NEJM Catalyst

📣 In the April 2026 issue: cancer, musculoskeletal, behavioral health, and hypertension care; social needs interventions; vaccines; corporatization of medicine; health care workforce; health system turnaround; neonatal toxicology testing. 🧵👇 📖 nej.md/4rCKr11

If successful, this approach could serve as a scalable blueprint for expanding access to cancer treatment across diverse populations and geographies, while supporting broader shifts in U.S. health care policy toward more patient-centered, home-based care: nej.md/4bvzEjd

With a larger randomized trial launched in August 2023, further evaluation will help determine the model’s scalability, cost-effectiveness, and long-term outcomes.

🧵 As patients live longer with cancer, traditional treatment models centered around hospitals and infusion centers increasingly burden patients, caregivers, and health care systems alike.

Read the report: nej.md/40VP37L

Council members have high confidence in vaccine efficacy and safety. Direct counseling is the top means of overcoming patient hesitancy about vaccines, and many Council members have had personal discussions with patients or parents that changed their vaccine decisions.

🧵 A recent survey of the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council indicates that — despite clinicians’ enduring trust in established vaccination policies — patient skepticism and faltering support systems are reducing vaccination rates

📢 In @nejmcatalyst A novel pilot program led by community health workers, tying in virtual health interventions, improved BP control in more than half of participants living in Indianapolis anchor communities. @GoHealio @IUMedSchool vist.ly/4vbeb

The April 2026 issue of NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery features work that improves care across a wide range of specialties. Read the letter from our editors: nej.md/4rzXH6E

🌎 Commentary: Strategies to Ensure a Resilient Health Care Workforce: International Models on Health Professions nej.md/3NbBKNc

🏢 Commentary: The Corporation Has Arrived nej.md/4sHy4BC

📣 In the April 2026 issue: cancer, musculoskeletal, behavioral health, and hypertension care; social needs interventions; vaccines; corporatization of medicine; health care workforce; health system turnaround; neonatal toxicology testing. 🧵👇 📖 nej.md/4rCKr11