Betsy Salazar, MD MSHP FAAP

#393 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Are We Too Busy? NICU Strain and Adverse Outcomes

Pinch me! Could not me more thrilled that our paper looking at the relationship between a new measure of NICU strain and adverse outcomes was featured in the Incubator Podcast (@nicupodcast.bsky.social)!

Take a listen here:
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Medicaid Cuts Likely to Affect Urban Safety-Net Hospitals | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The HQO Lab team collaborated with the New York Times The Upshot to understand which hospitals will be most at risk for the Medicaid cuts. This data blog was

Really interesting blog (and NYT article) by the Harvard Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Lab! I wonder how HR1 Medicaid cuts impact institutions providing perinatal care...

hsph.harvard.edu/health-quali...

Excited to join SPR, and with such good company!

Congrats Jenn Cohen, Anna Duncan, Heidi Herrick, Neha Joshi, Kate Millington, Krysten North, Jeannette Rogowski, and Chris Thom!

Time to update my citation: Over 50% of pediatric (and 44% of newborn) hospitalizations covered by Medicaid.

Remember, Medicaid's not just nursing homes: It's kids (and birthing parents) too!

@jamapediatrics.com
Check out the article and commentary:
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Excited to share our qualitative analysis on unconditional cash transfers in the NICU! Cash transfers provided caregivers a sense of relief in the financial/mental stress.

Thankful for an amazing team and support (@policylabchop.bsky.social).

Learn more: www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S187...

Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes New study finds extended child tax credit payments are associated with small improvements in birth outcomes, particularly among low-income families.

During the pandemic, the expanded Child Tax Credit helped families meet basic needs like food and housing. New @policylabchop.bsky.social research links receiving the eCTC during pregnancy to small improvements in birth outcomes. Learn more: https://bit.ly/48CnBRo

Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes: Promising New Evidence and What’s Next Our new PolicyLab research finds eCTC payments to be associated with small improvements in birth outcomes, particularly among low-income and Medicaid-insured families.

📰 FRIDAY READING
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes: Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
policylab.chop.edu/blog/cash-tr...