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Watch: ‘Silence in Sikeston & The Effects of Racial Violence’

KFF Health News

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony appeared in a two-part special of Nine PBS’ “Listen, St. 16, explores the health effects of such trauma with mental health counselor Lekesha Davis. Louis with Carol Daniel” to discuss her reporting for the “Silence in Sikeston” project.

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Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help.

KFF Health News

He’d been counting on the solar panels to help the hospital shift to renewable energy, but sharing the power with patients felt as if it fit the health system’s mission. “Boston Medical Center’s been focused on lower-income communities and trying to change their health outcomes for over 100 years,” Biggio said.

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An Upside Down Future for Healthcare

The Health Care Blog

Two articles recently provided some good insights into how to think about the future: Kevin Kelly’s How to Future and an except from Jane McGonigal’s new book Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything? I’m not so sure the future is going to be better, but I still have hopes that it can be better.

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Are States Keeping Their Promises on Opioid Settlement Transparency?

KFF Health News

That’s because there is no federal standard dictating the information that must be made public. But when Minhee and I checked up on those states this year, we found a significant gap between meeting the letter of the law and actually communicating to the public in a clear and informative manner. Take Idaho. Sounds great.

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‘No one can see you now’: What states are doing to boost primary care

Association of Health Care Journalists

Evidence abounds that access to primary care improves health and lowers costs. And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. Freyer is a health care journalist based in Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.

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Better Living Through Better Design

The Health Care Blog

Babcock Ranch was designed not just to withstand hurricanes but also: …to offer residents multiple ways to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Back in 2017 he wrote about how it was important to “build health into the OS of our daily lives.” Decisions. . As the Building H website warns: . We have to disrupt that.”.

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Eating Disorders Awareness Week: New Research Topic on Prevention and Treatment

Frontiers

Leading this article collection is Dr. Jason M Lavender , from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). His research focuses on the confluence of body image, disordered eating, health policy, and the health of racial and sexual minorities. Alvin Tran (University of New Haven).