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Sunday, February 6, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs

Dear John,

Health Affairs is pleased to announce plans for Health Affairs Scholar,
our new open access journal
.
Health Affairs Scholar will be a companion to Health Affairs, providing
an additional forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed health policy and
health services research.

What's New at Health Affairs

Racism is the reason for large, sustained health inequities in the
United States. The February 2022 issue of Health Affairs will focus on
racism and health and provide historical context about how the two have
been linked.

Articles in the upcoming issue will highlight experiences from specific
racial and ethnic communities, examine how structural racism causes
racial inequities in health and opportunity, and describe racial
inequities in health care access and use.

For a preview of what is to come, check out an ahead-of-print article in
which Michael Sun and colleagues used machine learning techniques to
analyze potentially stigmatizing language in electronic health records

of patients seen at an urban academic medical center.

Their analysis found that Black patients had 2.54 times the adjusted
odds of having one or more negative descriptors-such as "non-adherent"
and "agitated"-associated with their records.

Read about topics like these and much more in the upcoming Racism &
Health issue, to be released on Monday, February 7, and don't miss out
on the events accompanying the theme issue.

On Tuesday, February 8, from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST, join Health
Affairs for a free virtual symposium, "Racism & Health."

We are honored that

**Xavier Becerra**, Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human
Services, will address the group during the event. Another highlight
includes the reading of "Identity," an original poem by

**Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo**, which will be published in the issue.  

Register Now

In a new podcast episode of This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack
and Rob Lott talk about the latest in California's fight for
single-payer health care
.

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Racism And Health In US Medicine: A Conversation With Harriet Washington

To coincide with the launch of the February 2022 theme issue, "Racism &
Health," Health Affairs will release a video interview with guest
Harriet A. Washington on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.

Health Affairs Director of Health Equity, Vabren Watts, and Chief Health
Equity Officer and Senior Vice President for the American Medical
Association, Aletha Maybank, interview Washington, author of several
books on medical ethics, including Medical Apartheid: The Dark History
of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the
Present.

In the interview, Washington addresses the history of racism in medicine
and research.

Watch Here

 

Health Affairs Branded Post:
Lessons Learned in Medicare Advantage: Accelerating the Drive to Health
Equity

Elena Rios and Martin Hamlette

Sponsored by Better Medicare Alliance

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Piecemeal: Policy Issues That Promote Consolidation

On the second episode of Piecemeal, Lalita Abhyankar explores the policy
issues that promote health care consolidation. She explores the
fee-for-service payment model and various value-based payment models.

Listen Here

Featured This Week

Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic
Health Record

Michael Sun

Podcast: Piecemeal: Policy Issues That Promote Consolidation

Lalita Abhyankar

Podcast: George Wehby on Mask Mandates and How Health Services Research
Has Changed Since COVID

Alan Weil and George Wehby

Podcast: California's Fight for Single-Payer Health Care

Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott

Court-Issued Fines And Fees Frequently Undermine Health Equity

Kathleen Noonan
The Economic Burden Of Rare Diseases: Quantifying The Sizeable
Collective Burden And Offering Solutions

Sheldon Garrison et al.

The Second Failed Attempt At Public Insurance For Long-Term Services And
Supports

Mark Warshawsky

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George Wehby on Mask Mandates and How Health Services Research Has
Changed Since COVID

George Wehby from the University of Iowa College of Public Health joins
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil to discuss his research on
state-level mask mandates, children's educational attainment, racial and
ethnic disparities in dental service use, and how he frames research
questions.

Listen Here

 

 

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at the
intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by
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