Innovative Approach to Promote Equitable Access to COVID-19 Preventive Therapy
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
Release Date: 09/01/2023
Extreme Heat Health Consequences
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
Extreme heat in the US led to deaths and hospital admissions among community-dwelling older adults with low incomes. Hyunjee Kim, PhD, of the Oregon Health & Science University, and Jose F. Figueroa, MD, MPH, of Harvard University,...
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Physician Altruism and Quality of Care
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
The use of care by patients of physicians considered more altruistic differs from the use of care of physicians considered less. Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, PhD, MPH, of Weill Cornell Medicine, discusses his work around this with JAMA Health...
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Health Care–Related Savings Accounts, Health Care Expenditures, and Tax Expenditures
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, spoke with Sherry Glied, PhD, and Dong Ding, MA, MPA, of New York University, about the effects of participation in health care savings accounts....
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Highlights From the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, shares highlights from the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting in an interview hosted by JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. John and...
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Health Care–Based Voter Registration: A New Venue to Increase Voter Participation
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
More than 50 million adults in the US are eligible to vote but not registered. Alister F. Martin, MD, MPP, of Harvard University, and Katherine McCabe, PhD, of Rutgers University speak with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP,...
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Differences in Services Provided at Public and Nonprofit Hospitals Related to the 340B Drug Discount Program
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, speaks with Kelsey M. Owsley, PhD, of the University of Arkansas, and Sayeh Nikay, PhD, MPH, of the University of Minnesota, about how the 340B drug discount program influences the services...
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Measuring Medicaid Enrollment More Accurately to Guide Post–COVID-19 Pandemic Policy
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD, of Harvard University, speaks with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, about differences in Medicaid enrollment as measured in surveys and administrative...
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Comparing Home Health Services in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, speak with Rachel A. Prusynski, DPT, PhD, of the University of Washington about differences in the use and outcomes of home health services provided to...
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Changes in Access to Care and Preventive Services by Race and Ethnicity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in ambulatory care. In this interview with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil, of Harvard Medical...
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Opioid Prescription Duration Limits
JAMA Health Forum Editors' Summary
JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, speak with Lindsay D. Allen, PhD, about how setting-specific opioid prescription duration limits helped reduce opioid overuse in West Virginia.
info_outlineIn this interview, JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, explore with Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, and Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, how a large regional health system used a weighted lottery and intensive outreach to provide high-risk individuals in disadvantaged communities more equitable access to scarce monoclonal antibodies for preventing COVID-19.
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