Leading voices on today's health policy issues
Prescribers have little guidance available on opioids, and overprescribing is a widespread problem that contributes to the opioid epidemic currently claiming 130 American lives every day.* With up to 92% of patients having leftover opioids after common operations, millions of pills are left...
Reshma Jagsi is a radiation oncologist who applies social scientific methods to bring greater clarity to complex problems and ethical issues within medicine. Complementing a substantial body of work in the areas of cancer care and decision-making, bioethics, and health policy, Jagsi has made...
Michelle Moniz is an obstetrician-gynecologist and health services researcher who addresses timely questions about women’s reproductive health services, particularly around issues of access, use, costs, and implementation. Her work has directly informed Medicaid reimbursement and commercial...
Sepsis is a life-threatening, extreme immune response to infection. Without early detection and appropriate treatment, sepsis can rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. More than 1 million Americans develop sepsis each year, and 250,000 will die. Sepsis most often occurs in...
IHPI is partnering with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to conduct a long-term evaluation of the Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP), Michigan’s Medicaid expansion program. Domain IV of the evaluation includes a series of surveys called Healthy Michigan Voices. June 2018