While the COVID-19 pandemic has been at the forefront of medical and public concern for the past year and a half, the opioid overdose epidemic has continued to quietly take its toll in the United States. In the twelve months leading up to April 2021, over 100,000...
Over the past 20 years, maternal mortality rates have continued to rise in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2019 the maternal mortality rate had risen to 20 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 17 deaths...
Patient-centered care has been a trending topic in healthcare for the past decade. While patient-centered care sounds self-explanatory—shifting focus to the patient and their needs in a healthcare setting—there is more to it than that. Patient-centered care at its...
