Health systems across the country are restructuring their operating models to navigate an increasingly challenging healthcare landscape. Rising financial pressures, workforce shortages, inflation and ...

California continues to face a mounting healthcare access crisis, especially in its underserved regions. The state averages just 230 primary healthcare physicians per 100,000 residents, well below the ...

Throughout 2025, the federal government and several state healthcare systems advanced new restrictions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Health systems scaled back or closed equity offices. Federal ...

Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, technology companies have been racing to bring generative AI-powered tools to the healthcare market. However providers have faced a quandary about what — and ...

There is often a disconnect between the intended functionality of an artificial intelligence model and its actual functionality once it's integrated into healthcare workflows. Epic has developed an ...

As we near the turnover of administrations, Health Affairs Forefront offers a series of articles from leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services providing their thoughts on the major ...

For those living in rural America, healthcare access is far from a guarantee. Whether it’s waking up at 4 a.m. to drive three hours to the nearest specialist, waiting six months for a routine checkup, ...

Despite some r ecent improvements in maternal mortality—which, to be clear, did not extend to Black women—the United States continues to be the most dangerous wealthy country for giving birth, and ...