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COVID-19

A Population Health Segmentation Framework For Balancing Medical Need And COVID-19 Risk During And After The Pandemic
By Hadi Kharrazi, Kimberly A. Gudzune, and Jonathan P. Weiner

Over the next year or longer, clinicians will need to simultaneously work to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on those at highest risk while also responding to the growing backlog of unmet general medical needs. We suggest how existing medical and public health data can be collated and curated to create a population-health analytic framework to manage and inform the care processes of the current COVID-19 era. Read More >>


FOLLOWING THE ACA

Another Court Vacates LGBTQ-Specific Rollbacks From New 1557 Rule
By Katie Keith

On September 2, a second federal court preliminarily blocked portions of a new federal rule that would strip protections from LGBTQ people by eliminating protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act against discrimination based on sex stereotyping. Read More >>



Narrative Matters
IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS: COVID-19

Protecting Access To Abortion During The COVID-19 Pandemic
By Maryl G. Sackeim  

Maryl Sackeim, an obstetrician/gynecologist, shares the stories of two patients in need of abortion care during COVID-19.
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HOT ARTICLES IN AUGUST

Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US
By Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby

From Rural Germany, Integrated Care Grows Into A Global Model

By Michele Cohen Marill


Return On Investment From Immunization Against 10 Pathogens In 94 Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011-30
By So Yoon Sim, Elizabeth Watts, Dagna Constenla, Logan Brenzel, and Bryan N. Patenaude

Consolidation Of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016-18

By Michael F. Furukawa, Laura Kimmey, David J. Jones, Rachel M. Machta, Jing Guo, and Eugene C. Rich

Incarceration And Its Disseminations: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons From Chicago's Cook County Jail
By Eric Reinhart and Daniel L. Chen


A CLOSER LOOK—Making America Healthy Again

The November elections are approaching at a time of health care uncertainty due to COVID-19. More and more medical communities have come to the realization that health depends on more than just medical care (and consequently, those communities have begun implementing important transformations). The social determinants of health are part of the health care reform conversation now, which means it is critical to revisit where the US was four years ago. Reread Patricia Illingworth's blog post.

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