Written by Heather Holderness, MPH of OHSU Department of Family Medicine Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, tens of millions of US citizens gained heath insurance. The ACA was the largest overhaul of the US healthcare system since Medicare/Medicaid was established in 1966, and one of its most notable changes wasRead more
Hello and welcome back to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in healthcare news and information. It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted and I apologize for the delay, but I think the articles I found this week will make up for my absence. This week we have articles about the effectsRead more
Hello and welcome back to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in health news and information! This week we are going to pack our bags and travel to North Carolina to check in on an ACO that is addressing social determinants of health, next we will explore the effects of thirdhand smoke andRead more
Hello and welcome back to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in health news and information. This week we have a short but informative CHR where we look at two articles concerning the ACA and a third about opioid prescribing rates in the US. Let’s talk turkey (definition: to speak seriously, frankly. No gobbleRead more
ADVANCE recently launched EVERYWOMAN, a new study on reproductive health in the safety net, in partnership with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Fenway Health, and Health Choice Network. In honor of Cervical Health Awareness Month, we sat down with Project Director, Anna Templeton to learn more about the study.Read more
Welcome back to Community Health Roundup: you’re source for the latest in health news and information. This week we are going to take a look at the new guidance issued to states regarding Medicaid and work status, how the University of Illinois Hospital is helping the homeless with housing, how to make lawmakers pay attention toRead more
Ho-Ho-Ho and welcome to the holiday edition of the Community Health Roundup! In this edition, I am shining a light as bright as Rudolph’s nose on some of the more positive health stories this holiday season. So I’ve made a list of articles and checked it twice and I hope you enjoy what I’ve found both informative and nice. So please don’tRead more
Hello fellow health news aficionados! Welcome to the Community Health Roundup, a place where you can have your news and read it too. This week, I am bringing you the choicest articles from around the internet including articles on the backlash over blood pressure guidelines, how economic inequality is tied to health inequality, an article about cancerRead more
Hello again and welcome back to Community Health Roundup, your source for the latest and greatest in health news! This week I have some very interesting articles that (unintentionally) all revolve around social determinants of health in one way or another. From a clinic in North Carolina, to six in California, and everything in between, we areRead more
Hello all and welcome to another installment of Community Health Round Up! This week I decided to post a day early because I lassoed so many articles I was ecstatic about, I knew I needed to get them out as soon as possible (or ASAP as some might say). So what did I find? WellRead more
