Same building. Same procedure. Same doctor. But there was an extra "facility fee" because the location changed slightly. A shot that used to cost her about $30 went up to more than $300. More
The U.S. must strengthen primary care, the platform on which achieving better, more equitable, and more affordable care depends. More
Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Addressing Workforce Diversity — A Quality-Improvement Framework More
This cohort study assesses strategies to triage patients for mammogram cancer screening during times of reduced capacity. More
The Lown Institute’s recent national ranking of hospitals based on civic leadership, value of care, and patient outcomes stirred discussion because of its emphasis on care for the community and its stark contrast with the U.S. News and World Report rankings. No such ranking system exists for issues related to workforce diversity, although there are opportunities to establish stand-alone listings or to integrate this dimension into current ranking methods. Although legal obstacles around reporting of workforce diversity data are unclear — particularly if this reporting attracts attention to institutions with low diversity — similar, if not more detailed, information is already openly available for many public hospital systems whose state laws mandate reporting of all state employee salaries. More
There's nothing wrong with paying a hospital leader for doing a good job, especially in a crisis. But when compensation goes into the millions we have to ask, are we getting what we pay for? More
The pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want things to change, but Americans can have both lower prices and innovation. More
The goal of the Opioid Industry Documents Archive is to provide transparency into the strategies companies used to increase sales. More
Counties in the United States with large Black, Asian and Hispanic populations were hit harder by Covid-19 in the early months of the pandemic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More
The catchall term plays into a cultural notion that estrogen is what makes a woman a woman. More
This echoes a national trend healthcare institutions have seen this year, said Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare-focused think tank. “When you get this type of a massive crisis, quite often, the old kind of leadership models and chains of command have to get disrupted. Because if you have to move quickly, there's a lot of native intelligence in the rank and file or on the front lines,” Saini said. “Crises like this kind of allow some of that knowledge, which is practical knowledge, to be made available.”
The US Food and Drug Administration is widely considered the world’s premier regulator of drugs and devices, but critics say three decades of deregulation have resulted in increasingly lax oversight and lower standards of evidence, writes Jeanne Lenzer More
Two-thirds of people living with serious illnesses aren't getting a therapy that could benefit them in many ways: palliative care. More
On the Race to Value podcast, Vikas Saini and Shannon Brownlee discuss Dr. Lown's legacy, trust as high-value care, hospital coordination, and much more. More
Asian people across the country and in Texas have already experienced an increase in racist attacks since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and now, many are finding themselves left out as the vaccine rollout trundles forward. More
A recent report from Families USA finds that uninsurance was associated with 44% of Covid-19 infections and 32% of deaths in the US. More
Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic. More
Surveys show that support for COVID-19 vaccines is rising among Black and Latinx populations, now that tens of millions of Americans have safely received the shots. More
For now, there’s not enough vaccine for the U.S., but that could change within a few months. More
The process "appears to be a system designed to protect the creditors, but it’s not," said legal expert and advocate Charlotte Bismuth. More