Delivering Better Care

The second post in our Weitzman Institute blog series on conducting health equity research during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights challenges and lessons learned in building rapport and authentically engaging with patients in a virtual research environment.

The techniques, focus, and skills of health service researchers is key as federal programs and health systems identify and administer treatments for Long COVID. As Long COVID continues to disproportionately harm populations that are already suffering from health disparities, poorly designed or targeted dissemination efforts could worsen this health outcome gap.

AcademyHealth, in collaboration with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, hosted a meeting with clinical experts, researchers, patients and other stakeholders on possible causes of pre-hospital diagnostic delay. This meeting will inform a call for proposals to advance the evidence base for pre-hospital diagnostic delays related to cancer, sepsis, and acute cardiovascular conditions.

Overall, community health workers roles in Medicaid Managed Care Organizations appear to focus on supporting clinical care and making referrals for social issues, rather than addressing community-level concerns, according to these national, cross-sectional survey results.

Richard Baron, President and CEO of the ABIM Foundation and Lisa Simpson, President and CEO of AcademyHealth work to build understanding of the relationship between trust and susceptibility to misinformation, as outlined in a recent Health Affairs Forefront article.

AcademyHealth collaborated with a national advisory committee and a multidisciplinary group of experts and stakeholders from across and outside the VA to generate a set of priority research questions to address clinician burnout.

AcademyHealth members in Health Affairs highlight risks and benefits to Community health workers (CHW) licensure and certification mandates.

New competency area will elevate and help to unify equity work in health systems