According to the fragmentation hypothesis, care delivery too often involves multiple providers and organizations with no single entity effectively coordinating different aspects of care. 1,2 Poor ...

Having highly fragmented ambulatory care and a usual provider of care outside the Veterans Health Administration increased the odds of hospitalization among veterans with diabetes. Objectives: To ...

Many Americans lack a primary care provider. Because of this problem, women often end up using their OB/GYN as their primary care provider, which can be problematic because OB/GYNs aren’t trained to ...

We analyzed data from a prospective cohort of Black women diagnosed with breast cancer in New Jersey who also had a prior diagnosis of diabetes and/or hypertension (N = 228). Following breast cancer ...

Covid-19 has tragically cost the lives of thousands of Americans. But amid our national despair over the pandemic’s bitter toll comes an important revelation. The abrupt end to most in-person medical ...

"We're trying to create ecosystem solutions and not point solutions," says Longitude Health CEO Vishal Agrawal. In this episode of HL Shorts, Longitude Health CEO Vishal Agrawal explains how emerging ...

Vizient ® today released a report identifying the impact of social determinants of health and local market dynamics on hospital readmission rates and emergency department (ED) revisits, with ...

The hospice care industry consists of tens of thousands of small agencies across the US. Within this fragmented market, PE firms are seeing potential to build regional platforms. Jesse Serventi, ...

For many years state intervention into the health care arena has been characterized as symbolic, as proclaiming action in aie name of reform but as primarily serving the material interests of dominant ...

Indigenous communities in the United States experience higher rates of mental health issues, but have a harder time accessing care. One Texas group is working to expand services and train staff to ...

Black women are disproportionately burdened by comorbidities and breast cancer. The complexities of coordinating care for multiple health conditions can lead to adverse consequences. Care coordination ...