Population Health
Citing historical injustices, the hospitals pledged action to combat a health system rife with racial inequities.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma promotes value-based payment models to address race, ethnic disparities and the social determinants.
Communicating information and building health system capacity are among the cornerstones of safe economic reopenings.
Private entities have taken up the slack in the U.S., but the dearth of testing is still hampering the mitigation of the pandemic.
Low-resource facilities and those with high concentrations of socioeconomically challenged residents experience poorer outcomes.
Partnerships with communities can help minimize care gaps, says Dr. Garth Graham of CVS.
A variety of factors, from a lack of behavioral health providers to social stigma, contribute to an increased risk for men in particular.
As the number of COVID-19 cases is still increasing, the country is not where it needs to be to safely reopen, he says.
The projection is based on the current efforts of HHS' Operation Warp Speed, which is pushing for 300 million doses by next flu season.
Providers say patient reluctance to disclose their identities could present problems on both an individual and population-wide level.