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Man in hospital gown and mask waits while nurses prep him for radiology appointment

Improving Health Care Quality

Are Financial Barriers Affecting the Health Care Habits of American Men?

Issue Briefs / Jul 14, 2022

Black American wearing a surgical mask recieves a vaccine dose

Advancing Health Equity

Understanding and Ameliorating Medical Mistrust Among Black Americans

Publication / Jan 14, 2021

Woman at the hospital holding her newborn baby in France

Improving Health Care Quality

Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care in the United States Compared to 10 Other Developed Countries

Issue Briefs / Nov 18, 2020

care integration in the time of COVID-19

Improving Health Care Quality

How Practices Can Advance the Implementation of Integrated Care in the COVID-19 Era

Issue Briefs / Nov 17, 2020

Seattle Indian Health Board staff are providing coronavirus testing at the Chief Seattle Club, which also offers meals, housing assistance, a legal clinic, Native art job training, and other services to American Indians and Alaska Natives experiencing homelessness.

Advancing Health Equity

Learning from Pandemic Responses Across Indian Country

Publication / Sep 30, 2020

Improving Health Care Quality

Q&A: A Volley of Ideas — How England and the United States Shared Lessons on Operating Field Hospitals During the Pandemic

Blog / Sep 03, 2020

How Independent Primary Care Clinicians Leverage Trust to Help Vulnerable Populations

Improving Health Care Quality

How Independent Primary Care Clinicians Leverage Trust to Help Vulnerable Populations

Case Study / Sep 01, 2020

Health systems partnering with Contessa Health provide both home and video visits.

Improving Health Care Quality

Has the Time Finally Come for Hospital at Home?

Publication / Jul 07, 2020

VICTORVILLE, CA - APRIL 29: Jennifer Stolpp, left, a dialysis nurse, prepares COVID-19 patient Janice Brown at Desert Valley Medical Group. Victorville, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Advancing Health Equity

Protecting Patients with Compromised Kidney Function During the Pandemic and Beyond

Publication / Apr 29, 2020

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Medicare Advantage Plans Are Navigating the CHRONIC Care Act: An Interview with Eva Powell

Publication / Jan 09, 2020

In Focus: CHRONIC Care Act Prompts Some Medicare Advantage Plans to Incorporate Social Services

Achieving Universal Coverage

CHRONIC Care Act Prompts Some Medicare Advantage Plans to Incorporate Social Services

Publication / Jan 09, 2020

Improving Health Care Quality

Strategies for Ensuring Women’s Needs Are Met: An Interview with Alison Stuebe

Publication / Oct 01, 2019

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