MedStar Health Blog

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, our team’s research identified seven strategies to support antiracist documentation policies and improve equity in clinical encounters.   Documen...

Social determinants of health, implicit bias, and other factors impact the health of people from disadvantaged groups. Technology and policy changes can advance equity efforts. Despite nearly 40 ye...

A new NIH-funded study will explore whether a wearable device can provide better functional recovery data after surgery for distal radius fracture.   Fractures of the wrist are very common. Yet ...

This article was written by Hannah Arem, PhD, and Claire Starling, MPH.   Our research, published in JAMA Network Open, finds significant clinical improvements in insomnia symptoms among patient...

MedStar Health was the first and among the most prominent U.S. enrollers of participants in this important global Phase III clinical trial of a new drug to treat transthyretin amyloidosis with cardio...

Soon-to-be-published research examines the benefits of integrating gestational diabetes services with maternal and infant care.   Diabetes during pregnancy is common and challenging to m...