primary Health Care For Women: A Framework for Addressing Gaps and Barriers

Transforming Primary Health Care For Women: A...

Primary healthcare plays a vital role in women’s health throughout all stages of life. But as the COVID-19 pandemic has made apparent, the primary care system in the United States…

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Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition

Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through...

Executive Order 13813, “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States,” directs the administration, to the extent consistent with law, to facilitate “the development and operation of a healthcare…

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Chronic Disease Prevention: The Key to Improving Life and Healthcare

Chronic Disease Prevention: The Key to Improving...

We hear much discussion about healthcare coverage and costs associated with insurance, pharmaceuticals, surgical interventions, and related issues. All of these are important, but leave out perhaps the most important…

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Medical Care at Home Comes of Age

Medical Care at Home Comes of Age

Over the last 30 years, a variety of home-based medical care models have been developed and implemented to address important gaps in health care delivery, especially for people with multiple…

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Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations

Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations

Telehealth is the use of information and telecommunications technology to provide or support healthcare across time and/or distance. Telehealth’s potential benefits are frequently cited, and there is a sizable body…

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Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices

Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis...

The Making Health Care Safer reports from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have had an important role in reducing harm and improving the safety and quality of…

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