From affordable housing initiatives to funding economic revitalization of impoverished communities, the year saw industry leaders make some of their biggest investments yet toward addressing socioeconomic factors tied to improving patient outcomes.

Kaiser Permanente expanded its nationwide initiative to address the emotional health of 25,000 schools' staff and students over the next several years.

Providers that took a comprehensive approach to assessing patient experience saw better clinical outcomes and brand recognition than those using CMS survey results, according to a new analysis.

Healthcare leaders say the industry needs to make long-term commitments toward addressing social needs.

Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare have developed a treatment guide to quickly identify and treat patients who develop respiratory injury from vaping.

ProMedica has invested in a startup that will help the Toledo, Ohio-based system analyze clinical and demographic data to better design interventions and ideally show the impact of those efforts.

The work genetic counselors provide faces barriers to reimbursement, despite the potential it holds to lower healthcare costs by pinpointing how to care for patients.

Most physicians aren't retrained on measuring blood pressure after they leave medical school. Now, the AMA and AHA have an e-training module to help clinicians practice.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has agreed to become part of the ECRI Institute in a move that will make ECRI one of world's largest patient-safety organizations.

Although hospitals have made progress against antibiotic-resistant infections, the CDC's latest report shows they have caused more deaths than previously estimated.

Although the Trump administration sued Gilead Sciences for patent infringement, the drugmaker will still donate PrEP doses to improve patient access.

Washington, D.C., scored the first federal approval to waive Medicaid's prohibition on covering residential stays in psychiatric hospitals or residential treatment centers.

The funding over the next five years will go toward projects to tackle housing instability, food insecurity and economic revitalization, among other issues.

Hospitals' reluctance to address patient bias toward clinicians will hamper their calls for more workforce diversity and inclusion, according to experts.

Low-income areas have seen higher rates of pharmacy closures in recent years, and that's limiting those communities' access to drugs and driving health disparities.