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Embargoed Until 9 AM ET on Wednesday, August 21
The African American Transplant Access Program: Mitigating Disparities in Solid Organ Transplantation
D. Simpson
The Journey to an Incentive-Based Health Equity Quality Index (Embargo lifted August 14)
E. Cheng
A Physician-Created Platform to Speed Clinical Decision-Making and Referral Workflow
E. Cunningham
How a Robust Community Clinical Practice Arm Can Support an Academic Health System’s Tripartite Mission
L. Fiscus
Comparable Real-World Patient-Reported Outcomes Data Across Health Conditions, Settings, and Countries: The PROMIS International Collaboration
C. Terwee
Longitudinal Care Management for Diabetes and Hypertension
E. Auger
Quality and Patient Safety Improvement Is Never Finished
Expert advisors: Allen Kachalia, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Kris Vanhaecht, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy
Novel Approaches and Actionable Insights to Improve Outcomes
About NEJM Catalyst
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