Dear John,

Join us tomorrow, June 5, for our theme issue briefing on Reimagining Public Health. Authors featured in this special issue of Health Affairs will present their work, engage in discussions, and answer questions on this important topic.

Yesterday, we released a new theme issue focusing on Reimagining Public Health.

Jonathan Samet and Ross Brownson open the issue with an exploration of seven areas of focus within three broad categories to support transformational change within the US public health system.

The authors identify:

• Contextual areas of focus which include increasing accountability and addressing politicization and polarization.
• Topical areas of focus that highlight prioritizing climate change and sharpening the focus on equity.
• Technical areas of focus which also include advancing data sciences, building the workforce, and enhancing communication capacity. 

For more on the paper’s recommendations, listen to an upcoming episode of A Health Podyssey featuring author Ross Brownson and Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.

More on Public Health

• Next Steps: How Can Medicare Accelerate The Pace Of Improving Chronic Care? by Sandra M. Foote
• Federal Parity In The Evolving Mental Health And Addiction Care Landscape by Colleen L. Barry et al.
• A Health Podyssey: Michelle Mello on Public Health Law Modernization and Rebalancing

Chelsey Kirkland on Building New Models for the Public Health Workforce

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Chelsey Kirkland of the University of Minnesota on her recent paper that explores the development of a new model for the governmental public health workforce in Minnesota.

How Preventable Hospitalizations Became A Widely Used But Flawed Quality Measure

Robert A. Berenson and Laura Skopec

Advancing Health Equity Through Value-Based Care: CMS Innovation Center Update

Purva Rawal et al.

Split Decision: PE Firm Dismissed From FTC Challenge, But Litigation Continues

Sheela Ranganathan

The June 2024 issue of Health Affairs focuses on the topic "Reimagining Public Health."

In this issue, contributors set out to answer an important question: What might it look like to reimagine public health care and the systems that support the health of the community?

You are invited to join us tomorrow, June 5, from 1-4 p.m. ET, for a virtual forum at which authors will present their work, engage in discussions, and answer questions on important issues.

Health Affairs Scholar has been accepted for indexing in PubMed Central, a free full-text archive of thousands of biomedical and life sciences journals maintained by the US National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Inclusion in PubMed Central, the leading source of open-access articles, will bring additional visibility to articles published in the journal.