Aggressive Policing, Health, And Health Equity
Aggressive policing (or aggressive order maintenance policing) is prevalent throughout the US, negatively affecting the health of those exposed to it. More
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New Black mothers in Illinois are dying at alarming rates
A new report finds Black women in Illinois are nearly three times as likely as white women to die of a pregnancy-related condition. Meanwhile, several Chicago hospitals have cut maternity services in recent years. More
Psychiatry Confronts Its Racist Past, and Tries to Make Amends
But there is a lot to apologize for — from Reconstruction to today. More
Opinion | ‘That’s Heartbreaking’: How American Health Care Looks From Abroad
We asked eight people around the world what they thought. It didn’t go well. More
Medical School Admissions — A Movable Barrier to Ending Health Care Disparities?
Disparities in health and access to care in the United States have been thrown into sharp relief by the disproportionate and deadly effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic on underserved communities of color and by the grassroots movement toward a racial reckoning that began in earnest in the spring of 2020. More
Telemedicine Is a Tool. Not a Replacement for Your Doctor’s Touch.
Covid-19 made virtual medicine a popular investment. But patients should beware. More
After 40 years, medical schools are admitting fewer Black male or Native American students
A comprehensive 40-year analysis shows the number of Black male and Native American and Alaskan Native medical students has declined. More
Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Opioids to Covid ‘Long Haulers,’ Raising Addiction Fears
Chronic pain from covid can linger for months after patients appear to recover from the disease. More
Establishing Medical Civil Rights
There is currently no legal right in any U.S. jurisdiction for a person in an encounter with police to request and be provided immediate emergency medical care by an objective clinical entity. A bill in the Massachusetts legislature would provide such a right. More
Changing Diagnosis Patterns Are Increasing Medicare Spending for Inpatient Hospital Services
Overall Medicare spending increases for inpatient care are being driven more by rising volumes of highly reimbursed services than by growth in payments per se. More
Informed Consent—We Can and Should Do Better
Informed consent is fundamental to the ethical and legal doctrines respecting research participants’ voluntary participation in clinical research, enshrined in such documents as the 1947 Nuremberg Code; reaffirmed in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki, revised in 1975, and the 1978 Belmont Report; and codified in the United States in the 1981 Common Rule, revised in 2018 and implemented in 2019. More
Americans paid two to four times as much for some drugs as in three other countries
“We can no longer tolerate the American people paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. More
Will COVID force public health to confront America’s epic inequality?
In California's San Joaquin Valley, some researchers are turning political to address the social determinants of health. More
Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why.
How did a Promised Land to generations of Black families become a community of lost lives? More
Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers More Than Others
Covid patients who did not speak English well were 35% more likely to die, data from one Boston hospital shows. More
Initiatives to Reduce Cesarean Delivery Rates for Low-risk First Births
Although cesarean delivery can be lifesaving for both the mother and neonate, the increase in cesarean delivery rates has not been associated with any demonstrable improvements in maternal or neonatal morbidity or mortality. More
Antidepressants Not Clinically Useful for Back Pain
While professional guidelines recommend antidepressants for back pain, researchers point out the lack of evidence for their usefulness. More
How are hospitals dealing with price transparency rule?
For the first time, each hospital was required to publish a website file showing the payment rates it had negotiated with insurers, and another post that would let consumers search for hundreds of “shoppable’’ medical services. More
VIDEO: New research on hospital overuse
We're excited to share our new research on hospital overuse just published in JAMA Network Open! More
Inside the fight among Louisiana’s major hospital systems and why it might become public soon
A behind-the-scenes war between some of the state’s largest health systems could soon spill into public view at the State Capitol, after months of negotiations broke down over an obscure but bitterly contested topic: non-compete agreements written into doctors’ contracts. More