Commentary

Researchers Should Consider How Disparities Change Over Time and Space: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Madeleine Deye | Sep 8, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed significant racial/ethnic inequalities in numerous aspects of American society. However, the massive disruption and upheaval to daily life caused by the pandemic can also present a unique moment in history...

Innovative Health Care Delivery: The Scientific and Regulatory Challenges in Designing mHealth Interventions

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...

The Road to Readiness: Guiding Families of Children and Adolescents with Serious Illness Toward Meaningful Advance Care Planning Discussions

by Madeleine Deye | Aug 2, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives

  Seriously ill children, adolescents, and young adults (C-AYA) live with a heavy symptom burden, uncertain or poor prognoses, and evolving expectations of their disease course that require health care professionals (HCPs) to facilitate and maintain meaningful...

Protecting the Medically Vulnerable amid COVID-19: Insights from the Dually Eligible Population in the United States

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...

Using Cloud-Based Resources for Neuroimaging Research: A Practical Approach

by Madeleine Deye | Jul 19, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives

  Introduction  The scale and scope of human and animal neuroscience research has been increasing exponentially over the past decade. This growth has manifested both as increases in the number of participants in many studies, as well as an increase in the volume...

How Should We Prepare for the Post-Pandemic World of Telehealth and Digital Medicine?

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 7, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has stressed the U.S. health care system in an unprecedented manner, highlighting both the system’s resilience...