GEOGRAPHIC INFLUENCE ON HEALTH DISPARITIES

Indicates how inhabitants of rural parts of the U.S. have poorer health outcomes than their urban counterparts and reduced access to health care resources. Read more

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

President Phyllis King discusses the newly revised ASAHP Strategic Plan. Read more

PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN

Depicts federal government funding initiatives revealed in the President’s 2020 State of the Union Address and in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Points out some challenges in financing the steady growth of health care costs and efforts to curb waste in the provision of services. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Describes a regulatory step by the federal government to address violations of free speech rights of students and a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (ACE). Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

• 2020 Patient Data Breach Barometer

• Self-Reported Marijuana Use In Electronic Cigarettes Among U.S. Youth

• · Light-Adapted Electroretinogram Difference In Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Evolving Magnetically Levitated Plasma Proteins Detect Opioid Use Disorder As A Model Disease Read More

AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY

• Clinical Prevention And Population Health Curriculum Framework

• Precarious Work Schedules And Population Health

• Quantification Of U.S. Neighborhood-Level Social Determinants Of Health Read More

THE ROAD TO IMMORTALITY IS PAVED WITH EPONYMS

Mentions historical trends in the production of health eponyms and views of a sample of neurology residents about the continued use of these naming devices. Read More

QUANTIFYING HEALTH SYSTEMS’ INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Refers to an investigation of the extent to which U.S. health systems are investing in housing-focused interventions, employment, education, food security, transportation, and social and community endeavors. Read More