In this article, the authors discuss the growing crisis of opioid access barriers for people with serious illness, who commonly require these medications as a first-line pain treatment. The authors ...

The burden of clinical documentation has become an enormous challenge for health care systems, contributing to clinician burnout, job dissatisfaction, and impaired physician–patient interactions that ...

Rising-risk patients receiving Medicaid experience worsening medical and behavioral health conditions and increased acute care (ED and hospital) utilization, while typically being disconnected from ...

Alison Callahan reported being a consultant for Atropos Health (an on-demand evidence-generation company) and receiving funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for the development of ...

Notwithstanding concerns about staffing levels and burnout in health care, federal wage and employment data does not support the suggestion that a Covid-19 pandemic-related spike in quitting has had ...

To address the inefficiencies and high costs associated with the U.S. health care system’s dominant fee-for-service (FFS) model, leaders at Spectrum Health in Michigan — now Corewell Health West — ...

Although the SEC regulatory disclosures proposal is directed at certain publicly traded for-profit entities, the effect will likely impact nonprofit health care organization climate risk assessments ...

A survey of the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council finds that health care organizations use behavioral nudges to modify patient behavior, improve clinical decision support, encourage the healthy behavior ...

A targeted Covid-19 vaccination outreach program tailored to the needs of marginalized communities in New York City closed a dramatic disparity in vaccination rates and brought them almost to parity ...

Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) are growing exponentially, making it critical to expand dementia/memory assessment and care. Insufficient funding, poor access to care, and low ROIs are ...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene determined that the spread of misinformation about Covid-19 was having a harmful health impact, particularly on communities of color with low ...

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed the hidden cracks in an already broken health care delivery system. To reassemble the system, make it easier for patients to receive better health outcomes and for ...