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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Thursday, August 11, 2021
Dear John,
Research in the new August issue investigated infection control and
possible applications of telehealth technology in primary care offices.
Airborne Transmission In Outpatient Settings
In an article in the August issue of Health Affairs, Hannah Neprash and
coauthors explored rates of potential airborne disease transmission
in medical office settings.
They quantified whether "exposed patients (that is, those seen in a
medical office after a patient with influenza-like illness) were more
likely to return with a similar illness in the next two weeks compared
with nonexposed patients seen earlier in the day."
They found that patients exposed to influenza-like illness in a primary
care setting were more likely than nonexposed patients to revisit with a
similar illness within two weeks.
According to the authors, "Compared with the baseline rate of return
visit with influenza-like illness for patients treated before an
influenza-like illness visit, this change represented a 31.8 percent
increase."
For more articles on Primary Care
, visit our website.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Sandra Stenmark and coauthors outline
steps to ensure that critical benefits from the American Rescue Plan Act
reach all families
.
Also, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Elizabeth Fowler, Meena Seshamani, and
Daniel Tsai from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
discuss how the incoming leaders at CMS have taken stock of lessons
learned from the first ten years of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Innovation's operation and have begun to chart a path for the next ten
years of value-based care
.
Check out our COVID-19 Resource Center
for Health
Affairs content about all things related to the pandemic.
Your Daily Digest
Evidence Of Respiratory Infection Transmission Within Physician Offices
Could Inform Outpatient Infection Control
Hannah T. Neprash et al.
The American Rescue Plan Act, A Critical Opportunity To Improve Child
And Family Health
Sandra H. Stenmark et al.
Innovation At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision
For The Next 10 Years
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure et al.
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