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Research Brief

Improving Intelligence Support for Operations in the Information Environment

Challenges to effective intelligence support for operations in the information environment (OIE) can be addressed by improving processes, prioritizing support for OIE, training and educating personnel, and optimally allocating personnel.

Dec 9, 2020

Michael Schwille, Anthony Atler, Jonathan Welch, Christopher Paul, Richard C. Baffa
Report

Estimating the incidence of a housing affordability gap across the Cambridge travel-to-work area

The aim of this study is to estimate the number of households living in the Cambridge travel-to-work area that fall into a housing affordability gap, i.e. earn below £45,000. Almost half (48.4%) of these households fall in the gap, varying locally.

Dec 9, 2020

Andreas Culora, Christian Van Stolk
Report

The U.S. Coast Guard Is Building an Icebreaker Fleet: What Comes Next? Issues and Challenges

Icebreaking has long been an important capability gap in U.S. polar operations. The authors of this Perspective make recommendations for the U.S. Coast Guard to close that gap and include short scenarios to illustrate potential needs for icebreakers.

Dec 8, 2020

Abbie Tingstad, Scott Savitz, Dulani Woods, Jeffrey A. Drezner
Report

RAND Space Launch Virtual Panel

A virtual panel discussion hosted by the RAND Space Enterprise Initiative tackles issues related to the global space launch enterprise.

Dec 8, 2020

Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Yool Kim, Gary McLeod, D. Jason Cothern, Bruce McClintock
Report

United States–Japan Research Exchange on Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings from a Pair of Conferences on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Work, Health, and Data Privacy and on Disaster Prediction, Resilience, and Recovery

This report captures insights from two conferences that brought together U.S. and Japanese experts on work, health, and data security and on disaster response and disaster modeling to exchange views on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Dec 7, 2020

Scott W. Harold, Greg Brunelle, Ritika Chaturvedi, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Shunichi Koshimura, Osonde A. Osoba, Chizuru Suga
Report

Preparing Children and Youth for Civic Life in the Era of Truth Decay: Insights from the American Teacher Panel

In this report, part of a series tied to the Truth Decay initiative, national survey results from U.S. teachers demonstrate how they promote students' civic learning and the conditions that support or hinder those efforts.

Dec 7, 2020

Laura S. Hamilton, Julia H. Kaufman, Lynn Hu
Journal Article

State "Technical Assistance Programs" for Nursing Home Quality Improvement: Variations and Potential Implications

We conducted a national survey on state technical assistance programs for nursing homes to collect data on program design, operations, financing, and perceived effectiveness.

Dec 4, 2020

Yue Li, William D. Spector, Laurent G. Glance, Dana B. Mukamel
Journal Article

Optimizing Health IT to Improve Health System Performance: A Work in Progress

We describe activities that health systems are pursuing to better leverage health IT to improve performance, in a qualitative thematic approach.

Dec 4, 2020

Robert S. Rudin, Shira H. Fischer, Cheryl L. Damberg, Yunfeng Shi, Paul G. Shekelle, Lea Xenakis, Dmitry Khodyakov, M. Susan Ridgely
Tool

How to Integrate Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol Use at Your Mental Health Clinic

RAND researchers provide a toolkit to support the delivery of effective, evidence-based pharmacotherapy for clients with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and simplify care implementation in mental health clinics.

Dec 4, 2020

Katherine E. Watkins, Allison J. Ober, Sarah B. Hunter, Brian Hurley, John Sheehe, Jeremy Martinez, Elizabeth Bromley, Derjung M. Tarn, Ivan Beas, Alanna Montero, Michael McCreary, Erika Litvin Bloom, Catherine C. Cohen, Maria Gardner, Isabel Leamon
Journal Article

Command College: Foresight as a Foundation to Police Executive Development

This paper aims to answer the question, "Does the Command College achieve its intended goals?"

Dec 4, 2020

Bob Harrison
Dissertation

Accumulation, Autonomy, and Expectations: Three Essays on the Impact of U.S. Health Care Industry Consolidation

Aims to augment the existing evidence base on the consequences of and policy remedies for health care consolidation in three essays.

