Capital and staff shortages have forced many rural hospitals to close. Private equity investment in rural hospitals has been one solution to these problems.

Poor-quality antimicrobial medicines continue to proliferate across supply chains, threatening patients’ health and safety, especially in low- and middle-income regions.

AMA Code opinions about collaborative care, health inequity, financial barriers to health care access, and physician responsibilities for safe patient discharge from health care facilities can apply to MLPs.

MLPs in the VHA help minimize ethical tensions that tend to come up when diagnosing and documenting disability.

Expanding MLPs’ positive health impact requires secure funding.

Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care.

Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General.

In 2015, a community health center in Boston, Massachusetts, implemented a model of interdisciplinary care in a nationwide pilot.

Children with micronutrient deficiency might need supplementation, sometimes in irregularly high doses.