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Here's an overview of recent RAND research on telehealth policy. ⤵️

New study: Hospitals in 5 states have increased how frequently they document patients as needing the highest intensity care, which has led to hospitals receiving billions in extra payments from health plans and government programs.

The Great Lakes, which cover more than 95,000 square miles across the U.S. and Canada, are a hub of commercial and recreational activity and a major source of fresh water for both countries. Our researchers looked at the risk of oil spills in the region.

I joined other RAND experts to discuss the broader geopolitical impacts of Assad’s fall. Among other points, I argue that the current risky state of affairs in Syria is fraught with both danger and opportunity—danger that Syria could become a terrorist haven on the Mediterranean and NATO's doorstep, and opportunity to improve U.S. and NATO relations with Turkey, engage with Iran from a position of relative strength, and reassess U.S. military forces and missions in the Middle East. The United States should work with Turkey and through NATO to develop a more sustainable, long-term approach to the Middle East, not just one that is based on countering specific threats in specific places without consideration to broader geopolitical concerns. https://lnkd.in/etaM-q5k

We asked 6 RAND experts (Raphael Cohen, Karen Sudkamp, Ann D., Michelle Grisé, William Courtney, and John Parachini) for their insights on the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria—and the fallout for the region and beyond. Here's what they said. ⬇️

When Trump returns to the White House, he will confront a situation on the Korean Peninsula that is remarkably different from his first term—and a North Korean leader who is more assertive than ever thanks to strengthened ties with Russia. Benjamin Young, a Stanton nuclear security fellow at RAND, explains.

This new report explores how to enhance supply chain resilience in the face of impending threats.

I’m very excited to see the Federation of American Sciences call out the RAND Forecasting Initiative (RFI) in Collaborative Intelligence: Harnessing Crowd Forecasting for National Security ( https://lnkd.in/ePrytZQa ), part of its Day One Project for the incoming Trump administration. The author’s advocate for the development within an FFRDC of a next-generation crowd-forecasting program that balances academic rigor with policy relevance and recommend RFI as the potential home for this effort. RFI is already (1) supporting government and foundation sponsored RAND research; (2) managing forecasting working groups that bring together participants from US and allied governments, forecasters, and RAND subject matter experts to decompose strategic issues into policy-relevant forecast questions using a variety of methods and AI tools; and (3) developing education and training in coordination with the RAND Pardee Graduate School and others to help analysts and policymakers understand how to integrate collaborative intelligence into their processes and products.   Learn more about RFI here: https://lnkd.in/eFSYEU7s

Jude Blanchette, a leading expert on China's political landscape, has been named the inaugural director of the RAND China Research Center and Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research.