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Sunday, February 13, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
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Dear John,
This week, Health Affairs published its February theme issue on Racism
and Health. Several papers provide important background and context for
the research findings and policy discussion in the issue.
Read The Full Racism And Health Issue
Racism And Health
In one overview paper, Paula Braveman and coauthors explain the path
from systemic racism to poor health
and provide examples of dismantling racist systems.
They outline how systemic racism harms health by disenfranchising
people, obstructing economic resources and opportunities, increasing
exposure to health-harming conditions, and limiting access to
health-promoting resources and opportunities.
Among their recommended approaches to dismantling racist systems:
enforcing antidiscrimination laws; building public support for policies
that promote health and well-being for all; and implementing
interventions to repair or reduce the damage that systemic racism has
caused.
In another overview article, Ruqaiijah Yearby and coauthors explore the
racist roots of past and present health policy
as it relates to coverage, financing, and quality.
Laws and policies across the various payers-employers, insurance
companies, the federal government, and the states-have created a
"two-tier health care system that limits racial and ethnic minority
populations' equitable access to high-quality care," they write.
On Health Affairs Forefront, Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil shares his
observations
on creating a more equitable publishing environment.
In a new podcast episode of This Week, Health Affairs'Â Â Leslie
Erdelack and Jessica Bylander talk about the publication process and
findings
from the Health Affairs February 2022 theme issue on racism and health.
On A Health Podyssey, Michael Sun joins Alan Weil to discuss his
research from the Racism and Health issue which discusses racial biases
hiding in EHRs
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Read The Full Racism And Health Issue
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Racism And Health In US Medicine: A Conversation With Harriet Washington
Earlier this week, Health Affairs published a video interview with guest
Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of
Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the
Present.
In the interview, Washington discusses the history of racism in medicine
and research with Vabren Watts, Health Affairs' director of health
equity, and Aletha Maybank, chief health equity officer and senior vice
president of the American Medical Association.
Watch Here
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Piecemeal: Primary Care Pivoting In The Age of COVID-19
In an episode of Piecemeal, Lalita Abhyankar discusses the ongoing
organizational pressures that independent primary care practices face in
the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and how some pivoted their business
models.
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Featured This Week
Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages,
And Approaches To Dismantling
Paula Braveman et al.
Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy
Ruqaiijah Yearby et al.
Public Health Advocacy Must Be Taught
Alexandra Carter et al.
Observations On Publishing Racism & Health
Alan Weil
Podcast: Piecemeal: Primary Care Pivoting In The Age of COVID-19
Lalita Abhyankar
Podcast: Behind The Pages: Racism and Health Issue
Jessica Bylander and Leslie Erdelack
Podcast: Michael Sun on Racial Biases Hiding in EHRs
Alan Weil and Michael Sun
Palliative Care In The Face Of Racism: A Call To Transform Clinical
Practice, Research, Policy, And Leadership
William E. Rosa et al.
The Important Roles Of Medicare Advantage And Direct Contracting: A
Response To Gilfillan And Berwick
Donald Crane
States Hold Keys To Health Care Affordability, But Are They Using Them?
Elise Lowry et al.
Health Affairs Branded Post:
Increasing Value For Customers Through Advocacy Actions And Tools
Sanchit Madan, Keith Fangler, C. David Ader
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Michael Sun on Racial Biases Hiding in EHRs
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Michael
Sun, a medical student from the University of Chicago, on his research
examining racial bias in electronic health records.
Listen Here
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