During the last 20 years, both the risk factors (older average age at first pregnancy, alcohol consumption, obesity, less breastfeeding and physical activity) and breast cancer rates have increased in the U.S. By the end of 2020, 276,480 American women are expected to...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October is a good time to frame the conversation around women’s health by looking at what may be keeping them from getting the kind of preventive care, like annual mammograms, they need. According to the U.S. Department of Labor,...
Healthcare is up and running again, but not all patients are coming through the door. During the spring’s initial surge of COVID-19 cases, patients were advised to postpone annual exams and screenings until the spread of COVID-19 slowed down. Although healthcare...
With so many stressors associated with living and working in a time of COVID-19, employers are paying even more attention to the mental health of their employees. A Kaiser Family Foundation study supports this concern, citing the four in ten U.S. adults that...
The healthcare industry, like most others, has pressed “play” after being on “pause” for the last three months. And everything looks different now, including population health. Health systems put population health initiatives on the back burner to prioritize treating...
