Community health centers and organizations that primarily serve low-income people are being disproportionately hurt by the biggest hack in health care history, which has disrupted payments for ...

Each year, Lee Health invests significant time, talent and resources for community benefit, which are programs or activities that provide treatment and/or promote health and healing as a response to ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Meeting America's Public Health Challenge.” This series includes articles that reflect on and are inspired by a report of the same ...

Since the 1950s, the share of gross national product devoted to personal health care has increased from 6 percent to 14 percent in the United States. This major annual investment has achieved ...

Community health needs assessments (CHNAs), also known as community health assessments, are state, tribal, territorial, or local health assessments that identify key health needs and issues through ...

Fresno County suffers from a high number of health disparities compared to other regions in the state. Luis Alvarez Getty Images If you live in Fresno, it is hard to find a doctor or enter a hospital ...

A recent study found that older people spend an average of 21 days a year on medical appointments. Kathleen Hayes can believe it. Hayes lives in Chicago and has spent a lot of time lately taking her ...

New research from the University of Toronto found that childhood neglect, even in the absence of childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse, is linked with a wide range of mental and physical health ...