Dec 4, 2020

Claire E. O'Hanlon
Report

China's Propensity for Innovation in the 21st Century: Identifying Indicators of Future Outcomes

In this report, the authors describe what information would be needed to better understand China's innovation trajectory in the coming decades. They examine the propensity in China's innovation system to realize its potential as an innovating nation.

Dec 3, 2020

Steven W. Popper, Marjory S. Blumenthal, Eugeniu Han, Sale Lilly, Lyle J. Morris, Caroline S. Wagner, Christopher A. Eusebi, Brian Carlson, Alice Shih
Report

Multiple Dilemmas: Challenges and Options for All-Domain Command and Control

The authors examine potential command-and-control impediments to multidomain operations and propose alternative models for joint all-domain command and control.

Dec 3, 2020

Miranda Priebe, Douglas C. Ligor, Bruce McClintock, Michael Spirtas, Karen Schwindt, Caitlin Lee, Ashley L. Rhoades, Derek Eaton, Quentin E. Hodgson, Bryan Rooney
Report

Telecommuting and Work in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Workers Returning to the Workplace or Staying in Their Home Offices?

RAND researchers examine changes in workers' ability to telecommute during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic over time and by occupation. The data were collected through the RAND American Life Panel as part of an ongoing analysis.

Dec 3, 2020

Philip Armour, Katherine Grace Carman, Kathleen J. Mullen, Shanthi Nataraj
Research Brief

Multiple Dilemmas for the Joint Force: Joint All-Domain Command and Control

The authors examine potential command and control impediments to multidomain operations and propose alternative models for joint all-domain command and control.

Dec 3, 2020

Miranda Priebe, Douglas C. Ligor, Bruce McClintock, Michael Spirtas, Karen Schwindt, Caitlin Lee, Ashley L. Rhoades, Derek Eaton, Quentin E. Hodgson, Bryan Rooney
Journal Article

Prevalence and Characteristics of Telehealth Utilization in the United States

This article measures the use of and willingness to use telehealth modalities across the U.S. population.

Dec 3, 2020

Shira H. Fischer, Kristin Ray, Ateev Mehrotra, Erika Litvin Bloom, Lori Uscher-Pines
Journal Article

Mental Illness, Access to Hospitals with Invasive Cardiac Services, and Receipt of Cardiac Procedures by Medicare Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients

Mental illness was associated with reduced cardiac procedure use within each type of admitting hospital (with on-site invasive cardiac services or not).

Dec 3, 2020

Yue Li, Laurent G. Glance, Jeffrey M. Lyness, Peter Cram, Xueya Cai, Dana B. Mukamel
Journal Article

Improved Street Walkability, Incivilities, and Esthetics Are Associated with Greater Park Use in Two Low-Income Neighborhoods

Improved walkability, incivilities, and aesthetics surrounding parks in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods were associated with greater park use and may help increase visits to underutilized parks.

Dec 3, 2020

Andrea Richardson, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Rebecca L. Collins, Gerald P. Hunter, Wendy M. Troxel, Natalie Colabianchi, Deborah A. Cohen, Tamara Dubowitz
Report

Harassment and Discrimination on the Basis of Gender and Race/Ethnicity in the FEMA Workforce

Researchers assessed the prevalence and characteristics of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, racial/ethnic harassment, and racial/ethnic discrimination at FEMA. This report documents the survey results.

Dec 2, 2020

Coreen Farris, Carra S. Sims, Terry L. Schell, Miriam Matthews, Sierra Smucker, Samantha Cohen, Owen Hall
Research Brief

Harassment and Discrimination in the FEMA Workplace: Topline Results from the Workplace Survey Support Study

This brief summarizes findings and recommendations from a study of the prevalence and characteristics of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, racial/ethnic harassment, and racial/ethnic discrimination at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Dec 2, 2020

Coreen Farris, Carra S. Sims, Terry L. Schell, Miriam Matthews, Sierra Smucker, Samantha Cohen, Owen Hall

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