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Opinion: How value-based payments to clinicians can help close equity gaps

28.12.2022

The U.S. health system has been evolving over the past decade to focus on the quality and value of care. Until recently, though, value-based payment models have not explicitly addressed …

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Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care

20.12.2022

Last week, the state of Texas issued a long-awaited report that found at least 118 women in the state died from causes related to pregnancy in 2019. Most of those …

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Opinion: Primary care physicians try to give their all — until they can’t. It’s time to flip the archetype to teamwork

13.12.2022

My colleague, Skip, was the kind of primary care doctor I always wanted to be. He could riff on the evaluation of a patient with new joint or liver inflammation …

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Opinion: Responsibly expanding access to methadone for people with opioid use disorder will save lives

12.12.2022

The overdose epidemic continues to ravage communities across the country. In Washington state, where I live and work, more than 2,000 people died from a drug overdoses in 2021; country-wide, …

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The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report

21.11.2022

On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their longtime wish lists. They had been waiting their whole careers — for some STAT spoke …

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Opinion: Trying to quit my job as an ER doctor gave me reasons to stay

07.11.2022

The morning was crisp and still dark as I sat in my car in the hospital lot, summoning the will to open the door and leave for my shift in …

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Opinion: Exclude race from medical school admissions and students, patients, and the entire health care system lose out

01.11.2022

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in two cases that could eliminate race as a factor in university’s admissions processes. The precedent established in 2003, when the …

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Opinion: Inconsistent clinical practices thwart wider use of personalized medicine

31.10.2022

The promise of personalized medicine — safer and more effective treatments tailored to each individual’s body and needs — isn’t being fully met because of challenges associated with its implementation …

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Opinion: How motivational interviewing can improve health workforce well-being

28.10.2022

The National Academy of Medicine launched its National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being in early October. Citing years of research defining the causes and effects of burnout in health professions, …

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