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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Dear John,

A new research article covers reluctance to seek emergency care for
cardiac arrests early in the pandemic, and this month's Narrative
Matters essay discusses how hospice fails patients with slow functional
decline.

Emergency Care for Cardiac Arrests

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In a new study, released ahead of print today
,
Christopher Sun and coauthors evaluated emergency medical services (EMS)
call data from the Boston area in the first few months of the pandemic
to better understand patients' reluctance to call EMS for
cardiac-related care.

The authors found that there was a substantial decrease in EMS calls and
an increase in hospital transportation refusals despite a significant
increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Read the article here.

In May's Narrative Matters essay, Krista Lyn Harrison describes how
the hospice model fails when patients die slowly
.
This post is part of Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health series
, with support from The
John A. Hartford Foundation .

"Hospice has become care for people dying fast, not for those trying
to live well while dying slow," Harrison writes as she recounts her
stepfather's experience in hospice with a neurodegenerative disease.

Listen to Harrison read her Narrative Matters essay on Health Affairs'
Narrative Matters podcast
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Daniel Teixeira da Silva and Chethan
Bachireddy write about HIV prevention strategies in the criminal justice
system
,
while Cara Safon and colleagues discuss the benefits of doula care
.

Elevating Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage
Month: Leighton Ku and colleagues wrote in 2015 about the diverse
staffing patterns of
community
health centers
.

Your Daily Digest

Worse Cardiac Arrest Outcomes During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Boston Can
Be Attributed To Patient Reluctance To Seek Care

Christopher Sun et al.

The Hidden Curriculum Of Hospice: Die Fast, Not Slow

Krista Lyn Harrison

Podcast: The Hidden Curriculum Of Hospice: Die Fast, Not Slow

Krista Lyn Harrison

To End The HIV Epidemic, Implement Proven HIV Prevention Strategies In
The Criminal Justice System

Daniel Teixeira da Silva and Chethan Bachireddy

Doula Care Saves Lives, Improves Equity, And Empowers Mothers. State
Medicaid Programs Should Pay For It

Cara B. Safon et al.

Community Health Centers Employ Diverse Staffing Patterns, Which Can
Provide Productivity Lessons For Medical Practices

Leighton Ku et al.

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One-on-One with Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler

On

**Thursday, June 3, 2021**, you are invited to join

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**Health Affairs** Editor-in-Chief

**Alan Weil** when he welcomes

**Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler**, the new deputy administrator of the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and director of its
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI), for an in-depth
discussion of the Biden administration's plans and priorities for CMS
and CMMI. 

There will be an opportunity for viewers to contribute questions.

**Date:   Thursday, June 3, 2021**

**Time:   1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EDT)**
Place:     Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in
advance of the event.

**Health Affairs** is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
The Commonwealth Fund for their support of the special issue, "The
Affordable Care Act Turns 10
" (March 2020, Vol.
39, No. 3: 359-544), and this event.

Register Here

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