Wellesley, Mass.-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care announced a collaboration with Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health and health innovation center Ariadne Labs on TeamBirth, an initiative to improve maternal healthcare throughout New England.
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University of Texas Dell Medical School researchers are building new blockchain technology to devise a better way for people experiencing homelessness to have their identity verified and shared by healthcare providers, according to a May 10 Austin American-Statesman report.
Though 2020 was a reportedly stressful year, treatment rates for mental health problems did not increase, according to a published Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield report called "State of the Nation's Mental Health."
New York families and private-duty nurses are asking the state's Department of Health to reassess the Medicaid eligibility age of disabled children requiring at-home care.
Federal data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that the number of adults reporting symptoms of anxiety or depression has risen, while in-person behavioral health access has decreased, an analysis released April 30 from the Government Accountability Office found.
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Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System partnered with Google Cloud and Miracle Software Systems to launch an international competition in Detroit to propose ideas for reducing health inequalities using technology, according to an April 27 news release.
Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the District of Columbia and Missouri have the largest populations of uninsured residents eligible for Medicaid or other public coverage.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced a five-year goal to reduce racial disparities in maternal health by 50 percent. The goal is part of the payer's National Health Equity Strategy, an initiative to expand healthcare access to disenfranchised populations.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is launching a variety of partnerships and programs to assist the "10th hungriest state" in the U.S.
The Anthem Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Anthem, provided a $1 million grant to the American Cancer Society to "mobilize and engage Black Americans in cancer risk reduction," according to a press release.