Sara Heath

Andover, Boston

Executive Editor at Patient Engagement HIT

Executive Editor at Xtelligent Healthcare Media

Executive Editor at TechTarget Health IT

Managing Editor @XtelligentHC & @PEHealthIT. Views, swear words, and teen angst don't reflect my employer. Retweets ≠ endorsements, homies. She/her/hers.

Articles

How to prevent patient portal messages from causing burnout

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Allotting dedicated time for answering patient portal messages and taking a team-based care approach to inbox management can reduce provider burnout.
Health insurance coverage costs soar 6% in 2025

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Spikes in health insurance coverage costs could raise questions about how much employers and employees will shoulder these expenses moving forward.
Health orgs still committed to closing health disparities

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Most healthcare leaders say their organizations will still commit to closing health disparities, even as political and policy headwinds emerge.
ASTP/ONC taps Thomas Keane for national coordinator role

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Baurzhan Ibrashev/istock via Get Thomas Keane, M.D., M.B.A., brings prior ONC experience as he's slated to lead ASTP/ONC.
Variable charity care rules risk medical debt for patients

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Researchers emphasized the need for state or federal standards for charity care eligibility to lessen the burden on patients seeking to avoid medical debt.
How do social determinants of health affect chronic disease?

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Understanding how social determinants of health affect chronic disease will be key to the nation's current discourse on chronic disease prevention and management.
Member engagement leads to high health plan satisfaction

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Commercial payers with better health plan satisfaction scores tended to have better member engagement and education, J.D. Power reported.
Primary care access problems still plague rural areas

1 month ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Rural, predominantly White areas in Virginia face bigger primary care access issues, likely due to growing provider shortages in those areas.
What agencies must know about House-passed Medicaid cuts

1 month ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a massive budget reconciliation bill that included significant Medicaid cuts, creating a potential funding shortfall for state agencies tasked with handling how program changes will impact enrollees. The bill, passed in a 215-214 party-line vote, cuts around $700 billion from Medicaid over a decade through a plethora of program changes, including nationwide Medicaid work requirements.
Why mobile medicine needs clinician, peer navigator teamwork

1 month ago | techtarget.com | Sara Heath

By Sara Heath, Executive Editor Published: 22 May 2025 When it comes to community-based care, healthcare providers can't go it alone. That much has become clear at Healthcare in Action, a California-based street medicine organization that's derived much of its success from a multidisciplinary care model helmed by clinicians and community health workers in tandem.