Black Health Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

It’s Black Maternal Health Week, and the Leapfrog Group’s 2025 Maternity Report clarifies that Black women still face significant gaps in maternity care. Hospitals have been trying to cut back on unnecessary C-sections for years, but progress has stalled. The national rate for low-risk first-time mothers was 26.4%

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Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A rapidly changing healthcare landscape is erecting more challenges than ever for people who require ongoing intervention. According to a 2020 study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity , “Black Americans experience kidney failure at three times the rate of whites.”

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The Health Care Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. However, as we discussed in a 2021 posting in Health Affairs , these large, complex health enterprises played a vital role in the societal response to the once-in-a-century COVID crisis. Origins of Hospital Consolidation.

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“Our city has always ensured that New Yorkers have the information and tools they need to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families,” said Mitchell Katz, MD, president and CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals.

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