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Mental Health Emergency Hotlines in the United States: An Evidence Inventory (2012–2021)
This tool provides summary information to policymakers and agency administrators regarding studies on mental health emergency hotlines in the United States.
Jun 2, 2022
Ryan K. McBain, Samantha Matthews, Jonathan H. Cantor, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Armenda Bialas, Nicole K. Eberhart, Joshua Breslau
Report
America's 5G Era: Balancing Big Data and Privacy
In this report, researchers discuss how the United States should seek to balance the potential gains of the era of fifth-generation wireless networks with the potential loss of privacy and of control of personal data.
Jun 2, 2022
Jennifer Brookes, James Bonomo, Timothy M. Bonds
Report
Use of Predictive Analytic Tools to Assess Technological Emergences and Acquisition Targets
Using patent filings, the authors analyze the current position of the United States relative to China in selected technology areas of interest to the Department of the Air Force.
Jun 2, 2022
Richard Silberglitt, Anna Jean Wirth, Christopher A. Eusebi, Inez Khan, Jasmin Léveillé, Steven W. Popper
Journal Article
Conceptual Framework for Understanding Incident Management Systems During Public Health Emergencies
We present a conceptual framework of incident management drawn from expert feedback, and a review of literature on incident management and related fields.
Jun 1, 2022
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Holly Fisher, Jalal Awan, Adriana Rico, Tracy Thomas, Dale Rose, Sara Vagi, Leecresia Jenkins, Christopher Nelson
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Digital Technologies for the Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review of the Research Literature, 2015–2019
The objective of this review is to obtain an estimate of the size and nature of the literature available on digital technologies with the potential to benefit or disrupt public health functions, focusing on infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control.
Jun 1, 2022
Gemma-Claire Ali, Advait Deshpande, Joe Francombe, Evangelos Gkousis, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Salil Gunashekar, Brandi Leach, Sarah Parkinson, Helena de Carvalho Gomes
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Digital Technologies for Key Public Health Functions: Results of an ECDC Expert Consultation, May/June 2021
In 2019, the ECDC initiated a project to assess the impact of technical advances on its key functions. The results will serve as a source of information for ECDC and its stakeholders to prepare for and benefit from advances to improve disease surveillance, prevention and control.
Jun 1, 2022
Joe Francombe, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Tina D. Purnat, Christian Avram, Petronella Nyakundi, Luciana Muresan, Helena de Carvalho Gomes, Salil Gunashekar
Journal Article
Labour Market and Skills Demand: Horizon Scanning and Scenarios
This study developed five qualitative scenarios of what the UK labour market may look like in the future. They focused on the construction, wholesale and retail, higher education, transport and logistics, health and social care, and energy sectors.
Jun 1, 2022
Fay Dunkerley, Michaela Bruckmayer, Lillian Flemons, Joanna Hofman, Mann Virdee, Sally Wright, Terence Hogarth
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Opioid Use Disorder Among Clients of Community Mental Health Clinics: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Treatment Willingness
The authors examined the prevalence of co-occurring opioid use disorder and willingness to engage in treatment among clients of eight Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health outpatient clinics.
Jun 1, 2022
Allison J. Ober, Sarah B. Hunter, Colleen M. McCullough, Isabel Leamon, Michael McCreary, Ivan Beas, Alanna Montero, Derjung M. Tarn, Elizabeth Bromley, Brian Hurley, John Sheehe, Jeremy Martinez, Katherine E. Watkins
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Evaluation of a Home-Based, Nurse Practitioner–led Advanced Illness Care Program
Evaluation of a nurse-led, home-based serious illness care program (Advanced Illness Care) at UPMC, a health system in Pittsburgh, PA.
Jun 1, 2022
Natalie Ernecoff, Stefanie C. Altieri-Dunn, Andrew Bilderback, Cindy L. Wilson, Susan Saxon, Namita Ahuja Yende, Robert Arnold, Michael Boninger
Journal Article
Serious Illness Communication Skills Training During a Global Pandemic
Description of adaptation of communication skills training to tele-training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 1, 2022
Jared Chiarchiaro, Robert Arnold, Natalie Ernecoff, Rene Claxton, Julie W. Childers, Jane O. Schell
Journal Article
Examining the Course of Transitions from Hospital to Home-Based Palliative Care: A Mixed Methods Study
Mixed methods study of transitions from hospital to home for palliative care/hospice.
