Policy-Relevant Research. Policy-Focused Impact.
IHPI Informs is a monthly newsletter that highlights the exciting work of IHPI members to improve health care and population health by providing rigorous evidence to inform health policy decisions. The newsletter contains the latest information about IHPI's extraordinary researchers and their research findings.
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IHPI members to lead newly selected U-M Impact Institutes
Experts discuss climate-related health impacts and advancing research
Health care access gaps for people with disabilities: Insights from IHPI research
Medical debt and bankruptcy after traumatic injury in Michigan: Study shows who is most vulnerable
Policy Impact Snapshot: Improving cerebral palsy care throughout the lifespan
Expert Q&A: Michigan Medicaid’s new limits on GLP-1 weight management medications
Deaths of white women with no higher education driving rising maternal mortality
Three NCSP research teams receive inaugural IHPI Sandy-Hassmiller Climate & Health Awards
Iott testifies to Michigan House committee about 211 community resource hotline
Policy Brief: Less Medical Debt and Improved Credit Scores After Medicaid Expansion in Michigan
Surviving sepsis: New guidelines harness life-saving evidence for treating adults
Michigan firearm injury data now available in near real-time
15 years of collaboration, evidence, and impact
Expert Q&A - Mothers in silence: 1 in 5 experience perinatal mental illness, yet most go untreated
Rx Kids program associated with significant reductions in infant maltreatment investigations
Policy Impact Snapshot: Telehealth and the New Era of U.S. Healthcare
Video Series: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
People find pathology reports hard to understand, increasing overall worry
Which veterans have the highest risk of dying by suicide? New study sheds light
Expert Q&A: Improving opioid management in maternal health
Wasteful tests before surgery: Study shows how to reduce them safely
What do we know about Medicaid and work? Evidence from Michigan
Telehealth did not increase total Medicare visits and post-visit costs were lower
Beyond the forecast: Experiences with extreme weather and concerns about climate and health
Research Spotlight: Suicide among veterans - risk factors and prevention strategies
Revolutionizing prenatal care: New guidelines to transform 100-year model
Research team uses AI to help deliver exercise to kids with autism
National Poll on Healthy Aging: Short-term thinking about long-term care
Youth mental health and social media and impacts on mental health
Study finds significant declines in maternal mental health across U.S.
Policy Impact Snapshot: Reducing firearm violence through policy
Expert Q&A: Reeves on the state of sickle cell disease in Michigan
Medicaid's impact: Findings from U-M research
Policy Impact Snapshot: Improving sepsis care around the world
Wait times for emergency hospitalization keep getting higher
National Poll on Healthy Aging: How older adults use and think about AI
Announcing the Sandy-Hassmiller Climate & Health Initiative
Sepsis can kill even previously healthy people if recognized too late, finds study
More Michigan children are losing parents to overdose, suicide, homicide
Food insecurity: Insights from IHPI researchers
U-M research and outreach inform FDA action aimed at protecting cancer patients
Expert Q&A: Hasson on increasing youth physical activity at school and in the home
IHPI's 2025 Year in Review
Policy Brief: Recognizing and addressing the addictive nature of ultra-processed foods
Most older drivers aren’t thinking about the road ahead, poll suggests
IHPI's 2024 Year in Review
Bell named NIH climate and health scholar
More virtual care does not mean more low-value care, study suggests
Policy Impact Snapshot: Research informing concussion care globally
Sjoding shares expertise during webinar on bias in health devices
Q&A: Prosser and team find updated COVID-19 vaccine more cost-effective for older adults
Gearhardt and Janke provide their expertise to the US House and Oregon State Senate
2024 Sandy-Hassmiller Early Career Health Services Research Awardees
New law regulating out-of-pocket drug spending saves cancer patients more than $7,000 a year
Policy Impact Snapshot: Improving readiness for disasters across the lifespan
Caregiving: Poll reveals who’s providing care and who they’re caring for
Last decade saw big decrease in teens who used or misused commonly prescribed drugs
Surgeon General's firearm violence advisory cites work by U-M researchers
IHPI experts present aging, long-term care research in Congressional briefing
Pre-op visits by video? Most surgeons say no—but are open to post-op telehealth
Policy Brief: Use of Specialty Drugs for Advanced Prostate Cancer and Hospital Participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program
Better medical record-keeping needed to fight antibiotic overuse, studies suggest
ER screening tool can help identify youth at risk of experiencing firearm violence
Broglio, Ellimoottil honored for impact on health policy and practice
Virtual program to promote smoking cessation among Medicaid-enrolled expectant mothers
Rapid rise seen in mental health diagnosis and care during and after pregnancy
New poll will take the pulse of Michiganders over 50 on key health topics
Medicaid eligibility during pandemic led to increased postpartum coverage
U.S. could cut cervical cancer cases, deaths by up to 20% with more follow-up after screening
U-M Hypertension Pharmacists’ Program: CDC expanding model to other states
Burnout common among Michigan nurses
Obesity care can make a big difference, but few get it
Few older adults use direct-to-consumer health services; many who do don’t tell their regular provider
Addictive foods and the diabetes epidemic: Gearhardt testifies before Senate committee
Most babies with sickle cell disease face double disadvantage