- Center on Health Equity & Access
- Clinical
- Health Care Cost
- Health Care Delivery
- Insurance
- Policy
- Technology
- Value-Based Care
New Orleans Health Commissioner to Lead ONC
City of New Orleans Health Commissioner Dr. Karen DeSalvo has been named as HHS' new national coordinator for health information technology. She starts Jan. 13.
City of New Orleans Health Commissioner Dr. Karen DeSalvo has been named as HHS' new national coordinator for health information technology. She starts Jan. 13.
Dr. Jacob Reider has been serving as acting national coordinator since Dr. Farzad Mostashari stepped down from the post in October.
DeSalvo, a former professor of medicine and vice dean of community affairs and health policy for Tulane University in New Orleans, led the effort to establish a network of primary-care medical homes as part of the city's post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding process. She also served as president of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum.
Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/1ceaFzg
Source: Modern Healthcare
VBID, Heading Into a Third Decade, Looks to Promote Personalization and Access
March 12th 2025Speakers at the 2025 Value-Based Insurance Design summit recapped the accomplishments made over the past 20 years in designing insurance benefits with value in mind and looked ahead to iterations to come.
Read More
Use of AI Lets Health System Find Lung Cancer at Early Stages
March 8th 2025Artificial intelligence (AI) helps a Sarasota, Florida, health system catch lung nodules that appear on CT scans for patients treated for scores of conditions, allowing them to be referred for a possible lung cancer diagnosis.
Read More
