Healthy Metric, a statewide partnership dedicated to advancing health equity in Wisconsin, has released a report evaluating the change in health disparities in blood sugar, blood pressure, and colorectal cancer screening disparities across Wisconsin. The report titled, “2024 Evaluating Change in Health Disparities in Wisconsin: Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, and Colorectal Cancer Screening” identifies gaps… Read more »
Telehealth use has rapidly increased in primary care since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chronic care management programs within health systems increased their use of telehealth to provide timely care and prevent exposure to COVID-19. With the expansion of telehealth use and its potential to overcome barriers to care access, health systems and patients… Read more »
The Health Experiences Research Network (HERN) has launched two new toolkits on HIPxChange: Catalyst Films about Health Experiences: Long COVID in Primary Care Health Experiences Catalyst Films: Smoking, Cancer, and Tobacco Cessation HERN brings patients’ voices to American health care as a non-commercial, non-profit group, part of an international movement (DIPEx International) to share patient… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the landscape of care systems and service delivery. Due to rapid responses to the pandemic such as allocating labor and physical resources to treat COVID cases as well as health concerns about patient safety and risk of infection, the non-COVID care utilization declined across all service categories, for example, emergency… Read more »
Most patients are escorted to exam rooms (escorted rooming) although patients directing themselves to their exam room (self-rooming) saves patient and staff time while increasing patient satisfaction. In this study by the PATH collaborative, HIP Investigators Dr. Edmond Ramly and Dr. Maureen Smith along with other authors surveyed patients and staff in 25 primary care… Read more »
This study from HIP Investigator Dr. Ryan Coller sought to establish the feasibility of an in-home COVID-19 surveillance and symptomatic testing program for children with medical complexity (CMC) and identify associations with school safety perceptions. During a virtual enrollment visit with a standard checklist, study personnel trained caregivers (i.e., parents or guardians) to administer BinaxNOW… Read more »
In-home direct antigen rapid testing (DART) plays a major role in COVID-19 mitigation and policy. However, perceptions of DART within high-risk, intellectually impaired child populations are unknown. The purpose of this study from HIP Investigator Dr. Ryan Coller was to describe caregivers’ perceptions of an in-home COVID-19 DART regimen in children with medical complexity, including… Read more »
The chronic conditions and functional limitations experienced by children with medical complexity (CMC) place them at disproportionate risk for COVID-19 transmission and poor outcomes. To promote robust vaccination uptake, specific constructs associated with vaccine hesitancy must be understood.The objective of this study from HIP Investigator Dr. Ryan Coller was to describe demographic, clinical, and vaccine… Read more »
Healthy Metric went live today, releasing five new brief reports focused on health disparities in Wisconsin. These first reports provide an initial look at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on health and health disparities. The first five reports provide an initial look at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on health and… Read more »
Ideal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing platforms must be simple, accessible, and timely to ensure that symptomatic and exposed individuals are tested, positive results are identified, and isolation, quarantine, and contact tracing begin as soon as possible. Many children remain unvaccinated and, as other respiratory viruses surge, families have a pressing need… Read more »
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