Our second newsletter for the month of November, 2021, features a breakdown of federal health policy developments from columnist James Capretta, our recent “5 Slides We’re Watching” conversation on gene therapy and rare diseases, and insight on addressing the youth behavioral health crisis. As always, Thanks for reading our stuff!   Eli Kirshbaum State of … Read more

The modeling for COVID suggests that California is going to do relatively well against the Delta variant compared to other states. The early mask mandate in LA probably helped. At 42%, California has the highest proportion of residents in any state saying they are “always wearing a mask when leaving home.” California has the lowest rate of … Read more

It’s an odd time in COVID. Public opinion has turned gloomy, with Gallup reporting that more people are pessimistic about the future of COVID and getting the disease than are optimistic. That’s the first time since January that more folks are worried than hopeful. Moreover, 1 in 3 vaccinated individuals are now “somewhat” or “very worried” … Read more

Following months of planning, the Colorado Regional Health Information Exchange (CORHIO) and Arizona’s Health Current introduced their new joint regional exchange, Contexture, on Tuesday. The two health information exchanges (HIEs) announced the “strategic alignment” of their organizations in September 2020 and have been in the development process since. The two state-based exchanges created Contexture to … Read more