Health Management and Policy
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IN THE NEWS: Approximately 1 in 5 kids Never Wears a Helmet Bike Riding
New Research from Gary Freed
Poll results published by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital suggested that almost one in five children aged 4 to 13 years who ride bicycles never wears a helmet. Read more
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Access Strong for Medicaid Primary Care, Survey Shows, but Retirements Raise Worries
Marianne Udow-Phillips Interviewed by Crain's Detroit Business
In an interview with Crain's Detroit Business, Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation and a lecturer of Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health, discusses how access to Medicaid might be affected by an aging population. Read more
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System Grading Doctors Is Inefficient, Needs Revisions
New Research from Jun Li
A system created to grade doctors and empower patients to make better decisions falls short of its goal of providing information useful to consumers, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers. Read more
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Edward Norton Recognized for Excellence in Research
Edward C. Norton
Looking closely at how we use quality metrics to determine compensation, Edward Norton’s research has shifted our study of long-term care management from institutional providers to informal family care for the elderly. Read more
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Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with New Knowledge: U-M Teams Up with Harvard, National Academy of Medicine
With 130 Americans dying every day from opioid overdoses, and 2 million suffering from disorders related to prescription and non-prescription opioids, the University of Michigan is ramping up efforts to make an impact on the opioid epidemic through the research and expertise of its faculty and their teams. Read more
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Electronic Health Records May Compromise Safety for Chemotherapy Patients
New Research from Christopher Friese and Minal Patel
Electronic health records were supposed to streamline patient information, but in the decade since inception, health workers claim they have compromised patient care and complicated their jobs. A recent University of Michigan study confirms earlier research about EHRs' shortcomings—this time in the highly complex outpatient chemotherapy setting. Read more
