Health Care Reform

Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, FASCO, has often found her career has placed her at the intersection of public policy and clinical informatics.

The intersection of politics and medicine shapes the trajectory of health care delivery in the United States.

While health care issues on Capitol Hill are gaining some attention, momentum could change if the White House or Congress are under new political leadership after the November elections, according to Robert Blaser.

AUSTIN, Texas — Rheumatology nurses can be effective advocates for legislation that will benefit patients despite the fractured U.S. political climate, according to a presenter at the 2023 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

CHICAGO — The U.S. is at a “moment of reckoning” in terms of heart disease and other public health issues, and disastrous consequences will ensue if improvements are not made, the FDA commissioner said.

Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire One Medical, a San Francisco-based network of primary care providers, in a $3.9 billion deal, the company announced Thursday.

Despite a mounting number of state-level laws enacted to protect vulnerable patients against step therapy protocols, without official enforcement, these laws safeguard less than 10% of patients, according to data published in Health Economics Policy and Law.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently issued a report on how to make “high-quality primary care” available to all patients in the United States.

Haven, an alliance between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase that sought to create health care solutions for their employees and “potentially” all Americans, will cease operations at the end of February, according to its website.

At this year’s virtual Primary Care Collaborative Annual Conference, patients discussed their health care experiences and what efforts are needed to improve primary care in the United States.