Sunday, May 5, 2024 | The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Dear John,
Join us Wednesday, May 22, for our next virtual Journal Club featuring a closer look into a paper from our upcoming issue with a focus on COVID-19 policies.
Author Christopher Hoover will discuss efforts to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates and reduce cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in prioritized communities with Leslie Erdelack.
Digital inclusion determines access to health care services and jobs and shapes educational attainment.
Digital inclusion also overlaps with structural disparities. Evidence suggests that “neighborhood internet subscription rates vary by historic redlining status,” and that financial barriers shape digital exclusion.
Khoong and Sheon outline four pillars of digital inclusion, including “available, affordable high-speed internet service; devices; digital skills and training; and applications, online content, and technical support.”
The researchers call for increased investments in broadband infrastructure and the development of digital policy that includes the health sector.
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Alison Stuebe of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine on her recent paper exploring steps to take to cultivate vital conditions for perinatal well-being and how this can lead to a sustained commitment to reproductive justice.
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Jack Hoadley from Georgetown University about the final rule for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs for 2025.
On May 9, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will be joined by the current National Coordinator, Micky Tripathi, and several of his predecessors for a look back at the achievements of the ONC on electronic health records, interoperability, meaningful use, and a look forward at the opportunities and challenges ahead in health information technology, including harnessing artificial intelligence, improving data analytics, and expanding digital health.
The current list of participants is:
Micky Tripathi (2021- ), National Coordinator for Health IT
David Brailer (2004-2006), Chief Medical Officer, The Cigna Group
Rob Kolodner (2006- 2009), Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, ViTel Net
David Blumenthal (2009-2011), Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Health Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health
Karen DeSalvo (2014-2016), Chief Health Officer, Google
Donald Rucker (2017-2021), Chief Strategy Officer, 1upHealth
Health Affairs recently co-hosted a professional development session with the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals focused on lessons for the next generation of health policy leaders.
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