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.
An evaluation of the Magnet4Europe program by Linda Aiken, Karen Lasater, and Matthew McHugh found that when European hospitals adopted more of the Magnet framework, measures of staff burnout and patient safety improved.
Norma Coe discussed her new research on long-term care insurance purchase patterns among married couples, and weighed in on Washington State’s novel long-term care insurance plan.
Dominic Sisti discussed the ethical challenges and effects of keeping children in emergency departments while awaiting psychiatric inpatient care, and offered potential solutions.
In The Hill, Sean Hennessy examinedwhat America stands to lose if Congress fails to protect the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
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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.
Our expert panel discussed the trajectory of the opioid epidemic as well as policy opportunities and challenges at the federal and state levels, drawing in a national audience of 500+ registrants.
IN THE MEDIA
“Should Drug Companies be Advertising to Consumers?” Abby Alpert.New York Times
“Trump Tariff Revenue of $175B at Stake After Supreme Court Ruling: Estimate.” Kent Smetters. The Hill
“Nurses Say They Might Return to Hospitals if Employers Made These Changes.” Karen Lasater.MedPage Today
“New Report Urges Policies to Strengthen Economic Security for Children and Families.” Meredith Matone.Markets Herald
“US Lawmakers Seek Release of Double Amputee From Georgia ICE Detention.” Joseph Nwadiuko.The Guardian
PUBLICATIONS
“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
“The Paradox of Trust in Health Care in the Age of Social Media.” Marcello Ienca, Celine Gounder, Ezekiel J. Emanuel.Lancet
“Temporal Trends and Sociodemographic Differences in Telemedicine Utilization, 2019-2024.” Bingyu Zhang, Lu Li, Yiwen Lu, Jingchuan Guo, Jiang Bian, John B. Salmon, Robert L. Stetson, Michael A. Horst, Srinivas K. Sridhara, Mitchell D. Schnall, Kevin B. Mahoney, David A. Asch, Yong Chen.Journal of General Internal Medicine
“Availability of Higher-Level Neonatal Care in Rural and Urban US Hospitals, 2010-2022.” Katy B. Kozhimannil, Emily C. Sheffield, Clara E. Busse, Julia D. Interrante, Corrie E. McDaniel, Sara C. Handley.JAMA Network Open
“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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