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Officer Career Management: Additional Steps Toward Modernization

The authors identify useful steps toward modernization of officer career management in the military, examine constraints on reforms, and propose mitigating strategies and ways forward.

Jan 19, 2021

Albert A. Robbert, Caitlin Lee, William H., II Waggy, Katherine L. Kidder, Natasha Lander, Agnes Gereben Schaefer
Report

Compensation and Benefits for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workers: A Comparison of the Federal Government and the Private Sector

The authors compare salary, benefits, and employment for federal and private-sector workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They analyze data, present findings on STEM and non-STEM workers, and make recommendations.

Jan 19, 2021

Kathryn A. Edwards, Maria McCollester, Brian Phillips, Hannah Acheson-Field, Isabel Leamon, Noah Johnson, Maria C. Lytell
Journal Article

Comparing the Effects of Academy Training Models on Recruit Competence: Does Curriculum Instruction Type Matter?

The purpose of this paper is to determine if a police academy using adult learning techniques instills higher levels of perceived competence in recruits than an academy using traditional pedagogical methods.

Jan 19, 2021

Richard H. Donohue, Nathan E. Kruis
Journal Article

Teachers Are Not All Right: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Taking a Toll on the Nation's Teachers

Findings discuss issues affecting teacher wellbeing during the pandemic, including higher workloads and increased teacher burnout.

Jan 15, 2021

Julia H. Kaufman, Melissa Kay Diliberti
Journal Article

Comparison of Two Prognostic Models in Trauma Outcome

This study compared the anatomical injury components of the Trauma Audit and Research Network model with the Trauma Mortality Prediction Model.

Jan 15, 2021

Alan Cook, Turner M. Osler, Laurent G. Glance, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Jo Weddle, Brian W. Gross, Jeanette Ward, Forrest O. Moore, Frederick Bolles Rogers, David W. Hosmer
Journal Article

Risk Prediction Tools: The Need for Greater Transparency

If risk prediction tools are to be used in clinical care, it is essential that they be vetted with the same care as any new drug or medical device.

Jan 15, 2021

Laurent G. Glance, Andrew W. Dick, Turner M. Osler
Journal Article

Raising the Alarm on Brain Attacks in Surgical Patients: Are We Doing Enough to Prevent and Treat Postoperative Strokes?

The time is right to update existing clinical practice guidelines on the management of patients at high risk for perioperative acute ischemic stroke.

Jan 15, 2021

Laurent G. Glance, Robert G. Holloway
Report

Teachers' Perceptions of What Makes Instructional Materials Engaging, Appropriately Challenging, and Usable: A Survey and Interview Study

In this report, the authors examine how middle and high school English language arts and mathematics teachers use and perceive their instructional materials in terms of how engaging, challenging, and usable they are.

Jan 14, 2021

Elaine Lin Wang, Andrea Prado Tuma, Sy Doan, Daniella Henry, Rebecca Ann Lawrence, Ashley Woo, Julia H. Kaufman
Report

Analysis of Global Management of Air Force War Reserve Materiel to Support Operations in Contested and Degraded Environments

In this report, RAND researchers evaluate management approaches and global prepositioning strategies for war reserve materiel, which may help mitigate some of the U.S. military's vulnerabilities when operating in a contested environment.

Jan 14, 2021

Kristin F. Lynch, Anthony DeCicco, Bart E. Bennett, John G. Drew, Amanda Kadlec, Vikram Kilambi, Kurt Klein, James A. Leftwich, Miriam E. Marlier, Ronald G. McGarvey, Patrick Mills, Theo Milonopoulos, Robert S. Tripp, Anna Jean Wirth
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Balancing Access and Cost Control in the TRICARE Prescription Drug Benefit

The Military Health System provides health and drug coverage to beneficiaries through TRICARE. This report describes the TRICARE pharmacy benefit and the trade-offs in TRICARE pharmacy policies between increasing access and controlling costs.

Jan 14, 2021

Andrew W. Mulcahy, Brian Phillips, Christopher M. Whaley
Journal Article

Does Medicare Advantage Reduce Racial Disparity in 30-Day Rehospitalization for Medicare Beneficiaries?

This study determined potential racial and ethnic disparities in risk for all-cause 30-day readmission among traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries initially hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia.

Jan 14, 2021

Yue Li, Xueya Cai, Dongliang Wang, Caroline P. Thirukumaran, Laurent G. Glance
Journal Article

Building Bridges Across Clinical Registries

For precision medicine and predictive analytics to become mainstream, we need an infrastructure that connects the massive number of digital breadcrumbs (Big Data) generated by individual patients over their lifetimes.

Jan 14, 2021

Laurent G. Glance, Jonathan P. Wanderer, Andrew W. Dick, Richard P. Dutton
Journal Article

Impact on Hospital Ranking of Basing Readmission Measures on a Composite Endpoint of Death or Readmission Versus Readmissions Alone

Hospital performance on readmissions is significantly different from hospital performance on a composite metric based on readmission and mortality.

Jan 14, 2021

Laurent G. Glance, Yue Li, Andrew W. Dick
Report

COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Description and Top-Line Summary Data — Wave 2, Fall 2020

This report presents the results of the second of four surveys on how Americans' health views and values have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on populations deemed vulnerable or underserved.

Jan 13, 2021

Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, Delia Bugliari, Christopher Nelson, Carolyn Miller
Research Brief

How Can Teachers Make the Most of Professional Learning in the Summer?

This brief summarizes an examination of the potential value of academic summer programs for students that also offer professional learning opportunities for teachers.

Jan 12, 2021

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Laura Stelitano, Andy Bogart, Sophie Meyers
Report

The Promise of Summer as a Time for Teacher Professional Learning: Findings from a National Survey and Implications from the BellXcel Program

This report presents data from the first nationally representative survey of teachers about their summer professional learning opportunities and data from a descriptive study of BellXcel Summer, an academic summer program model for students.

Jan 12, 2021

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Laura Stelitano, Andy Bogart, Sophie Meyers
Journal Article

Cyber Threats to NATO from a Multi-Domain Perspective

This paper situates cyber threats in the wider context of evolving multi-domain operations (MDO) theory and practice.

Jan 12, 2021

James Black, Alice Lynch
Journal Article

Engaging Patients and Professionals to Evaluate the Seriousness of Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Protocol for a Modified Delphi Study

This article determines the seriousness of 11 maternal and child health outcomes associated with pregnancy weight gain, by engaging patients and maternal and child health professionals using an online modified Delphi panel process.

Jan 12, 2021

Lisa M. Bodnar, Dmitry Khodyakov, Katherine P. Himes, Jessica G. Burke, Sara M. Parisi, Jennifer A. Hutcheon
Journal Article

The Impact of New and Emerging Technologies on the Cyber Threat Landscape and Their Implications for NATO

This paper discusses a selection of new and emerging technologies with potentially disruptive effects, particularly concerning cyber threats that may stem from their maturation and use over the next decade.

Jan 12, 2021

Jacopo Bellasio, Erik Silfversten
Journal Article

Rating the Seriousness of Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Linked with Pregnancy Weight Gain

This article estimates the seriousness of eleven maternal and child health outcomes that have been consistently associated with pregnancy weight gain by engaging patients and health professionals.

Jan 12, 2021

Lisa M. Bodnar, Dmitry Khodyakov, Sara M. Parisi, Katherine P. Himes, Jessica G. Burke, Jennifer A. Hutcheon

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