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Sunday, January 23, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
Dear John,
Next week, on Friday, January 28, join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief
Alan Weil for a virtual forum
on the topic of caring for people with complex health and social needs.
What's New at Health Affairs
In a new article to be featured in February's theme issue on Racism
and Health, Michael Sun and colleagues used machine learning techniques
to analyze potentially stigmatizing language in the electronic health
records (EHRs)
of patients seen at an urban academic medical center.
They found that Black patients had 2.54 times the adjusted odds of
having one or more negative descriptors, such as "non-adherent" and
"agitated," in the history and physical notes of their EHRs even
after adjusting for sociodemographic and health characteristics.
The researchers also reported that patients with Medicaid or Medicare
insurance had higher adjusted odds of a negative descriptor compared
with patients with private or employer-based insurance.
The upcoming February 2022 theme issue, Racism and Health, will be
released on Monday, February 7.
Order Your Copy Today
In a new episode of
**Health Affairs This Week**,
****Ellen Bayer and Kathleen Haddad talk about how Americans and
physicians are coping with mental health
during the COVID-19 pandemic, physician burnout, and more.
In Health Affairs Forefront, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discusses how
starting this month, Health Affairs will require authors and reviewers
to respond to questions
about their race, ethnicity, and gender in a continued effort to
increase equitable participation among individuals who engage with the
journal.
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Keren Ladin on Why Medicare's Advance Care Planning Payment Is A Work In
Progress
Listen to Keren Ladin from Tufts University and Health Affairs
Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discuss the reasons Medicare's payment policy
has not led to the greater pursuit of advance care planning.
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You are invited to join
****Health Affairs** Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil** for a virtual forum on
the topic of caring for people with complex health and social needs. The
briefing will highlight the perspectives of patients, caregivers and
advocates who know firsthand the practical and policy challenges of
caring for this growing element of America's health care population.
Register Here
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New Podcast: Health Affairs Pathways
Health Affairs is launching a new podcast next week!
Health Affairs Pathways explores the avenues and alleyways of the health
care system through varied storytelling. Our first season is a six-part
series from Lalita Abhyankar, a physician based in San Francisco,
California.
Her series, titled Piecemeal, examines how consolidation in health care
is affecting independent primary care.
Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts
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Spotify
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or wherever you listen.
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