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.
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-ChiefAlan 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.
You are invited to join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weilfor 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.
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.
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