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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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In a recent episode of Health Affairs' A Health Podyssey podcast,
Maximilian Pany and Lucy Chen discuss their research comparing
team-based and solo care.

Do Teams Work Better Than Solo Providers? Spoiler Alert: Yes

Medical training has historically focused almost exclusively on the
skills and actions of individual physicians. Increasingly, clinical
training is incorporating an understanding of how team-based care
affects patient outcomes.

For patients with chronic disease such as diabetes, hypertension, and
high cholesterol, can teams provide better care?

Maximilian Pany and Lucy Chen, both MD-PhD candidates in health policy
at Harvard Medical School, and coauthors recently published a paper on
that very question in the March 2021 issue of Health Affairs. They
joined Alan Weil on a recent episode of A Health Podyssey to discuss
their research, team-based care, and how team composition and
scope-of-practice fit into their findings
.

Pany, Chen, and their coauthors found that patients who have their care
managed by teams
,
rather than by solo providers, were more likely to have their diabetes,
cholesterol, and hypertension brought under control, regardless of the
composition of the team members.

Listen to find out more and visit our entire March 2021 issue

for content about nursing homes, COVID-19, and more.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Michael Nurok argues that the United
States' thinking about the allocation of ICU resources in crisis
situations

is fundamentally flawed, and that it's time to consider a transparent,
coordinated national approach.

Elevating Voices In Women's History Month: Poor oral health in
children

has important health implications. Nadereh Pourat, of UCLA, published
early research on the disparities in oral health care for children on
Medicaid. Her work has focused broadly on assessing disparities in
access to care for underserved populations and improving the safety net.

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This Benefits Buzz podcast episode and blog post cover post-election
health care topics such as Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, the
future of HSAs, and potential rollbacks of the Trump agenda. Learn more
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Your Daily Digest

Podcast: Do Teams Work Better Than Solo Providers? Spoiler Alert: Yes

Alan Weil, Maximilian J. Pany, and Lucy Chen

Provider Teams Outperform Solo Providers In Managing Chronic Diseases
And Could Improve The Value Of Care

Maximilian J. Pany, Lucy Chen, Bethany Sheridan, and Robert S. Huckman

Rethinking ICU Allocation In Times Of Crisis

Michael Nurok

Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Dental Care For Publicly Insured
Children

Nadereh Pourat and Len Finocchio

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Nursing Homes Have A Staff Turnover Crisis-Even Before COVID-19

Nursing homes are challenging places to work. David Grabowski of Harvard
Medical School notes in today's episode of A Health Podyssey, "We knew
the nursing home system was broken before the COVID-19 pandemic."

Grabowski recently coauthored two papers in our March 2021 issue on the
topic of nursing home staffing. One article noted that Medicare's new
patient-driven payment model resulted in reductions in therapy staffing
in skilled nursing facilities. A second found that the mean annual
nursing staff turnover rate was an eye-popping 128 percent.

Post-pandemic, the implications of a nursing home's high staffing
turnover rate is clear: it could lead to health and safety risks for
residents.

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