Black History Month is often a time to reflect on political milestones, cultural achievements and civil rights victories. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover transformation and innovation across the health care industry. The last five years ushered in a wave of performative ...

I didn’t think that I would be writing about ultraprocessed food again this soon, but a kerfuffle at the National Institutes of Health over a recently published study nudged my hand. The study in ...

Improving health equity is part of the core of quality improvement and requires data collection and community engagement strategies for underserved populations, said Shawn Griffin, MD, president and ...

Digital inclusion offers pathways to health equity by expanding access to the formal health care sector and supporting independent health management. Yet poverty- and education-related disparities ...

A new evidence-based framework aims to establish a U.S. industry standard for measuring health equity efforts. Put out by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the white paper has been in ...

This work marks both a culmination and a new beginning in an evolving interdisciplinary research pipeline focused on advancing systemic health equity. It builds on findings from my two-part systematic ...

Economics correspondent Paul Solman is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm bought struggling hospitals. In his second report, he looks at how private ...

As firms increasingly invest in OB-GYN practices, fertility clinics, maternity care services, and other health care facilities, policymakers must regulate private equity activity and strengthen ...