Research and Policy Media Relations Manager
Gavin draws on more than 25 years of experience in communicating about science, medicine and health policy. She focuses mainly on the health services research done by members of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, who work to understand and improve the safety, quality, equity and affordability of health care. As part of the Michigan Medicine communication team, she has lead responsibility for primary care and mental health topics. Contact: [email protected]; Twitter: @Karag
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Requiring cost-sharing of people in Medicaid expansion programs just above the poverty line leads to adverse selection, Michigan study finds.
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Study in people taking a biologic drug for autoimmune diseases shows association of patient support programs with reduced chance of starting opioid pain medicines or continuing on them.
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Many older adults say the pandemic has affected their mental health, including depression, anxiety and sleep problems. But most say they would be willing to seek care if they needed it.
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Patients whose dental pain was treated with opioids such as oxycodone and hydrocodone were more likely to have an overdose within 90 days, as were their family members.
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Vaccine passports, HIPAA medical privacy rights and COVID-19 vaccination controversy is manufactured and not rooted in public health law.
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Polls of people aged 14 to 24 about masks, distancing and more show the importance of focusing communications on protecting others,
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Teens and young adults are increasingly eager to get vaccinated against coronavirus but a minority, including many Black teens, express the same vaccine hesitation as older adults.
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Firearm injuries and deaths, from mass shootings to suicides, are a public health epidemic, but research on gun injury and death has lagged. New injury prevention studies could change that.
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Online doctor ratings may promise a better way to find a doctor but a poll shows most older adults don’t consider them very important when choosing a physician.
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After your vaccinated can you go out in public? Could you still get sick? Do you have to quarantine? Answer to common questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Do you have to quarantine if you’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine? Who has to go into isolation after a coronavirus exposure, and for how long? A handy guide.
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LARC use by women in high-deductible health plans rose faster than use by other women after Affordable Care Act cut cost.
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Direct-to-consumer telehealth is a growing industry, especially for urgent care after business hours, but it may not prevent downstream appointments as much as hoped.
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Advance care planning, including living wills and powers of attorney, can help older adults express their health care wishes. The pandemic offers a chance for families and providers to have these conversations.
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Study of telehealth use for new-patient appointments shows trends in 2020 and comparison with 2019
