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Organizational Leadership
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Our New CEO, Algorithmic Bias, Equity in the Workplace: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 5, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on what RAND’s new president and CEO envisions for the future, addressing bias in health care algorithms, creating equitable change in the workplace, and more.
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Health Disparities
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Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Health Care Innovation: Considerations for Future Research, Policy, and Practice
Robert J. Romanelli, Sonja Marjanovic @SonjaCambs
Jul 6, 2022
The RAND Blog
For health care innovations to have the fairest and broadest possible benefit to society, efforts could be made to attend to all stages of the innovation pathway to identify opportunities to mitigate biases through diversity, equality, and inclusion.
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Health Care Technology
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When IT Meets Medical Innovation: Regulatory and Policy Challenges for Software as a Medical Device
Zuzanna Marciniak-Nuqui, Nick Fahy, Sonja Marjanovic @SonjaCambs
Jun 10, 2022
The RAND Blog
The demand for using software to improve health care, including software as a medical device (SaMD), is on the rise. Realizing the potential benefits of the growing demand for SaMD may require clearer and more-consistent regulation of patient safety and medical effectiveness.
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Gun Policy
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Gun Policy, China and Taiwan, Russian Propaganda: RAND Weekly Recap
May 27, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on reducing America's unacceptably high rates of gun violence, what would happen if China “quarantines” Taiwan, and Russia's “firehose of falsehood.”
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Russia
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Keeping Russians Informed, No-Fly Zone Policy, Telehealth: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 18, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on how to ensure Russians have access to accurate news about the war in Ukraine, strategic considerations for keeping a no-fly zone option on the table, treating pain conditions among U.S. service members, and more.
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Demographics
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Could the Move Toward Zoom and Other Collaboration Technologies Due to the Pandemic Change the Very Makeup of Populations?
Esther M. Friedman, Andrew M. Parker
Dec 17, 2021
The RAND Blog
Collaborative technologies such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams have transformed how we work, visit the doctor, and go to school. But can they also shift demographic trends in migration, fertility, morbidity, and mortality? And if so, how?
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Telemedicine
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Rethinking the Impact of Audio-Only Visits on Health Equity
Lori Uscher-Pines, Lucy B. Schulson
Dec 17, 2021
Health Affairs
New pandemic-era flexibility that allowed audio-only health visits to be routinely reimbursed as telehealth may be leading to substandard care for those it was meant to serve. It may be time to consider limiting audio-only visits in the pursuit of health equity.
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Public Health
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Tech Assets Might Help Make Public Health Data More Equity-Centered
Douglas Yeung @DouglasCYeung, Christopher Nelson, Tara Laila Blagg
Sep 9, 2021
Inside Sources
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified broad societal inequities and trained a spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. public health system. What would more equity-centered, tech-engaged public health data look like?
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Health Care Payment Approaches
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Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access
Sam Alom, Sonja Marjanovic @SonjaCambs
Jul 26, 2021
The RAND Blog
Given the growing pressures on health care systems globally and the need for innovative approaches to financing health care, the time may be ripe to develop a robust evidence base and share learning on fintech-enabled approaches that could support universal health coverage agendas and healthier and more stable societies.
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Racial Equity
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Equity in Research, North Korean Instability, Traffic Stops: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 9, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how RAND applies an equity lens to research, instability in North Korea, what police think about traffic stops, and more.
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Mental Health Treatment
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How COVID-19 Lessons Can Transform U.S. Mental Health Care
Ryan K. McBain @ryankmcbain
Jun 2, 2021
The Hill
It would be a powerful conclusion to the pandemic if Americans reimagined a health system that was resilient against future threats, including the resulting psychological trauma. Policymakers have the opportunity now to cut short the pandemic's long tail of mental illness by taking decisive action.
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Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
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Biden's Proposed New Health Agency Would Emphasize Innovation. Here's How It Might Work
Luke Muggy, Catherine C. Cohen, Kristie L. Gore
May 24, 2021
Los Angeles Times
President Biden has proposed a new health agency modeled on DARPA to work on groundbreaking research. This agency could pursue the kind of high-risk research that can lead to high-reward results and help get more medical treatments to market sooner.
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Telemedicine
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No Patient Left Behind: Considering Equitable Distribution of Telehealth
Rama A. Salhi, Mahshid Abir, Bisan A. Salhi
Apr 20, 2021
Health Affairs Blog
The pandemic has revealed telemedicine's potential to improve health care delivery and access. Telemedicine could help reach patients who would normally be excluded or alienated by the traditional structure of the health system.
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Vaccination
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Game Theory to Help the Vaccine Rollout, Abraham Accords, Telehealth: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 19, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how game theory can help the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, potential economic benefits of the Abraham Accords, telemedicine use during the pandemic, and more.
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Telemedicine
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The Doctor Will Call Me Maybe: The Uncertain Future of Audio-Only Visits and Why We Need Them to Address Disparities
Lori Uscher-Pines, Maggie Jones, Jessica L. Sousa, Zachary Predmore @zspredmore, Allison J. Ober
Mar 12, 2021
Health Affairs
Audio-only health care visits have been instrumental in maintaining access to care during the pandemic. Despite this, coverage for audio-only visits is likely temporary. Devaluing and prematurely casting off a key telemedicine modality could mean the difference between a needed doctor visit and no visit at all.
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Employment and Unemployment
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Unemployment Insurance, Domestic Extremists, Housing Insecurity: RAND Weekly Recap
Feb 5, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on what the pandemic has revealed about America's unemployment system, why stopping domestic extremism will be difficult, how housing insecurity may affect sleep, and more.
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Quoted

