Healthy Metric, a statewide partnership dedicated to advancing health equity in Wisconsin, has released a new report focusing on the health disparities among adult women of childbearing age (18-44) in Wisconsin. The report titled “Primary Care Utilization and the Health of Adult Women of Childbearing Age in Wisconsin” provides critical insights into primary care visits,… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Dr. Jessica Cao is a Health Economist and Health Services Researcher. Her research focuses on designing and evaluating the effects of policy and system intervention on care utilization and outcomes. Her on-going projects include: (1) incorporating telehealth in primary care settings for disadvantaged patients with multiple chronic conditions to improve chronic care management and reduce… Read more »
On December 8, 2023 at 12pm, HIP Investigator, Dr. Yao Liu will present at the D&I Launchpad’s Dissemination Research and Implementation Science Seminar (DRISS). Her presentation titled, “Implementation of Teleophthalmology in Rural Health Systems (I-TRUST) Study: A Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness and Implementation Multicenter Clinical Trial,” will provide an overview of the I-TRUST Study’s methods… Read more »
Healthy Metric, a dynamic statewide partnership dedicated to advancing health equity throughout Wisconsin, has released a report titled “Disparities in Diabetes by Geography: A Healthy Metric 2023 Brief Report for Wisconsin.” This report shows the differences in diabetes management between patients with diabetes alone and those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, taking into account their… Read more »
Healthy Metric, a dynamic statewide partnership dedicated to advancing health equity throughout Wisconsin, has released a report shedding light on mental health disparities across the state. Titled “Disparities in Mental Health Care and Outcomes: A Healthy Metric 2023 Report for Wisconsin,” this comprehensive report identifies gaps in mental health screening, diagnoses, and telehealth utilization across… Read more »
The Neighborhood Health Partnerships Program recently developed new resources for our “Placing the Social Determinants of Health in Context” series. These tools provide some examples of evidence-informed linkages between diabetes and heart disease and the measures available in the NHP Sociodemographic Profile Reports (e.g., affordable housing, health insurance coverage). NHP is also in the process… Read more »
Nationally and within Wisconsin, disparities in healthcare exist across multiple determinants of health including race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, and geography (rural and urban). Public reporting on disparities in the quality of care is an important step to achieving accountability for reducing disparities over time and has been associated with improvements in… Read more »
Recent studies suggest young adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have high 30-day readmission rates, which may necessitate tailored readmission reduction strategies. To aid in risk stratification for future strategies, this study from HIP Investigator Dr. Christie Bartels measured 30-day rehospitalization and mortality rates among Medicare beneficiaries with SLE and determined rehospitalization predictors by age.… Read more »
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