A study in JAMA Internal Medicine calculates the cost of fully meeting the social needs of primary care patients – and finds the current system falls short.
Health Workforce and Training
Posted inHealth Equity
Can Immigration Help Solve the Nursing Home Staffing Crisis?
A recent NBER working paper looks at the effects of immigration into the U.S. on the staffing and quality of nursing homes.
Posted inHealth Technology
A Rare RCT of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
A new randomized controlled trial in Nature shows the potential of artificial intelligence to help diagnose deadly heart conditions.
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A Conversation about Disability and Health with Lisa Iezzoni
Soleil interviews Harvard researcher Lisa Iezzoni about improving health care for people with disabilities.
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Insuring America’s Long-Term Care Workforce
Joseph Benitez shares new research that assesses the impact of the ACA on insurance coverage for low-income nursing assistants.
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How Doctors Really Feel About Patients with Disabilities
Bianca Frogner shares new research that surveys physicians attitudes and actions towards patients with disabilities.
Posted inWorkforce
Turning Long-Term Care Into a Long-Term Career
There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans. Could providing workers with new career pathways be part of the solution?
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The ‘Wild West’ of Health Workforce Policy
The pandemic has reignited long-standing turf wars among health professions, and state lawmakers are caught in the middle.
Posted inCost of Care
How Hospitals Respond to Value-based Payment
Yaa Akosa Antwi shares new research on the impact of a pay-for-performance program on hospital quality.
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Presenting The Nocturnists: Hello Shame
The first episode of a new series from The Nocturnists podcast about shame in medicine.