BMC Hosts Political Leaders for Roundtable on Housing as Healthcare
The discussion, focused around Governor Maura Healey’s bond bill on housing, sparked conversation among healthcare leaders across the Commonwealth.
Read MoreYouth Advisory Board Elevates Voices of Black and Indigenous Teens
“As we aim toward health equity, we need to remember all the voices that we need at the table… the voice of youth has almost always been blocked out.”
Read MoreCan Primary Care Help Youth Better Access Medication for Opioid Addiction?
Nearly two-thirds of patients studied did not receive medication for opioid use disorder, despite recommendations from medical groups. Primary care doctors can help boost access to addiction treatment.
Read More6 Stages of Engagement Framework May Help Better Treat Children with ADHD
A new study, focusing on pediatric ADHD patients of color, could help inform treatment strategies that are more effective for the specific needs of these children and families.
Read MoreFamilies Take the Driver’s Seat in BMC’s Holistic Pediatric Care Program
BMC’s Center for the Urban Child and Healthy family tailors pediatric primary care to address their families’ needs, like financial counseling, to transform their health.
Bettering Chagas Disease Screening Is an Immigrant Health Equity Issue
Leaders of a new public health initiative discuss the challenges of raising awareness of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease that is likely increasing in prevalence in the U.S.
Healthcare Needs to Make Reparations to People of Color
Medical researchers helped create a racial taxonomy that justified oppression and inequitable healthcare. To restore trust and achieve justice, healthcare reparations are needed.
Medicaid Expansion Did Not Decrease Segregation in U.S. Hospitals
It raises questions on how patients decide where they receive care, and just as important, how structural racism plays a role in these decisions.
Read MoreA Massachusetts Study Aims to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths
The HEALing Communities Study is up and running in several cities, bringing opioid use disorder treatment to people where they are. The goal? Find the most effective way to stop deaths.
Read MoreWe Must Fortify Primary Care to Treat Long COVID
About 10-30% of patients who’ve had COVID-19 feel effects months later. Treating long-term COVID symptoms means reimaging our healthcare systems, particularly for vulnerable communities.
Read MoreWhat I’ve Learned as a Pediatrician About Vaccine Hesitancy
We, as trusted providers, have a real opportunity on a personal level to break down barriers informing vaccine concerns and fears.
Read MoreLessons Learned from BMC’s COVID-19 Unit for Homeless Patients
BMC created a medical unit to provide homeless, COVID-positive patients who were not sick enough to need hospitalization a location to recuperate.