New approach seeks to improve lifestyle choices and outcomes by steering members toward "best fit" health apps and providers.
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UnitedHealth invests more than $8M in HBCU data science training
The money will help Atlanta University Center Consortium Data Science Initiative improve education in healthcare analytics at historically black colleges and universities.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: All About ‘Medicare for All’
Need to know more about “Medicare for All?” It’s a top issue in the Democratic presidential primary campaign. This holiday week, we are rerunning our explainer on the subject. But first, KHN’s “What the Health?” host Julie Rovner talks to KHN’s Shefali Luthra about how health played out in the first Democratic candidate debates last week.
RWJBarnabas Health receives grant to fund career development for its frontline workers
The grant will advance careers in an industry short on labor.
Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar in New York after ACA expansion
Medically unnecessary rides may add to city congestion, slow response time to actual emergencies and threaten the health of those in need.
Social determinants of health data can be difficult to collect and share, but it’s imperative to success
It’s the early days of data sharing and community partnerships when it comes to SDOH, but there are things providers can do now.
Social determinants of health data can be difficult to collect and share, but it’s imperative to success
It’s the early days of data sharing and community partnerships when it comes to SDOH, but there are things providers can do now.
State Lawmakers Eye Federal Dollars To Boost Mental Health Counseling By Peers
Medicaid pays for mentoring of mental health patients by “peer supporters,” but only if they are state-certified. California is one of two states with no certification program. Legislation pending in Sacramento would change that — if the governor backs it.
Midwest systems, Sanford and UnityPoint Health, announce merger
The combined company would have 76 hospitals in 26 states and nine countries.
Shorter rotations in intensive care units mitigate burnout among physicians
Nearly half of the 10,000 critical care physicians practicing in the U.S. reported symptoms of severe burnout.
