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#WebinarInvitation Join Dr Mercy Mwangangi in this insightful webinar and deepen your knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues associated with #PrimaryHealthCare (PHC). Register at https://lnkd.in/dpX7X-XY #InspiringLastingChange

Anyone heading to the Accelerating Health Equity Conference? If so, please join me at the session called "Food is Medicine: Mitigating the Impact of Hunger on Patients and Caregivers"

The Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy has released a comprehensive white paper detailing the critical role of #RWE in supporting #causalinference in #noninterventionalstudies. Read at The Evidence Base® #heor #healtheconomics #outcomesresearch #rwd #realworldevidence #realworlddata #healthdata

Laws, regulations, and government structures - on my! Looking forward to hearing Philip M. Alberti, AAMC Center for Health Justice, discuss both how these things ensure thriving communities and how we can best advocate for positive investments at the Dartmouth Health 2024 Political Drivers of Health Symposium.

Here is my short take on why epistemic injustice in healthcare matters! From the launch of project EPIC: https://lnkd.in/gSU3Ykz5 Please visit the project website to view what the other researchers had to say.

In the May issue of Health Affairs, Alene Kennedy-Hendricks and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University examine providers’ perspectives on the incorporation of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) requirements in treatment program licensure standards. After conducting a series of interviews with policy officials and providers, the researchers identify four key themes: 1. Interviewees viewed incorporating MOUD into state licensure requirements as a decision grounded in medical evidence; 2. Raising quality standards by requiring MOUD was viewed by some policy officials as in tension with maintaining an adequate provider supply; 3. Aligning state policies and programmatic support with MOUD access goals facilitated implementation of the licensure requirement; and 4. Measuring compliance was challenging. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3yxlA8X

Check out the new American Medical Association guide, Embedding Equity in Crisis Preparedness and Response in Health Systems that supports health care professionals in embedding equity and racial justice during crises: https://lnkd.in/equvu4FK     This guide provides candid accounts of organizations across the country as they embed equity and racial justice during crises and shares key findings learned along the way. The document is structured in four parts and includes a workbook to help organizations apply learnings from the guide in their own crisis response planning.   

Get a Sneak Peek of This Exciting Webinar, Social Determinants of Health: What’s the Big Deal, presented by Kristi Pollard, RHIT, CCS, CPC, CIRCC! "Coders are often told not to code from problem lists and documentation should be included in the current record. We feel like it needs to be in the history of present illness, the assessment, or the plan, and not just hidden in the medical history or the patients history. How is this information impacting the patient? We need to close that loop."

Checkout the newest video of the #REACHingCommunities video series by FDA OMHHE

Dive into the Stanford Think Tank on Diversity & #HealthEquity in Clinical Trials with our on-demand version! Join us in promoting health equity & addressing underrepresentation. #MedEd Two ways to learn: YouTube: Online Module: https://buff.ly/3J0Jwnn