The Commonwealth Fund

How AI and Other Technologies Can Improve Health and Close Equity Gaps

AI and digital health technologies will not advance equity on their own. But if designed and implemented with underserved ...
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Environmental Sustainability Is an Integral Part of Health Care’s Quality Mission

Environmental Sustainability Is an Integral Part of Health Care’s Quality Mission. The new UCI Health hospital in Irvine, ...
The Commonwealth Fund

Strengthening Rural Primary Care Will Require More Robust Research and Evidence

Investing more in rural-specific research. The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy supports rural health research ...
Commonwealth Fund

How Medical Bills and Debt Impact Americans with Private Insurance

Compared to people in many other high-income nations, Americans are the most likely to have problems paying for their medical care.1 Unlike these countries, the United States doesn’t have universal ...
Commonwealth Fund

Overdose Mortality from a Global Perspective: Why Are Rates Falling?

Two of five Americans — 42 percent — know someone who has died of a drug overdose.1 Between 2019 and 2024, nearly half a million Americans died of a drug overdose, including three years of over ...