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Michael Schroeder

Michael Schroeder is a former reporter for Healthcare Brew. He's covered everything from politics to police beat but has spent the majority of his career trying to unravel the mysteries of human health and the U.S. healthcare system. He's written for a range of print and digital publications, and his stories have also appeared in U.S. News & World Report, TIME, Psychology Today, HuffPost and The Washington Post.

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Hospitals & Facilities

The move to make care accountable, explained

Primary care in particular has increasingly embraced the ACO model.

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Hospitals & Facilities

The rise of health system-based innovation centers

Easy as money in, money out? No, but the investment can pay off.

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Tech

Why health systems are big targets for ransomware

Cyberthieves are exploiting hospital reliance on data to make bank.

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Tech

Where investment in women’s health will be focused in 2023

Though women make up just over half the US population, investments into their health are often underfunded.

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Infectious Disease

Healthcare Brew is green with envy that we didn’t write these stories

Here are the best stories of 2022 and why we loved them.

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Pharma

The flu is big bucks for some, costly for others

The flu costs the US roughly $11.2 billion per year.

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Staffing

Physician comparison can decrease job satisfaction

There’s nuance to how doctors should be evaluated to limit turnover.

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Hospitals & Facilities

Shortage-proof: Hospitals become their own suppliers

The pandemic prompted health systems to take control of the supply chain.

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We're In Biz

The latest quarter was a mixed bag of buzzwords for healthcare

Check your earnings-call bingo card. Was this what you were expecting?

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Tech

How this company wants to use AI to help therapists navigate clawbacks

Eleos Health CEO Alon Joffe has been working to try to address a reimbursement problem dogging therapists across the country.