The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Dear John,
Before February ends, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite content from this month that you may have missed. We're also featuring
this month's philanthropy-related blog posts in our monthly GrantWatch Round-Up. Also, make sure to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep up with our Elevating Voices series, which we’ll continue in March to celebrate Women’s History Month.
Four Highlights From February
In a recent Health Affairs Blog post, Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former commissioner of the New York City Health Department, argues that President Biden has an opportunity to become "the public health president" by taking three urgent steps. What are those steps? Read the blog post to find out.
Victor Dzau, the president of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), stopped byA Health Podyssey to talk with Alan Weil about the recent release of NAM’s Vital Directions and its five health care priorities for 2021. The two discuss the most urgent health care issues confronting the Biden administration, and Dzau shares how he thinks science is evolving and influencing the field of health and medicine.
In a paper that surveyed physicians' perceptions of people with disability, Lisa Iezzoni and coauthors found that
only 40.7 percent of respondents were "very confident" that they could "provide the same quality of care" to patients with disability as to patients without disability, raising questions about ensuring equitable care to people with disability. Potentially biased views among physicians could contribute to persistent health care disparities affecting people with disability.
Also in February, Health Affairslaunched our
Equity Project. Coinciding with the launch announcement, Project Director Vabren Watts wrote a blog post about racial bias in scholarly publishing and Health Affairs’ plan to promote equity through "equitable participation, new voices, and introspection." Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil provided a deeper look into the reasons for going public with the project launch in his own blog post.
Featured in today’s Elevating Voices series for Black History month is a Narrative Matters essay by Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of health and human services and the founding dean and president emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine. Sullivan writes about his educational experience and the imperative to lower medical school costs to enhance access. Listen to Sullivan read the essay here.
What are the policy priorities regarding US health costs and financing, women’s and children’s health, mental health and addiction, older adults’ health care, and infectious disease threats? Hear from an expert panel at the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2021 virtual briefing.
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