Chronic Disease
by Madeleine Deye | May 9, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Currently, there are no effective disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) (National Institute on Aging, 2021). In this context, considerable attention has been given to prevention of ADRD. The 2020 report of the Lancet...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 2, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
Scientists looking for innovative ways to deliver healthcare have long searched for mechanisms that can enable the right intervention to be delivered at the right time. Traditional delivery mechanisms have been limited both to the availability of a provider...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 19, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Introduction Dually eligible beneficiaries are individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities within...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 5, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction The United States is in the midst of a multifactorial drug overdose and death epidemic. In 2020, over 80,000 deaths [15] in the U.S. were attributed to drug overdose, more than 50,000 of which were opioid-related. This is an increase of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 29, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The week of February 14, 2021, will be forever ingrained in the memories of Central Texas residents. Winter Storm Uri blanketed the region in ice and snow, leading to devastating and unprecedented circumstances. Most residents lost electricity, and the water...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 26, 2020 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis of prescription and illicit opioid misuse, use disorder, and overdose. In 2018, nearly 47,000 Americans died from an overdose involving opioids [174]. In 2018, 10.3 million people aged 12 years...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 10, 2020 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Ensuring high-quality, respectful, and appropriate management of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) in the context of the US opioid crisis is a critical and complex endeavor. At the end of the twentieth century, opioids became the standard...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 27, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Two fundamental mysteries characterize the health care sector’s embrace of the concept of population health [1]. Mystery A is why health care systems cannot control the extraordinary concentration of cost among the sickest 1–10 percent of patients....
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 27, 2020 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | Even though evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders (OUD) is effective, almost four in five Americans with OUD do not receive any form of treatment. The gap in access to evidence-based care, including treatment with...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 6, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Training the future dental workforce in understanding the impacts of the social determinants of health (SDOH) can begin to prepare oral health specialists to identify and address health disparities and to promote overall health equity. Oral health...
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