Jun 1, 2022
Stephanie Saunders, Marianne Weiss, Chris Meaney, Tieghan Killackey, Jaymie Varenbut, Emily Lovrics, Natalie Ernecoff, Amy T. Hsu, Maya Stern, Ramona Mahtani, Kirsten Wentlandt, Sarina R. Isenberg
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Clinicians' Perceptions of Collaborative Palliative Care Delivery in Chronic Kidney Disease
In interviews with clinicians, they expressed barriers to delivering chronic kidney disease care. To address barriers, clinicians outlined intervention points, such as building models, and structural triggers to identify patients who may be appropriate for palliative care.
Jun 1, 2022
Natalie Ernecoff, Lindsay F. Bell, Robert Arnold, Christopher M. Shea, Galen E. Switzer, Manisha Jhamb, Jane O. Schell, Dio Kavalieratos
Journal Article
Use of Theoretical Frameworks in the Development and Testing of Palliative Care Interventions
To document the prevalence and application of theoretical frameworks in developing and testing palliative care interventions, we conducted a secondary analysis of previously published systematic reviews of palliative care randomized clinical trials.
Jun 1, 2022
Mary Pilar Ingle, Devon Check, Daniel Hogan Slack, Sarah H. Cross, Natalie Ernecoff, Daniel D. Matlock, Dio Kavalieratos
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Mass Attacks Defense Toolkit
RAND researchers created this tool to advance efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and public mass attacks in the United States.
May 31, 2022
John S. Hollywood, Richard H. Donohue, Tara Richardson, Andrew Lauland, Cliff Karchmer, Jordan R. Reimer, Thomas Edward Goode, Dulani Woods, Pauline Moore, Patricia A. Stapleton, Erik E. Mueller, Mark Pope, Tom Scott
Report
Implications of the Pandemic for Terrorist Interest in Biological Weapons: Islamic State and al-Qaeda Pandemic Case Studies
Some analysts have expressed concern that weaknesses in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic will motivate terrorists to seek biological weapons. Although the prospect is unlikely, measures can be taken to address public health and military challenges.
May 31, 2022
John V. Parachini, Rohan Kumar Gunaratna
Report
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus: Understanding impacts on the NHS, society and economy
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a significant burden on the healthcare system and on children and their parents and caregivers. We estimate RSV in children under 5 in the UK costs £80 million in healthcare costs and productivity losses each year.
May 31, 2022
Francesco Fusco, Lucy Hocking, Stephanie Stockwell, Margaretha Bonsu, Sonja Marjanovic, Stephen Morris, Jon Sussex
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Engage, Isolate, or Oppose: American Policy Toward the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The Taliban's seizure of control of Afghanistan has led to a humanitarian crisis. The authors explore three U.S. policy options: to engage with the Taliban, to isolate the regime, or to oppose the Taliban by seeking to remove them from power.
May 26, 2022
James Dobbins, Andrew Radin, Laurel E. Miller
Report
Disclosure of Software Supply Chain Risks
This Perspective presents a set of proposed disclosure rules that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could implement to help address software supply chain risks and improve security.
May 26, 2022
Sasha Romanosky, Jonathan W. Welburn
Research Brief
COVID-19's Impacts on California's Workers' Compensation System: Evaluating the Effects of Senate Bill 1159
The authors evaluated the effects of COVID-19 claims on the California workers' compensation system and on the payment of workers' compensation benefits, noting patterns created by the presumptions established by Senate Bill 1159.
May 26, 2022
Denise D. Quigley, Michael Dworsky, Nabeel Qureshi, Shannon Prier, Courtney A. Gidengil
Journal Article
Not So Quiet on the Southern Front
Australia faces stiff geopolitical competition in Antarctica, and it's not just China and Russia with eyes on the prize.
May 26, 2022
Marigold Black, Peter Dortmans

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