Creating a more inclusive, equitable and resilient health-care system post COVID

We require a structure that ensures accountability in all sectors of the health-care ecosystem (public, private, and payers) and other factors that influence the quality, cost, and access to ... Read More

Telehealth Makes Equitable Healthcare Access Achievable - Forbes

Telehealth offers a pathway to more equitable healthcare access by increasing the availability of specialists, overcoming transportation barriers, allowing for flexible scheduling, and providing ... Read More

A Blueprint for More Equitable Care in Public Health Crises

The report – a blueprint for providing more equitable medical care in future public health crises – describes lessons learned about public education, outreach, data collection and care delivery. “This ... Read More

Examining Telehealth Uptake to Increase Equitable Care Access - AJMC

To mark the publication of The American Journal of Managed Care®’s 12th annual health IT issue, on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Christopher M. Whaley, PhD, health care ... Read More

Covid Public-Health Emergency Extended in US, Maintaining Access to Care - Bloomberg.com

The US government again extended the Covid-19 public health emergency, maintaining measures that have expanded access to health care for millions of Americans since the outbreak began in 2020. Read More

COVID global health emergency is officially ending, WHO says - CBS News

The World Health Organization declared an end to the global COVID-19 emergency, but said countries should not let down their guard. Latest U.S. Read More

Ensuring equitable vaccine access during the next pandemic | STAT

Next week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, 193 member countries of the World Health Organization (with the U.S. notably absent) are expected to adopt the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness ... Read More

In a post-COVID world, there's a new landscape for at-home medical tests

During the COVID-19 pandemic, at-home tests became standard operating procedure for many households. In just 15 minutes, with a quick swab and a stir, we felt more confident visiting elderly ... Read More

Research Funding Is Needed To Support An Effective, Equitable, And Sustainable Public Health System

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the connection between long-term funding and preparedness in the United States. That is, the underfunding of public health, and the lack of system integration and ... Read More

Inequities play out in mental health care access | Crain's Chicago Business

The COVID-19 pandemic showed the world that the prevalence of mental and behavioral health conditions knew no bounds. With the country already experiencing a pre-pandemic mental health state of ... Read More

W.H.O. Ends Covid World Health Emergency Designation - The New York Times

The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it was ending the emergency it declared for Covid-19 more than three years ago, a milestone in the fitful emergence from a pandemic that has ... Read More

A blueprint for more equitable care in public health crises

The report — a blueprint for providing more equitable medical care in future public health crises — describes lessons learned about public education, outreach, data collection and care delivery. “This ... Read More