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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Friday, April 10, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Keeping Community Health Centers Strong During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Is Essential To Public Health

By Peter Shin, Rebecca Morris, Maria Velasquez, Sara Rosenbaum, and
Alexander Somodevilla

Community health centers are very much at the front lines of severe
illness. They serve the poor, those with underlying health issues, and
the uninsured. Expanding eligibility for financial protections,
increasing funding amounts, and expediting health center payments are
all key to ensuring that health centers and other essential providers
survive and recover from the outbreak. Read More >>

GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY

Toward Intercultural Health Care In Ecuador: A Roadmap For Equitable
Reform

By Alexandra Reichert

Indigenous clinics should be officially recognized, medical schools must
improve their intercultural education programs, and the government
should invest in intercultural health education in rural areas. Read
More >>

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

The ACA: Trillions? Yes. A Revolution? No.

By Joseph R. Antos and James C. Capretta

Ten years after the law was enacted, it is fair to say that the
Affordable Care Act has fallen short of achieving key health reform
goals. A true revolution is needed if we are to address the real
long-standing problems of cost, quality, and access to appropriate care.
Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH

Embedding Social Workers In Veterans Health Administration Primary Care
Teams Reduces Emergency Department Visits

By Portia Y. Cornell, Christopher W. Halladay, Joseph Ader, Jaime
Halaszynski, Melinda Hogue, Cristian E. McClain, Jennifer W. Silva,
Laura D. Taylor, and James L. Rudolph

Between 2016 and 2019 the Veterans Health Administration rapidly
increased the number of social workers included in Patient Aligned Care
Teams, its version of medical homes, which serve veterans in rural
areas. Portia Cornell and coauthors study this natural experiment and
find reductions in emergency department visits and hospital admissions
among high-risk veterans, leading the authors to conclude: "Hiring and
incorporating social workers in primary care is a worthwhile investment
of resources." Read More >>

Read the April 2020 Table of Contents
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Inpatient Psychiatry

Behavioral health care has been slow to take up robust efforts to
improve patient safety. This lag is especially apparent in inpatient
psychiatry, where there is risk for physical and psychological harm. A
Health Affairs article examines patient safety in inpatient psychiatry
as a remaining frontier for health policy
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