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Got Trust? We Are Ignoring A Vital Predictor Of Engagement In Care
Trust is foundational to engagement in care, yet it is largely ignored in our conversations about health care transformation. A few years ago, after multiple attempts to convince a patient to keep his clinic appointments, I decided to meet him at a cafe of his...
U.S. Health Care Transformation: Thwarted By A Glaring Omission?
While scrolling news headlines, a ticker for a recent Washington Post blog by Philips: ‘The Changing face of healthcare’, caught my attention. As expected the article included discussions about our national shifts toward value-based health care and why doctors and our...
Scarcity In Digital Health Innovation For Medicaid Populations: Is Help On The Way?
I write about health and healthcare in underserved populations According to Rock Health, in 2018 the digital health sector enjoyed investments of over $8 billion with nearly $1 billion invested thus far in 2019. However, despite nearly $600 billion spent annually in...
Social Determinants Of Health: Holy Grail Or Dead-End Road?
At the 2018 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit, Congressman Bill Cassidy said, “Obesity is often linked to social determinants that have nothing to do with food.” To bolster the point he shared a hypothetical but realistic example of family living in a food...