Thomas Concannon

@Journal_CER @zspredmore @RANDCorporation @IVI_health @tconcannon How should patient views be captured and incorporated into health technology assessment? Here’s a method that can meaningfully connect #patientexperience to consequential decisions about treatments. #PatientEngagement

In a new Methodology paper, @zspredmore et al. describe how patient goals can be collected and rated by online patient panels for inclusion in multicriteria decision analyses for #hta >>> becarispublishing.com/doi/10.57264/c… @RANDCorporation @IVI_health @tconcannon @LoriBethFrank

Patient goals can be incorporated into health technology assessments. We showed how. #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">becarispublishing.com/doi/10.57264/c…

That my marriage is coming up for a vote is appalling. But guarding against a fascist tide makes it necessary.

Right now, seniors on Medicare pay as much as $1,000 a month for insulin. Starting January 1, we’re capping that cost at $35 a month per prescription.

Anyone who’s impacted by gun violence or any other shocking death is traumatized by that day, by that experience, forever. You have to do deep trauma work to move on from the age that it happened. Work that involves your heart, your body, your small children self.

@TuftsMedicalCtr colleague Alysse Wurcel has made strides in stakeholder engaged research in the criminal-legal system bit.ly/3UQGkyX @IDDoc1978 @tuftsctsi @TuftsUniversity

Here's a great example of a team using flexible and adaptive models for stakeholder engagement in health research bit.ly/3TGnRnh

Why do researchers and health care practitioners view public stakeholders as consultants and not equal partners? Because co-equal production is not feasible in most lab and clinical settings. Results of a Canadian study in ICUs bit.ly/3X3I3SZ

Happy to see our recommendations for stakeholder engagement cited in the latest scientific statement by American Heart Assn @American_Heart @CircAHA bit.ly/3E87xpK

Why Resident, Staff Autonomy Should Be at Center of SNF Policy Decision Making: skillednursingnews.com/2022/11/why-re…

We lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president’s first midterm election in at least 40 years. And we had the best midterms for Governors since 1986. The American people spoke.

Long-term care quality, staff retention, resident autonomy, and resident well-being worsened dramatically during the COVID pandemic. See our research brief at bit.ly/3hiPfKs @LoriBethFrank @RANDCorporation @RANDHealth @PardeeRAND Link to full report in the brief

Minimizing infection risk in LTCs while ignoring individual agency is not resident centered.See our research brief at bit.ly/3hiPfKs @LoriBethFrank @RANDCorporation @RANDHealth @PardeeRAND Link to full report in the brief.

Assess the impact of age,gender, race, and ethnicity on collaborative decisionmaking in long term care. See our research brief at bit.ly/3hiPfKs @LoriBethFrank @RANDCorporation @RANDHealth @PardeeRAND Link to full report in the brief.

More communication is needed between staff and administrators of long term care facilities. See our research brief at bit.ly/3hiPfKs @LoriBethFrank @RANDCorporation @RANDHealth @PardeeRAND Link to full report in the brief.

Focus more attention on leadership training in long term care. Facility leadership is critical to resident-centered policy. See our research brief at bit.ly/3hiPfKs @LoriBethFrank @RANDCorporation @RANDHealth @PardeeRAND Link to full report in the brief.

Change the culture of long-term care through participatory decisionmaking. See our report at bit.ly/3hiPfKs @LoriBethFrank @RANDHealth @RANDCorporation

Full report: tinyurl.com/yck33pnr. With much appreciation to @RANDCorporation, @RANDHealth, and our participants. @tconcannon