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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Dear John,

States and the federal government have both taken action to address the
opioid crisis, but are the resources being allocated to those who need
them most?

Federal Opioid Funding Favors Least Populous States

The federal government has responded to the opioid crisis in numerous
ways, including providing states funding for their own programs. In the
May issue, Bradley Katcher and Christopher Ruhm examine how well these
funds target the geographic areas with the greatest need.

Using four opioid benchmarks and a composite indicator of opioid
severity, they analyzed federal grant awards in 2017 and 2018 and found
federal funding favors the least populous states
,
not states with the most severe opioid problems.

"Approximately one-sixth of grant dollars...or around $1.5 billion,
would have needed to be reallocated to equalize the opioid
severity-adjusted generosity of funding across states," conclude
Katcher and Ruhm.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Lucia Savage and Deven McGraw explore how
the HHS Office of Civil Rights can improve HIPAA and advance
interoperability
.
Also, Karen Wang and colleagues write about equity in the design of
health information systems
.

In a GrantWatch post, Alonzo Plough and Gail Christopher highlight a new
commission being established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that
will explore how national health data are collected, shared, and used
through a health equity lens
.

Elevating Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage
Month: Debbie Chang and colleagues wrote in 2014 about accelerating
efforts to prevent childhood obesity
.

Your Daily Digest

Federal Opioid Grant Funding Favors Least Populous States, Not States
With Greatest Need

Bradley A. Katcher and Christopher J. Ruhm

Five Areas Where The Office Of Civil Rights Can Improve Its Proposed
Changes To HIPAA, And Advance Interoperability

Lucia C. Savage and Deven McGraw

Centering Equity In The Design And Use Of Health Information Systems:
Partnering With Communities On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Data

Karen Wang, Theresa A. Cullen, and Marcella Nunez-Smith

New Commission To Tackle How National Health Data Are Collected, Shared,
And Used

Alonzo Plough and Gail C. Christopher

Accelerating Efforts To Prevent Childhood Obesity: Spreading, Scaling,
And Sustaining Healthy Eating And Physical Activity

Debbie I. Chang, Allison Gertel-Rosenberg, and Kim Snyder

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