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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs

Friday, February 12, 2021
TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

By Joshua Barocas, Celine Gounder, and Syra Madad

A just-in-time approach to pandemic preparedness by medical supply manufacturers, hospitals, and governments has failed during the COVID-19 pandemic. A just-in-case strategy with training plans, stockpiles, infectious disease surveillance, and stakeholder coordination is the solution to future health crises. Read More >>


SUBSTANCE USE

Responding To COVID-19: Supporting People In Recovery From Opioid Use Disorder
By Karen A. Scott, Kenneth Shatzkes, and Lydia Tschoe

Access to treatment for opioid use disorder is important, but so is ensuring access to recovery services, which provide social connections and other supports to help people rebuild their lives. A national foundation has awarded grants to organizations helping to provide safe and meaningful recovery support services during the pandemic. The authors suggest policy interventions—for new Biden administration staffers and others addressing the opioid crisis—on the critical importance of recovery services. Read More >>
Health Affairs This Week

Listen to Health Affairs editors Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss what's in the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021.
Listen here.

IN THE JOURNAL

DISABILITY

Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care
By Lisa I. Iezzoni, Sowmya R. Rao, Julie Ressalam, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic, Nicole D. Agaronnik, Karen Donelan, Tara Lagu, and Eric G. Campbell

How confident are US physicians that they can provide the same quality of care to patients with disability as to those without? Lisa Iezzoni of Harvard Medical School and coauthors surveyed physicians about their perceptions of care for people with disability. Read More >>
HEALTH POLICY VALENTINES

It's that time of year again when we send health policy valentines across Twitter. This year Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil got in on the action when he heard the news that the Wall Street Journal was going to use "health care" as one word from now on.
Twitter Valentine
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ELEVATING VOICES: Black History Month

Briana Woods-Jaeger and coauthors' 2019 paper offers lived experiences of African American youth in a policy context as a means to allay the negative results of exposure to violence in communities. Read why incorporating these lived experiences in policy is essential to creating positive health outcomes for Black youth.
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