The stark inequity in safe, affordable housing due to unfair policies and practices (e.g., redlining) underpins inequities across multiple social determinants of health (SDOH) and health outcomes.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene determined that the spread of misinformation about Covid-19 was having a harmful health impact, particularly on communities of color with low ...

A four-tier model offers a pragmatic framework for establishing meaningful measurements that will advance equity for patients and for the staff of the organization.

Three proposals for improving the law to reflect 21st-century drug development practices.

Especially important during a pandemic, health care’s common challenge is making sure how we deliver care and change the structures of society actually contributes to the health of the people we ...

Health care leaders are often surprised to learn that their operations contribute significantly to a warming climate. In addition to their roles as responders to and victims of extreme weather events, ...

Rising-risk patients receiving Medicaid experience worsening medical and behavioral health conditions and increased acute care (ED and hospital) utilization, while typically being disconnected from ...

Following the deployment of a waiver flexibility to address hospital capacity demands related to the Covid-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to monitor ...

The index incorporates both patient-level and population-level data from 93 measures that are representative of social, physical, and behavioral factors of health to measure whole-person health.

A dedicated multidisciplinary post-ICU recovery unit for Covid-19 patients addresses their unique complexities and lets them begin rehabilitation earlier than they would with a normal progression from ...

Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) are growing exponentially, making it critical to expand dementia/memory assessment and care. Insufficient funding, poor access to care, and low ROIs are ...

Racism is an ongoing public health crisis, and racial inequities in health, many of which are institutionally derived, have proven resistant to attempts at their rectification. Brigham and Women’s ...