Advancing Quality Improvement to Boost Health Equity
Quality improvement must measure more than average care quality and change to address the root causes of health inequity, according to a Northwestern Medicine editorial published in The BMJ.
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Evaluating Esophageal Hypervigilance and Symptom Anxiety
Measuring levels of hypervigilance and anxiety may improve healthcare providers’ understanding of severe esophageal diseases and treatment strategies, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
Predicting Which Patients Will Discontinue Breast Cancer Therapy
A Northwestern Medicine study has found that women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer were more likely to discontinue hormone therapy early due to poor quality of life-related outcomes.
Digital Depression Intervention May Improve Symptoms
A mental health smartphone app developed by a team of Northwestern Medicine investigators helped improve depressive symptoms in patients with diabetes and hypertension, according to a recent clinical trial published in JAMA.
Top 5 Breakthroughs Podcasts of 2020
Listen to the year’s most popular episodes of the Breakthroughs podcast, featuring Northwestern Medicine experts discussing COVID-19 research.
Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Medicine During COVID-19
A recent Northwestern Medicine perspective piece published in journal Academic Medicine discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic could impact gender equity within the field, specifically the retention and advancement of women.
Advancing Health Equity for the LGBTQ Community
Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing has become a leader in sexual and gender minority health research and intervention programs with the goal of advancing health equity for the LGBTQ community.
Self-Management Intervention Improves Asthma Outcomes in Older Adults
A targeted intervention to support asthma self-management significantly improved outcomes and medication adherence among older adults with asthma, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.