Value-based care (VBC) was never meant to be a solo endeavor. Too often, health plans and providers approach shared goals like improving outcomes, reducing disparities, and lowering costs from opposite sides of the data divide. Despite parallel...
Author’s Note: The words “women” and “female” are used in this blog to refer to biologically female-sex-at-birth individuals. This wording does not assume gender identity and is not meant to exclude anyone who has experienced any issues discussed.
As we anticipate the typically slower winter holiday season, many of us at Azara are looking forward to catching our breath after an unbelievably busy fall. Collectively, Azara staff attended 20 conferences in September and October, after what was...
The current pandemic has brought discussions of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare to more mainstream conversations. I have heard the term “social drivers of health” (SDOH) from more news outlets in the past year than ever before. As I have...
In recent weeks the Biden administration announced it is trying to make better sense of COVID hospitalization numbers. The issue, which is not new, is that medical records and reporting make it very hard to distinguish between patients who come to...
The statistics around women’s health in the United States paint a grim picture; from family planning and sexual health to pre- and post-natal care, women are missing essential services at every age. Some of the most telling data is around maternal...