Moscow wants to annex large parts of Ukraine, it wants to demilitarize the country so that the government cannot fight against its actions, and it wants a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv. The sad reality is that annexing four regions is unlikely to be the end of Russia's mission in Ukraine, but just one phase in Putin's much longer project. Both Ukraine and its backers must be prepared for a protracted war.

Dara Massicot

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Foreign Affairs

The strength of NATO is that it is at its essence an ongoing consultation based on trust, and where needed a central meeting point for smaller groups of allies to collaborate on an issue-by-issue basis. Finland and Sweden could benefit by working from the outset to advance the dialogue, express their interests, and help to shape what can be a stronger, smarter NATO.

Gene Germanovich

International Defense Researcher

Source: United Press International

Supportive Housing Program Broke the Jail-to-Homeless Cycle and Mostly Paid for Itself

Securing U.S. Elections

How Russia's Nuclear Double Cross of Ukraine Teaches Dangerous Lessons

Russian Forces in Ukraine: Muddling Through

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Research

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Health Care Technology

Our New CEO, Algorithmic Bias, Equity in the Workplace: RAND Weekly Recap

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Health Care Innovation: Considerations for Future Research, Policy, and Practice

When IT Meets Medical Innovation: Regulatory and Policy Challenges for Software as a Medical Device

Gun Policy, China and Taiwan, Russian Propaganda: RAND Weekly Recap

Keeping Russians Informed, No-Fly Zone Policy, Telehealth: RAND Weekly Recap

Could the Move Toward Zoom and Other Collaboration Technologies Due to the Pandemic Change the Very Makeup of Populations?

Rethinking the Impact of Audio-Only Visits on Health Equity

Tech Assets Might Help Make Public Health Data More Equity-Centered

Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access

Equity in Research, North Korean Instability, Traffic Stops: RAND Weekly Recap

How COVID-19 Lessons Can Transform U.S. Mental Health Care

Biden's Proposed New Health Agency Would Emphasize Innovation. Here's How It Might Work

No Patient Left Behind: Considering Equitable Distribution of Telehealth

Game Theory to Help the Vaccine Rollout, Abraham Accords, Telehealth: RAND Weekly Recap

The Doctor Will Call Me Maybe: The Uncertain Future of Audio-Only Visits and Why We Need Them to Address Disparities

Unemployment Insurance, Domestic Extremists, Housing Insecurity: RAND Weekly Recap

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