Michael Eagon, Senior Pharmacy Manager of Ambulatory Pharmacy at UTMB, and Nathan Vo, Senior Pharmacy Manager of Revenue Integrity at UTMB, spoke to Becker’s about what UTMB has done to expand access to care. “[UTMB] has adopted a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy to effectively expand access to care,” they said.

“Access to care is an institutional priority,” Dr. Jochen Reiser, president and CEO of UTMB Health, tells Becker’s. Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share how their system has been expanding their access to care.

Saffron, one of the most expensive spices in the world, has multiple health benefits, writes Dr. Samuel Mathis. Saffron comes with antioxidant properties, can affect mood and has been shown to help with weight loss.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback and adults are often the ones passing it on, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp.

Dr. Clare McNerlin and Dr. Daniel Kaganov, two inaugural emergency medicine/aerospace medicine residents at UTMB, write about UTMB’s program and the fields of aerospace and emergency medicine. “Although emergency and aerospace medicine are practiced in different settings, both share a commitment to saving lives through rapid, effective care in high-pressure situations,” they write.