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

**Thursday, July 30, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
QUALITY OF CARE

High-Value Care Every Time: Recommendations From The National Quality
Task Force

By Ayesha D'Avena, Shantanu Agrawal, and Kenneth W. Kizer

While much remains to be achieved, the historical progression of the
quality movement is encouraging. Building on the foundation of Crossing
the Quality Chasm, the National Quality Task Force has identified five
strategic objectives to normalize high-value, person-centered care for
every person, everywhere, every time. Read More >>

COVID-19

The Care We Need: Getting From Here To There

By Carolyn Clancy

While we have made much progress in improving the safety of care that we
provide patients, especially in reducing health care-acquired
infections and medication errors, there is still much more to learn and
implement. Read More >>

MONTHLY GRANTWATCH ROUND-UP

Comparison of SDOH-Related Investments By Texas And California Medicaid
Health Plans

By Shao-Chee Sim, Jeremy Cantor, Nicole Giron, Carolyn Wang Kong, Kay
Ghahremani, and Jamie Dudensing (7/27/20)

Given the important role of Medicaid health plans in California and
Texas in addressing the health and social needs of large enrollee
populations and the plans' interest in advancing the social determinants
of health (SDOH) agenda in both states, two foundations sought to better
understand the plans' investments in improving SDOHs. The authors
compare results from surveys in California and Texas-the two most
populous states in the US. Read More >>

How Is Rur
al
Philanthropy Responding To COVID-19? Under The Radar.

By Allen Smart (7/9/20)

Rural COVID-19 cases are growing at a quicker rate than urban cases are,
and COVID-19's effects in rural areas are disproportionately on
communities of color. With fewer nonprofit and governmental resources
available now, rural funders are particularly vital because of their
role in immediate response to COVID-19 and also because of their helping
rural communities to face the longer-term consequences. Examples of
private and government funding in response to this crisis are included.
Read More >>

Transforming Health Care Measurement By Partnering With Patients And
Caregivers

By Hala Durrah, Karen Frazier, Stephen Hoy, Mary Lavelle, Dilani Logan,
and Ellen Schultz (7/6/20)

In a high-performing health care system, measurement drives progress
toward safe, effective, efficient, timely, equitable, and
patient-centered care. It identifies priority areas for improvement,
promotes accountability, and more. However, to make sure that
measurement reflects what patients say they want and need, researchers
must partner with patients and caregivers and value their experiences,
these authors say. They describe foundation-supported work to put
patient-centered measurement into practice in the real world. Read More
>>

AcademyHealth ARM

The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting continues today! Meet our
editors at the Health Affairs exhibit booth
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Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil, who joins a panel to
talk about structural racism during a live plenary on Thursday August 6,
3:30-4:30 PM: Structural Racism in HSR: Honest Reflections on Our Role
and the Path Forward
.

IN THE JOURNAL

GRANTWATCH

Funders Support Mental Health Care: COVID-19 And Before

By Lee L. Prina

The July 2020 GrantWatch column focuses on foundation activities related
to mental health-including a few related to COVID-19.  Here are some
examples. The Ethel and James Flinn Foundation is funding free virtual
behavior therapy and counseling for Detroit, Michigan, residents
affected by COVID-19. The Bipartisan Policy Center has launched a
Behavioral Health Integration Task Force funded by three foundations.
And the California Health Care Foundation announced an online training
program to "nearly double" the pipeline of psychiatric mental health
nurse practitioners in that state. In the column's Key Personnel Changes
section, read about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's new vice
president for policy. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Missing Voices In Rural Health
One in five rural Americans is a person of color or an Indigenous
person. Rural communities, not those mostly populated by white men, are
often the ones facing the biggest health risks. This Health Affairs Blog
post by Katy Backes Kozhimannil and Carrie Henning-Smith covers the
missing voices in America's rural health narrative
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