The UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research hosted a national conference last October to discuss the crisis in primary care in the U.S. Now, an expert panel has released its recommendations.
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A clinical trial led by our researchers aims to improve the long-term use of buprenorphine, a critical medication for treating patients with opioid use disorder. The new study focuses on patients prescribed buprenorphine in emergency departments, where there is a need for effective follow-up care.
The $6.4 million study is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). It will explore the efficacy of telehealth compared to in-person follow-up appointments. The project is designed to address barriers that many patients face, including low income, lack of transportation and social instability.
The UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research hosted a national conference last October to discuss the crisis in primary care in the U.S. Now, an expert panel has released its recommendations.
The UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research moved into its new home at Aggie Square. The innovation district brings together UC Davis' cutting-edge research with private-sector companies and start-ups.
The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research brought together a team of experts from the population health, information technology, and equity teams at UC Davis. They created a population health AI predictive model. Its algorithm is programmed to identify patients who may benefit from care management services to deal with health problems before they lead to emergency department visits or hospitalization.
WellSpace Health, a community clinic in the Sacramento area, launched a quality improvement project to advance “system-based” tobacco cessation in partnership with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.
Over the next five years, the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research will develop and validate new electronic clinical quality measures using electronic health records data from UC Davis Health and the UC Health Data Warehouse.
Researchers at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research studied California’s 1.5 million smokers who are covered by California’s Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, to understand tobacco treatment disparities.
The UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research in partnership with the Division of Health Policy and Management in the Department of Public Health Sciences will launch a new Applied Methods Journal Club in 2025. Participants will discuss the latest innovative methods in applied health services research.