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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Younger stroke survivors are having less trouble paying for medications that can stave off a second stroke, thanks to expanded Medicaid and other ACA provisions.
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Making patients’ medication costs more affordable helps ensure compliance, a new study shows. And the investment can avoid costlier care in the future.
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New Medicaid work requirements rules in several states mean low-income people will have to work, or prove they’re too unhealthy to work.
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Read results from a new study exploring the connection between prescribing opioids to teens for pain relief after wisdom teeth removal and long-term opioid use.
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On Sunday, the newest students will arrive at one of the nation’s oldest medical schools, and don the white coats that mark the start of their journey toward becoming physicians.
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Nearly a third of older adults have received a prescription for an opioid pain medicine in the past two years, but many of them didn’t get enough counseling about the risks that come with the potent painkillers, how to reduce their use, when to switch to a non-opioid option, or what to do with leftover pills, a new poll finds.
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Many Americans over 50 favor limits on painkiller prescribing, and those who receive prescriptions need more counseling about risks and safe disposal options, a new poll finds.
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Patients fighting life-threatening illnesses who have run out of conventional options will get a chance to try some of the most cutting-edge treatments available, through a national effort that just received nearly $4.8 million in funding from the federal government.
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Patients are three times likelier to contract the dangerous infection when a hospital is at midlevel occupancy, a new way of tracking the data finds.
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Infections are only one problem related to urinary catherization. A new study finds that other problems, including pain and affected sexual function, also can occur.
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A new study links a gap in coverage of 30 or more days to a fivefold increase in hospital stays and emergency visits, and higher blood sugar.
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A new facility opened this week at the University of Michigan will touch the lives of nearly every person treated at U-M clinics and hospitals, and patients across the state and nation. Called the Michigan Medicine Clinical Pathology facility, it will improve how patients and doctors get vital information from samples of patients’ cells, tissues, blood, urine, saliva and DNA.
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A national study finds major variations in hearing aid use by race, income and education — but VA insurance coverage levels the playing field.
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A psychiatrist and scientists shares the effects of traumatic separation of children from their parents on brain development and behavior.
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Low income adults see benefits of medicaid expansion in Michigan including earlier detection of serious illnesses and better care for existing health problems.
