Tyra Bryant-Stephensfound that patient navigators who help low-income adults manage asthma and address problems in their home environmentcan potentially reduce the need for emergency medical care.
Holly Fernandez Lynch discussed the potential risks associated with the FDA’s proposed change to making one trial, rather than two, the standard for drug approvals.
Atul Gupta studied outcomes among physicians returning to practice, and found a sharp, temporary rise in patient readmissions among surgeons and more C-sections performed by obstetricians.
New study findings by Arina Chesnokova suggested that insurance may be a modifiable factor to address racial disparities in access to menopause medication.
David Powell and colleagues found evidence that, on average, minimum wage increases economically harmed women ages 16 to 44, and found small adverse effects on birth outcomes.
Our expert panel emphasized that equitable access to GLP-1s requires addressing high costs, insurance coverage gaps, and affordability barriers, in front of 550+ registrants.
Indirectly Financing the Safety Net: The Legal Architecture of the 340B Program
IN THE MEDIA
“Help! Why Won’t Travel Insurance Pay for My $17,500 Broken Leg?” Tom Baker.New York Times
“Exclusive: ICE Investigated How Dozens of Detainees Died. The Findings are ‘Damning.’” Joseph Nwadiuko.San Francisco Chronicle
“Legal Help for Gun Violence Survivors — at Their Bedsides.” Elinore Kaufman.Philadelphia Citizen
“More Parents are Declining Vitamin K Shots for Newborns, Putting More Babies at Risk of Bleeding: Study.” Heather Burris.ABC News
“Momentum Builds Among Philly-Area Doctors, Farmers, Nonprofits To Grow ‘Food as Medicine’ Approach.” Lauren Eberly.WHYY
PUBLICATIONS
“Disparities in Children’s Coverage Loss During the Medicaid Unwinding by Race, Ethnicity, and Income: United States, 2021–2023.” Erica L. Eliason, Daniel B. Nelson, Jordan Wood, Doug Strane, Aditi Vasan. American Journal of Public Health
“Improving Safety Frameworks for Generative AI and Youth Well-Being Policy.” Siva Mathiyazhagan, Lucia M. Nazzaro, Desmond U. Patton.Nature Mental Health
“In-Hospital Medicaid Enrollment Facilitates Follow-Up Care for Emergency General Surgery Patients.” Joseph A. Kern, Diane N. Haddad, Ella Eisinger, Lin Xu, Angela T. Chen, Anna U. Morgan, M. Kit Delgado, Emna Bakillah, Catherine Sharoky, Mark J. Seamon, Lisa M. Knowlton, Elinore J. Kaufman. Surgery
“Charting a Course to Men’s Health and Wellbeing: Applying a Lens of Power and Politics To Improve Men’s Health Outcomes.” Sarah J. Hawkes, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Kent Buse, Sally Theobald, James W.F. Catto, James A. Smith, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Rachel Tolhurst, John L. Oliffe, Peter Baker, Beatrice R. Egid, Laura Dean, Webster Mavhu, Beate Ringwald, Rachel M. Thomson, Ishrat Jahan, Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Derek M. Griffith.Lancet
“Antidepressant Discontinuation During Pregnancy and Risk of Mental Health-Related Emergencies.” Kelly B. Zafman, Yifan Zhu, Sara L. Kornfield, Aaron Smith-McLallen, Sindhu K. Srinivas.Obstetrics and Gynecology
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