FEATURE STORIES

Can Telemedicine

Be Equitable?

Several studies by LDI Fellows find that, while telemedicine can make care more convenient and accessible for some, it may not work for young patients and those without digital access.

Digital Transformation in Hospitals

Hummy Song discusses how digital technology can help hospitals solve operational problems such as staffing, safety, and supply chain issues.

Helping Patients Think About Opioid Risk

Video narratives and a visual risk thermometer can help patients with pain assess their risk for opioid misuse, according to a study by Zachary Meisel et al.

COVID-19 and Shorter Length of Stay

for Newborns

Research by Sara Handley and colleagues suggests that shorter hospital stays for healthy newborns did not increase infant readmissions in the first week.

VIRTUAL SEMINAR RECAPS

How Can We Fix

Primary Care? 

In our latest virtual seminar, a panel of experts tackled how to make primary care a more sustainable, efficient, and equitable system.

Improving Access to Medications for Opioid

Use Disorder 

Our recent conference discussed how states can use their licensing authority to improve access to medications for opioid use disorder.

EVENTS

Vaccination Equity
By Design

Tuesday, March 1
5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Conversation with Olatunde C.A. Johnson, JD 

This event is part of the 2021-2022 Lecture Series on Race and Regulation, organized by the Penn Program on Regulation and co-sponsored by the Penn Law Office of Equity and Inclusion

An Action Plan for Reducing Opioid Deaths 

Friday, March 4
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Seminar with Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Keith Humphreys, PhD, and Regina LaBelle, JD. Moderated by Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, MSHP.

Co-sponsored with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH)

Research Seminar with Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD

Friday, March 18
12:00–1:20 p.m. ET

Co-sponsored with the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)

Addressing Structural Racism in Medicaid to Promote Health Equity

Friday, April 15
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Seminar with Cara James, PhD, Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, and Emma Sandoe, PhD, MPH. Moderated by Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD.

IN THE MEDIA

“Medicare Can Help Fix the Nurse Shortage in Hospitals.” Linda Aiken and Claire Fagin. STAT News

“After the FDA Issued Warnings About Antidepressants, Youth Suicides Rose and Mental Health Care Dropped.” Ross Koppel. The Conversation

“PCR COVID Tests are not Very Useful. Focus on Rapid Antigen Tests Instead.” Ezekiel Emanuel. Washington Post

“In the Line for Scarce COVID Treatments, Immunocompromised Americans Should Go Before the Unvaccinated.” Emily Largent. Washington Post

PUBLICATIONS

“Hospital Performance for Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality, Length of Stay, and Complication Rates in the USA.” Shazia Mehmood Siddique, Shivan J. Mehta, Afshin Parsikia, Mark D. Neuman, James D. Lewis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences

“Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Digital Information for Health-Related Uses.” David Grande, Nandita Mitra, Raghuram Iyengar, Raina M. Merchant, David A. Asch, Meghana Sharma, Carolyn C. Cannuscio. JAMA Network Open

“Conceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Operationalizing Race in Quantitative Health Sciences Research.” Elle Lett, Emmanuella Asabor, Sourik Beltrán, Ashley Michelle Cannon, Onyebuchi A. Arah. Annals of Family Medicine

“Disaggregating Inequalities in the Career Outcomes of International Medical Graduates in the United States.” Rebecca A. Schut. Sociology of Health & Illness

“Trade-offs and Policy Options—Using Insights from Economics to Inform Public Health Policy.” Tiffany Green, Atheendar S. Venkataramani. New England Journal of Medicine

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