Posts Tagged ‘Safety-Net Hospitals’
15 Essential Hospitals Try to Answer, “How Can We Have Healthy, Thriving Communities?”
Boston Medical Center headlined a conference of leaders in emergency medicine, focused on the future and how to innovate in the face of multiple pressing challenges.
Read MoreMy New Year’s Resolutions for Boston Medical Center Health System and Beyond: CEO Kate Walsh
“If we don’t speak candidly about racial health disparities, we can’t do the work to eliminate them”
Read MoreMedicaid 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 MoreHealth Equity Metrics Must Be Incorporated into Hospital Rankings
A group of Boston doctors argues that as hospitals commit to practicing health equity, they must also be judged in ranking systems on their success in achieving it.
Read MorePodcast: The Critical Role of Safety Net Health Systems
On the HealthCare Is Hard podcast, Walsh shares how all of healthcare can take away important insights from the work of safety net providers.
Read MorePost-Surgery Readmission Rates Higher at Safety Net Hospitals
A new study suggests Medicare and Medicaid policies could unfairly penalize safety-net hospitals.
Read MoreSafety-Net Outcomes for Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal cancer outcomes differ at safety net hospitals compared to hospitals without a high safety net burden, but why?
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