Sara Handley, Scott Lorch, and colleagues found that only about a quarter of the highest-risk obstetrics patients received appropriate care in the rural areas of Oregon, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
In STAT News,Yehoda Martei argued that excluding diverse populations from clinical trials hinders innovation, especially as precision medicine becomes more prevalent in oncology.
Dominic Sisti discussed the ethical challenges and effects of keeping children in emergency departments while awaiting psychiatric inpatient care, and offered potential solutions.
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At our recent seminar, former CMMI Director Liz Fowler discussed how Medicare's shift to value-based care has stalled due to rigid federal scoring rules and short pilot timelines.
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IN THE MEDIA
“Here’s What to Know About the $50 Billion States Are Getting for Rural Health.” Paula Chatterjee.NPR
“Doctors Increasingly See AI Scribes in a Positive Light, but Hiccups Persist.” Kevin B. Johnson.ABC News
“Should Drug Companies be Advertising to Consumers?” Abby Alpert.New York Times
“Nurses Say They Might Return to Hospitals if Employers Made These Changes.” Karen Lasater.MedPage Today
“What’s the Right Way to Define Ultra-Processed Foods?” Christina Roberto. STAT News
PUBLICATIONS
“Changes in Post-Hospital Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities for Veterans: A Cohort Analysis.” Robert E. Burke, Tom Cidav, Andrew Tjader, Christopher B. Roberts, Jacqueline A. Benson, Kirstin Manges Piazza, Kimberly J. Waddell, Hummy Song, Guihua Wang, Liam Rose. Journal of General Internal Medicine
“The Paradox of Trust in Health Care in the Age of Social Media.” Marcello Ienca, Celine Gounder, Ezekiel J. Emanuel.Lancet
“Medicaid Expansion and Breast Cancer Care and Outcomes–What Lies Ahead?” Meghan Maceyko, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju.JAMA Network Open
“Unplanned Pregnancy and Severe Maternal Morbidity.” Alice Abernathy, Miatta Goba, Markolline Forkpa, Jesse Chittams, Sindhu K. Srinivas, Sunni L. Mumford, Courtney A. Schreiber.Fertility and Sterility
“Testing Normalization Process Theory in a Randomized Trial of Mental Health Clinics Implementing Digital Measurement-Based Care.” Nathaniel J. Williams, Mimi Choy-Brown, Nallely Vega, Gregory A. Aarons, Mark G. Ehrhart, Steven C. Marcus.Implementation Science
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