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Oct 30, 2020
Improving Emergency Care for Children with Complex Conditions
Only about 1% of children in the U.S. are considered medically complex, but when you work in a busy Children’s Hospital Emergency Department …
Oct 21, 2020
COVID-19 Outlook: The Fall Wave is Here, but its Outcome is Not Predetermined
This week, PolicyLab released a long-awaited and important update to our guidance for schools during the pandemic. So much has changed in the eight…
Oct 15, 2020
We’re Losing Ground on Children’s Health Insurance Coverage in 200 Words
We’ve recently seen lots of new data and analyses on the state of children’s health insurance coverage in the United States, and the news…
Oct 14, 2020
COVID-19 Outlook: A Second Wave to Blanket the Nation
As we venture deeper into October, the calculus continues to evolve for schools. In recent weeks, the focus for most schools was to establish…
Oct 14, 2020
COVID-19 and Systemic Racism Threaten the 2020 Census
Once per decade, the Constitution mandates that every person in the United States be counted, only once, and in the right place. An accurate count is…
Oct 13, 2020
Broadband Internet Access, Telehealth & Child Health: From Differences to Disparities, Part 2
In part one of this blog post, we explored how COVID-19 public health measures have elevated the importance of broadband internet access for…
Oct 08, 2020
How to Support Domestic Violence Survivors During COVID-19
In one quick week in March, schools closed, daycares sent children home and workplaces had to figure out how to get everyone from cubicles to home…
Oct 07, 2020
COVID-19 Outlook: The Northeast Resurgence Has Begun, but Safe School Reopenings Still Possible
Last week, we shared our most concerning forecasting update since the spring when our models predicted the surges that ultimately occurred…
Oct 01, 2020
Leveraging Population Health and Quality Improvement to Improve Outcomes for Frequently Hospitalized Children With Asthma
Over the last decade, there has been considerable focus on programs targeted at reducing the acute health care use of those with the highest health…
Sep 30, 2020
COVID-19 Outlook: Time to Preserve Our School Reopenings As a New Wave Moves In
Our team has been doing these models since March, and we've had many concerning weeks, but we would put this week's forecasts among the most…
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