by Hillary Regan | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog, Learn
Though the majority of Americans have a primary care doctor, a large number also seek treatment at urgent care centers, statistics show. For many people, the centers have become a bridge between the primary care doctor’s office and the hospital emergency room....
by Hillary Regan | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog, Learn
As more and more health insurers and providers merge, it’s important to look at the potential impact on the cost and quality of health care. In this episode, Sandy Hausman talks with the Fund’s Eric Schneider, M.D., and Northwestern University’s Leemore Dafny about...
by Hillary Regan | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Learn
Despite a 13% drop in the national infant mortality rate over nearly a decade, there remains a stubborn gap between the rates for black Americans and other racial groups as well as between some Southern states and the rest of the country. The most proven and promising...
by Hillary Regan | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Learn
Can sharing physician notes with patients have a positive effect on care? That is the basic question behind the OpenNotes movement, which sprung out of a three-city pilot program in Boston, Seattle, and rural Pennsylvania and has since gone on to give more than five...
by Hillary Regan | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Learn
National health care leaders, John Santa, MD, MPH, Homer Chin, MD, MS, and Amy Fellows, MPH, have joined the OpenNotes team. The three bring decades of expertise in information technology and population health to the expanding OpenNotes movement. OpenNotes is a...
by Hillary Regan | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, Learn
Better access to health insurance from the rollout of the Affordable Care Act is the biggest change in Lane County’s health picture from three years ago, according to the newly released 2015 Community Health Needs Assessment. About 6 percent of county residents were...
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