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Dr. Klasko: “Stop Waiting for Government”
Dr. Stephen Klasko currently serves as president and CEO of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. He wears other hats as well. He has coauthored multiple books, including The Phantom Stethescope and We CAN Fix Healthcare: The Future Is Now. Klasko has another book — Bless This Mess: A Pictorial Primer for the […]
Disparities
Medical School Expands Diversity Efforts
More than four years into a drive to diversify the medical school, officials say they are enrolling an increasing number of students from underrepresented backgrounds, but the percentage of racial minorities at the school has largely flatlined. After hiring its first diversity-focused administrator, medical school officials and faculty said the school has made a major […]
Policies
Federal Judge Wants to Settle Opioid Suits
The goal is impressive: Hammer out a legal deal that starts guiding the nation out of an epidemic of opioid addiction. How and when that can happen, if at all, is the subject of talks scheduled to begin Wednesday in a federal courthouse in Cleveland. The judge is bringing together lawyers for governments across the […]
Policies
HHS Applauds Rollbacks, Other “Accomplishments”
A new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services highlights the greatest hits of the Trump administration in 2017, including its responses to the opioid crisis and the devastating hurricanes that hit Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, as well as regulatory rollbacks to reduce the burdens on providers. Read More
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State of Union Touts End to Mandate
In his State of the Union address, President Trump seemed to attempt to declare victory in the Republican effort to eliminate Obamacare, stating that “we repealed the core” of it. But the Affordable Care Act, the law’s expansion of Medicaid benefits for the poor and subsidized private individual coverage known as Obamacare are still covering […]
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Healthcare Groups Welcome Alex Azar at HHS
HHS again has a permanent leader as former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar was sworn in as the department’s secretary on Jan. 29—four months to the day after his predecessor, Tom Price, MD, resigned over his use of publicly-funded charter flights. Azar was sworn in at the White House by Vice President Mike Pence. In […]
African-American
Black History Month: Opportune Time for Health Emphasis
In celebration of Black History Month, we remember Booker T. Washington as the founder of a historic initiative focused on addressing Black health disparities. Washington founded Tuskegee University, an HBCU formerly named Tuskegee Institute. What many do not know is that he also was the founder of National Negro Health Week, an annual observance in the United States from 1915 to 1951 dedicated to improving overall health in Black communities.
Blogs/Opinion
Black Stress
As we leave behind a year that was notable for its combination of natural and human disasters, no one can deny that we live in stressful times. But stress is not equitably distributed, and neither are stress-related health outcomes. Individuals living below the poverty level have poorer mental health, are diagnosed with more chronic health […]
Disparities
Opioid Crisis Hits Native American, Rural Women Hardest
Native American females and women in rural communities suffer the highest risk of deaths from opioids and other drugs, advocates and caregivers involved in mental health and trauma said Thursday. The risk is heightened for Native American women, who face a long history of oppression and abuse, turning to opioids as a form of pain […]
Disparities
Yale Center Gets $1 M to Study Cancer Disparities
Yale Cancer Center (YCC) has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (BSMF) to address health care disparities in cancer care and support. The grant will fund the Cancer Disparities Firewall project, a multilevel intervention that focuses on patient and system level factors that contribute to cancer disparities in the YCC/New […]
Disparities
Are Cognitive Biases Hurting Your Health?
It’s human nature to have cognitive biases. These tendencies to think in certain ways or process information by filtering it through your personal preferences, beliefs and experiences are normal, but they can offer a skewed perspective. “We all have these biases – they are the lenses through which we process information and they are a […]
Disparities
Memories of 1918 Flu Epidemic Linger in Santa Fe
This year marks the 100th anniversary the influenza pandemic of 1918, known as the Spanish flu, that killed one out of every 20 people in the world and over 1,000 people in New Mexico. As the flu swept across the country, officials in New Mexico tried to minimize the threat, thinking it might damage the […]
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