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

**Wednesday, August 21, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

As Advancements In Treatment Drive A Newborn Screening Evolution, Will
States And The Federal Government Be Able To Keep Up?

By Richard Hughes IV and
Alessandra Fix

To respond to advancements in science and technology, policy makers at
the state and federal levels must allocate more resources to newborn
screening programs, while working to identify and leverage systemwide
efficiencies.
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IN THE JOURNAL

MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM

Navy Medicine Introduces Value-Based Health Care

By Alee Hernandez, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, C. Forrest
Faison III, and Michael E. Porter

In 2016 the surgeon general of the Navy launched a value-based health
care pilot project to explore whether multidisciplinary care teams and
measurement of outcomes could improve the readiness of active duty
personnel and lower the cost of delivering care to them, their
dependents, and local retirees. This article describes the formation of
the project's leadership structure, the selection of four conditions
to be treated, the creation of the care team for each condition, the
outcomes and costs measured, and the near-term changes in outcomes
during the twelve-month pilot period. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Maternal Health

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United
States has the worst rate of maternal deaths of all countries in the
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