Urgent action is needed to ensure that the benefits of health AI exceed its detrimental environmental impacts.

Asian Americans encompass a diverse and expanding conglomerate of over 50 ethnicities. As a result of the influx of skilled immigrants following the U.S. 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, Asian ...

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed and intensified health inequities that caused disproportionately higher rates of infection, morbidity, and mortality in marginalized and disadvantaged communities, along ...

In many communities, the local 911 emergency medical service (EMS) operator may be the largest provider of acute, unscheduled health care. In the City of Los Angeles, for example, the Los Angeles Fire ...

We first met when he was Under Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the 1990s and was working with Ken Kizer to make the VA a national leader on several dimensions ...

To counter this, we propose that a health equity team undertakes a “getting grounded” strategy, which is designed as an intentional effort to build a strong and shared foundation for health equity ...

The former CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System, a former nurse with almost half a century of experience in the field, rose through the ranks to lead multiple medical centers. He traces the history ...

Despite widespread concern about the excess Covid-19 burden and deaths among racial and ethnic minorities, little attention has been paid to immediate solutions. Dismantling upstream factors such as ...

Health care leaders are often surprised to learn that their operations contribute significantly to a warming climate. In addition to their roles as responders to and victims of extreme weather events, ...

Health care has come a long way since the Flexner report was published in 1910. 1 During the intervening years, the average lifespan has increased by a third (from 49 to 76 years). In 1910, 114 of ...

Covid-19 has challenged nearly everything about health care delivery, including the experiences of patients and families. Although the how of delivery has changed, the timeless and universal ...

To report employment trends and wages in health care in a systematic way, the authors use data from the Current Employment Statistics program that is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...