Separating Hype from Reality in Health Tech
Drew Altman features exclusive polling for this new Axios column showing how far health information technologies are spreading, but still have a long way to go to disrupt the U.S. health care system.
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Health Apps and Information Survey
Poll FindingThis poll examines the numbers of U.S. adults who use the internet or smartphone apps to research symptoms, track fitness and nutrition, manage their health insurance and health care spending, and engage in other online health-related activity.
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Data Note: A Look At Swing Voters Leading Up To The 2020 Election
Issue BriefWhile a large share of voters are already firm about how they plan to vote in the 2020 presidential election, three in 10 say they have not made their minds up. This analysis from KFF, in collaboration with the Cook Political Report, examines the demographics of these swing voters and the policy issues that could lead them to vote for either President Trump or the Democratic nominee.
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As the Ebola outbreak in the DRC continues, new KFF explainer examines the status of the response and the limited U.S. role to date
News ReleaseThe ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), recently declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the WHO Director-General, is now second only to the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2015 in terms of number of cases and deaths.
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Poll: Most Americans See Antibiotic Resistance as a Public Health Problem, But Nearly Half Have Not Taken Antibiotics As Prescribed
News ReleaseWhile most Americans believe that antibiotic resistance poses a public health problem, new KFF polling finds nearly half (45%) say they personally have not taken antibiotics as prescribed – one factor contributing to the rise of “superbugs” that are resistant to existing treatment.
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Data Note: Public Awareness Around Antibiotic Resistance
Issue BriefThis data note examines the public’s knowledge and concerns about antibiotic resistance and also gauges the public’s experiences using antibiotics and their interactions with doctor and health care providers.
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Visualizing Health Policy: Barriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States
FeatureBarriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States Download VIEW JAMA INFOGRAPHIC…
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Kaiser Health News (KHN) announces a new partnership with An Arm and A Leg podcast
News ReleaseKFF and Public Road Productions announce that Season 2 of An Arm and A Leg podcast will be co-produced in partnership with Kaiser Health News (KHN), KFF’s editorially independent national health and health policy newsroom.
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Why Bolstering Trust in Journalism Could Help Strengthen Trust in Medicine
PerspectiveThis perspective highlights the important relationship between medicine and trust in news media and articulates three ways that clinicians, health care organizations, and journalists might begin to rebuild the foundation of trust on which both medicine and journalism rely. Co-authored by KFF's David Rousseau, Vineet M. Arora of University of Chicago Medicine, and Gary Schwitzer of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, it appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The Future of Global Health Financing: Hope vs. Reality in the Push for Universal Health Coverage
Event Date:EventOn Thursday, April 25, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the CSIS Global Health Policy Center held a policy roundtable on the latest data on funding for global health, including from the U.S. government.