METROPLUS HEALTH PLAN’S DEPUTY CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, DR. AMANDA PARSONS, PUBLISHES PAPER IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Amanda Parsons, MD, MBA, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at MetroPlusHealth, along with colleagues, recently published a paper in The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) describing how patients with one or more social needs are at least 20% more likely to miss their outpatient appointments. “It is time to stop thinking of, and labeling them, as ‘no showers’ and instead, to understand they are people who face significant challenges to attending clinic appointments. Read press release>>