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- Apr 2014
The magic year for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 2014, is now upon us. The transition of millions of uninsured individuals into new insurance exchange markets has not been smooth, but as the challenges are addressed, our collective attention should turn to ensuring that the law meets…
- Mar 2014
PolicyLab's Alex Fiks wrote this Issue Brief for Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. The Issue Brief examines some of the barriers to HPV vaccination and summarizes a successful, multipronged clinical intervention to improve vaccination rates.
- Feb 2014
Editor's note: Reprinted with permission of AAP News, February 2014 The Academy is involved in a new study looking at factors that increase the likelihood families will use patient portals to manage their child’s asthma symptoms and communicate with their primary care office…
- 2012
The global rise in non-communicable disease (NCD) suggests that US-based refugees are increasingly affected by chronic conditions. However, health services have focused on the detection of infectious disease, with relatively limited data on chronic NCDs. Using data from a…
- Winter 2014
This Research at a Glance brief provides an overview of an ongoing research project examining the effectiveness of patient portals as mechanisms to improve provider-patient relationships and improve care for children with asthma. For more information, see the project page, AAP…