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Friday, May 14, 2021

Dear John,

May's installment in the Leading To Health series highlights a
hospital championing family-centered care.

Gaining Family Input At Children's Mercy Hospital

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Children's Mercy hospital in Kansas City has played a pioneering role
in pursuing patient- and family-centered care. As part of Health
Affairs' Leading To Health
series, the May 2021
issue features an article by David Tuller about Children's Mercy's
efforts to involve families in their system.

Tuller writes about how Children's Mercy has woven family feedback
into its policy-making processes
.
Today the organization has eighteen patient and family advisory councils
with more than 200 volunteer members. Some of the councils are
department-specific, such as primary care or mental health, and others
involve specific conditions such as eating disorders or cancer.

"One challenge has been to achieve sufficient diversity among the
family volunteers," Tuller writes. "Finding the time to volunteer
can be difficult."

Despite challenges, Children's Mercy's efforts have successfully
given voice to many pediatric patients' number-one advocates: their
families. Carol Kemper, Children's Mercy's senior vice president for
service and performance excellence, says, "From a seat at the table in
a formalized board, to thousands of engagements every year, patients and
families have truly changed the way we prioritize our work and solve
problems."

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Zoe Matticks and Allie Liss propose that
the landmark Violence Against Women Act should be immediately
reauthorized

by the US Senate to preserve essential funding and services for
survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

Amy Romano and J.D. Kleinke propose a new plan, Medicare For All
Pregnancies
,
which seeks to eliminate uninsurance for pregnancy, birth, and the first
postpartum year for both mother and newborn; introduce payment parity
between public and private health insurance coverage; and transition to
high-value, equitable care by fostering implementation of evidence-based
interventions and innovative care models.

Also, Richard G. Frank and coauthors argue that the success of the US
COVID-19 vaccine effort

was enabled by decades of long-term investments by the federal
government, followed by additional federal investment in the development
of the COVID-19 vaccines themselves.

Elevating Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage
Month: Charles Liu, Yusuke Tsugawa, and coauthors published a paper in
the March 2021 issue of Health Affairs, in which they emphasize, "There
remains a critical need for reforms

that address the health care affordability crisis for low- and
middle-income people."

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Three Unanswered Questions For Telehealth's Future

Listen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Chris Fleming discuss the three
major unanswered questions about the future of telehealth.

Listen Here

Your Daily Digest

Gaining Family Input At A Children's Medical Center

David Tuller

Reauthorize The Violence Against Women Act To Improve Health Care For
Survivors Of Relationship And Sexual Violence

Zoe Matticks and Allie Liss

Medicare For All? Start At The Beginning: Cover All Births And Modernize
Maternity Care

Amy Romano and J.D. Kleinke

It Was The Government That Produced COVID-19 Vaccine Success

Richard G. Frank et al.

The Affordable Care Act's Insurance Marketplace Subsidies Were
Associated With Reduced Financial Burden For US Adults

Charles Liu et al.

Podcast: Three Unanswered Questions For Telehealth's Future

Rob Lott and Chris Fleming

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