According to a recent study, heightened allostatic load due to social determinants of health stressors are linked to a lower likelihood of completing chemotherapy and a lower overall survival rate for...
According to the results of a simulated pancreatic cancer clinical trial screening, Black patients were significantly more likely than White patients to be excluded from clinical trials due to a wide...
According to a study by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Health (NIH), COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Latinx...
According to a study by the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC), minority populations in the United States with autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis...
According to UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, unvaccinated pregnant women are increasingly hospitalized due to COVID-19, impacting population health.
The study, which analyzed more than...
Using predictive analytics, a set of seven symptoms together can be used to maximize the detection of COVID-19 in a community. The paper was published in PLOS Medicine by Elliott of Imperial College...
A recent study by Kaiser Permanente demonstrated the value of natural language processing (NLP) technology with clinicians identifying more than 50,000 patients with aortic stenosis, a common heart...
Yale University researchers suggest that a standard measurement that uses predictive analytics to determine which COVID-19 patients have the best chances of survival could promote health disparities...
Despite revised guidelines for lung cancer screening eligibility, health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities are persisting, according to the Radiological Society of North America.
In 2014,...
Brigham and Women’s researchers conducted a study to identify important risk factors for early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among Hispanic and Latino populations in the United...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded nearly $470 million to create a large national study population to support research on the long-term effects of COVID-19 and gain insight into population...
To improve their care quality and eliminate health disparities, Health Center Partners (HCP) explored different data management tools to meet the needs of their patient population.
After identifying...
At Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a group of physicians has identified older age, chronic conditions, and comorbidities as risk factors for severe...
Stress due to social determinants of health can increase an individual’s risk of heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.
Studies have indicated that cumulative exposure to...
A predictive model estimated that cervical cancer could be virtually eliminated in the United States by 2030 in communities with low poverty rates, but not until 2044 in communities with high poverty...
Understanding an individual’s risk of disease is critical to providing the best quality of care. With health risk assessments (HRAs), also known as health risk appraisals, providers can collect...
To improve population health management, providers should use big data to understand how to best meet the needs of the community.
In a panel convened by HealthITAnalytics, informatics leaders from...
According to a new study, Black and Hispanic children and teens are seeing increasing rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, highlighting the role social determinants of health (SDOH) play in...
Although most hospitals across the country suffered due to the impact of COVID-19, in Numerof’s sixth annual State of Population Health Survey report, research indicates that few hospitals took...
Excluding race as a factor from the Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation used to guide cancer treatment doses and eligibility could decrease the proportion of Black...