Health System

This review will appear in the June issue of Evidence-Based Oncology.

Women’s Health Month highlights major 2026 shifts in menopause care, brain health, abortion access, doula coverage, and wearable tech.

US News & World Report reveals caregivers—often sandwich generation—face full-time hours, rising costs, burnout; CareYaya weighs in on demographics.

Private equity’s growing influence on American health care has outpaced regulatory oversight. Stronger policies are necessary to safeguard patients, providers, and care delivery.

Hospitals increasingly pursue integration strategies to contain costs, yet evidence remains limited. This study examines the effects of 3 forms of integration on hospital costs.

The authors assessed charitable care spending for a 1-month supply of medications at discharge. One-third of the cost was spent on medications for which a more sustainable coverage method exists.

A new Commonwealth Fund report finds persistent racial health disparities nationwide despite coverage gains, with major gaps in care, access, and outcomes.

House lawmakers questioned hospital CEOs over rising health care costs, consolidation, opaque billing, Medicaid cuts, and site neutrality.

This article presents a microcosting analysis of resources needed for the implementation and sustainment of the Massachusetts model evaluated in the PROUD trial.

The authors updated a diagnosis list to identify low-acuity emergency department visits by veterans and applied it to examine trends and predictors of veterans’ low-acuity utilization.

EBO Editor in Chief Sucharu "Chris" Prakash, MD, addresses the role of nutrition in cancer prevention and treatment.

Outpatient electronic health records at an academic medical center showed that only 1% of visits by tobacco users were associated with a bill for cessation counseling.

A program in Detroit identified hundreds of patients with chronic kidney disease.

Analysis of billing codes before and after implementation of a care process for weight-focused visits revealed increased primary care revenue for these encounters.

Even with significant organizational investment in cross-system coordination, primary care providers report a range of challenges in coordinating care with specialists in other health systems.

New studies link extreme heat, obesity coaching gaps, cancer delays, ACA cost spikes, and income inequality to widening global health disparities.

Disparities in health system performance were larger by income in the US, indicating a need for structural and systemic policy efforts.

New studies link abortion bans to higher births and WIC demand and spotlight care-access gaps, cancer disparities, and value-based reforms shaping 2026.

Cost barriers push Latino adults to delay care, raising emergency department visits.

Survey flags GLP-1 cost hurdles as nurses win staffing protections, new trauma center cuts shooting deaths, and understaffing data sharpen care debates.

ACOs entering MSSP with higher spending were consistently more likely to earn bonuses—a gap that persisted after a 2017 benchmarking policy change.

New data show Chicago’s South Side Level 1 trauma center cuts gunshot travel times and lowers firearm deaths, highlighting equity gains.

The visual nature of head and neck cancer calls for treatment strategies that will minimize toxicities related to radiation therapy. Advances in precision radiation techniques, supportive care, and multidisciplinary approaches have improved outcomes, improving quality of life.

Margaret Krackeler, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, shares lessons on implementing evidence-based formulary changes for patients with CLL.

Clearer definitions, tailored programs and policies, and telestroke care could help close rural stroke care disparities.