Â鶹ƵµÀViews: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies Advance Equity
Issue Number
909
April 16, 2024
Â鶹ƵµÀStats: Distribution of Healthcare Expenditures
In 2021, the top 1 percent of people with high expenses accounted for 24 percent of all healthcare expenditures, while the bottom 50 percent of people with high expenses accounted for less than 3 percent of expenditures. (Source: Â鶹ƵµÀMedical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #556, .)
Today's Headlines
- Â鶹ƵµÀViews: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies Advance Equity.
- Researchers Identify Targets To Guide Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists.
- Webinar on May 2 Will Focuses on Primary Care Workforce Research Methods .
- Highlights From ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s Patient Safety Network.
- Apply by April 20 to Serve on Â鶹ƵµÀNational Advisory Council.
- Register for May 8 Webinar on Feedback Methods To Complement Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey Data.
- New Research and Evidence From AHRQ.
- Â鶹ƵµÀin the Professional Literature.
Â鶹ƵµÀViews: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies Advance Equity
A new Â鶹ƵµÀViews blog post highlights an important addition to the agency’s digital healthcare resources: . The guide, released during National Minority Health Awareness Month, further advances ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s aim to advance equity via digital healthcare technologies and solutions. In the last 10 years, Â鶹ƵµÀhas invested more than $89 million across 153 research projects focused on reducing healthcare disparities. Last November, Â鶹ƵµÀexperts presented a for health services research to advance equity in care. ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s new guide for creating and using digital healthcare technologies and solutions to advance equity has been included among the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) resources. Access the blog post authored by Â鶹ƵµÀDirector Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.; Â鶹ƵµÀSenior Advisor Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.; and NCQA Director of Health Equity Initiatives Bryan O. Buckley, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., M.B.A. To receive all blog posts, .
Researchers Identify Targets To Guide Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists
An AHRQ-funded study published in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry identified key facilitators and barriers influencing dentists’ antibiotic prescribing behaviors and found that dentists need improved access to antibiotic prescribing guidelines and additional support in uncertain dental scenarios. A series of interviews conducted with dentists from the U.S. National Dental Practice-Based Research Network explored patient and practice factors perceived to affect antibiotic prescribing. Researchers found many areas for potential intervention to support appropriate and cautious dental antibiotic prescribing, with key broad targets that include increasing visibility and accessibility to current guidelines, providing new guidance to cover unique scenarios, and facilitating better communication with patients and other healthcare providers. Access the .
Webinar on May 2 Will Focuses on Primary Care Workforce Research Methods
Register now for a webinar on May 2 from noon to 1:15 PM ET, Research Methods for Studying the Primary Care Workforce. Sponsored by ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research, the webinar will feature three grantees who have developed methodologies to understand the optimal structure and composition of primary care teams and measure the impacts of adding nurse practitioners into primary care. Following presentations in which they describe the primary and secondary data sources used to answer research questions, presenters will be available to answer attendees’ questions.
Highlights From AHRQ's Patient Safety Network
´¡±á¸é²Ï’s highlights journal articles, books and tools related to patient safety. Articles featured this week include:
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Review additional new publications in PSNet’s or access recent in ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web).
Apply by April 20 to Serve on Â鶹ƵµÀNational Advisory Council
Â鶹ƵµÀis seeking nominations for new members to join its National Advisory Council (NAC), which advises ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s director and the secretary of Health and Human Services on AHRQ's efforts to fulfill its statutory mission. The agency seeks diverse representation geographically and across priority and underrepresented populations. NAC members meet three times a year. Applicants should submit a résumé and statement of willingness to serve before the June 20 deadline. Self-nominations are accepted. Access more information in the and forward questions to Jaime Zimmerman at NationalAdvisoryCouncil@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Register for May 8 Webinar on Feedback Methods To Complement Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey Data
Registration is open for a webcast on May 8 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET to highlight how patient experience professionals use multiple patient feedback methods to complement ´¡±á¸é²Ï’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) data. Speakers will discuss how they use feedback methods with CAHPS results to fully capture patient perspectives and use that information to improve care.
New Research and Evidence From AHRQ
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Effects of the valsartan recall on heart failure patients: a nationwide analysis. Devine JW, Tadrous M, Hernandez I, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2024 Apr;33(4):e5777. Access the on PubMed®.
Catholic hospital affiliation and postpartum contraceptive care and subsequent deliveries. Meille G, Monnet JN. JAMA Intern Med 2024 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print.] Access the on PubMed®.
Assessing an innovative method to promote learning from patient narratives: findings from a field experiment in ambulatory care. Shaller D, Nembhard I, Matta S, et al. Health Serv Res 2024 Apr;59(2):e14245. Epub 2023 Oct 16. Access the on PubMed®.
The role of human-centered design in healthcare innovation: a digital health equity case study. Levander XA, VanDerSchaaf H, Barragán VG, et al. J Gen Intern Med 2024 Mar;39(4):690-5. Epub 2023 Nov 16. Access the on PubMed®.
Estimating subgroup effects in generalizability and transportability analyses. Robertson SE, Steingrimsson JA, Joyce NR, et al. Am J Epidemiol 2024 Jan 8;193(1):149-58. Access the on PubMed®.
Clinical prediction model: multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children versus Kawasaki disease. Starnes LS, Starnes JR, Stopczynski T, et al. J Hosp Med 2024 Mar;19(3):175-84. Epub 2024 Jan 28. Access the on PubMed®.
Impact of hospital affiliation with a flagship hospital system on surgical outcomes. Ramadan OI, Rosenbaum PR, Reiter JG, et al. Ann Surg 2024 Apr;279(4):631-9. Epub 2023 Oct 17. Access the on PubMed®.
Tools for the diagnosis of ADHD in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Peterson BS, Trampush J, Brown M, et al. Pediatrics 2024 Apr;153(4):e2024065854. Access the on PubMed®.
