Population Health

March 11, 2021

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recently released an updated recommendation addressing lung cancer screening criteria at a sooner rate starting at 50-years-old rather than 55. The task force says this expansion will be especially helpful to those who face disparities to screening. Although, it won’t cover all disparities.

March 01, 2021

The value-based model hasn't produced cost savings and is not likely "to make the cut" to become permanent, says Kavita Patel, a former top healthcare official in the Obama administration.

February 12, 2021

Insight into people’s irrational choices can improve healthcare.

February 10, 2021

Diabetes education has shifted from in-person classes to Zoom meetings.

January 25, 2021

Physicians may make different treatment decisions for patients of different races.

January 22, 2021

Some see the decline in healthcare utilization as an opportunity to eliminate ineffective, sometimes harmful healthcare.

January 11, 2021

Surveys are important, but respondents may hide their true thoughts and feelings.

December 18, 2020

Many of the large insurers are responding by expanding into new markets.

December 09, 2020

Briana Contreras of MHE spoke with Manik Bhat, founder and CEO of Healthify – a company that works with managed care organizations to integrate social determinants of health (SDoH) into the healthcare ecosystem. Manik and Briana spoke about how the need to address SDoH has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic began and what the importance of addressing these social and economic issues are during and after the pandemic. They also touched on how SDoH contribute to the spread of viral diseases, but worsen the issues for individuals already struggling.

November 26, 2020

Applying lessons from behavioral economics, health systems are using “nudges” to influence the choices clinicians make.