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Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare
Healthcare organizations must look into convenient care options and other patient services to drive more patient access to healthcare.
71% of LGBTQ+ patients report healthcare discrimination
Experiences with healthcare discrimination have ripple effects, like hampering an open and transparent patient-provider relationship, survey data shows.
Docs say AI can improve healthcare, but do patients agree?
While providers think AI in healthcare can reduce administrative burden and create opportunity to connect with patients, patients are leery of the tool.
Is there implicit bias in patient clinical notes?
Researchers found evidence of implicit bias in clinical notes, particularly with variable use of positive negative language used for patients of difference races.
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Medical misinformation rises as U.S. faces measles outbreak
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Top 3 factors driving patient loyalty across generations
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Mobile health clinics bring care to California's unhoused
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Strategies for talking to parents about vaccines for children
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Top ways to use AI in patient portal messaging
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How to prevent medical gaslighting from harming patient safety
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