Meeting Trial Participants Where They Are
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly dislocated the operational model of traditional clinical trials as travel restrictions…
Anaeze C. Offodile II February 23, 2023
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Imagining Governance for Emerging Technologies
The authors examine a new methodology from the National Academy of Medicine that could inform social, ethical and legal governance frameworks for a range of cutting-edge technologies. Read more at Issues in Science and Technology.
Anaeze C. Offodile II July 23, 2022
Closing the Global Vaccine Equity Gap
The authors articulate an approach for reducing COVID-19 vaccine inequity through globally distributed manufacturing of vaccines. Read the commentary published in The Lancet.
Anaeze C. Offodile II May 10, 2022
Association Between Hospital Private Equity Acquisition and Outcomes of Acute Medical Conditions Among Medicare Beneficiaries
A study found that private equity acquisition of hospitals had no substantial association with the patient-level outcomes examined,
although it was associated with a moderate improvement in mortality among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction.
Anaeze C. Offodile II May 2, 2022
Financial Impacts and Operational Implications of Private Equity Acquisition of U.S. Hospitals
A study of U.S. hospitals acquired by private equity firms found improved financial performance — and that patient throughput (or the process of admitting, treating and discharging patients) increased while staffing decreased.
Vivian Ho, Anaeze C. Offodile II May 2, 2022
Assessment of Costs and Care Quality Associated With Major Surgical Procedures After Implementation of Maryland’s Capitated Budget Model
This study finds that Maryland's all-payer model for healthcare comparatively lowered the risk of complications from surgery, as well as reducing increases in associated costs.
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Oluseyi Aliu, Andrew W. P. Lee, Jonathan E. Efron, Robert S. D. Higgins, Charles Butler September 28, 2021
No Place Like Home: Hospital at Home as a Post-Pandemic Frontier for Care Delivery Innovation
Hospital at Home programs offer an alternative care model for acutely ill patients to receive intensive at-home treatment. With better policy and operations, can this model work at scale in the United States beyond the pandemic?
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Celynne Balatbat, Kushal T. Kadakia, Victor Dzau August 23, 2021
Private Equity Investments In Health Care: An Overview Of Hospital And Health System Leveraged Buyouts, 2003–17
Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study of short-term acute care hospitals acquired by private equity firms, the authors find they not only have higher markups and profit margins, they’re also slower to expand their staffs.
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Vivian Ho May 4, 2021
Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Financial Toxicity in Localized Breast Cancer Following Surgical Treatment
The authors sought to develop and test a tool that accurately predicts the unique financial burden to individual patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, an American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Chris Sidey-Gibbons, André Pfob, Malke Assad, Stefanos Boukovalas, Yu-Li Lin, Jesse Creed Selber, Charles Butler March 26, 2021
Correlation Between Financial Toxicity, Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction in an Insured Population of Breast Cancer Surgical Patients: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study
This study leverages validated patient-reported outcomes measures to analyze the association between "financial toxicity" and quality of life and satisfaction among women undergoing ablative breast cancer surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Christopher J. Coroneos, Yu-Li Lin, Chris Sidey-Gibbons, Malke Asaad, Brian Chin, Stefanos Boukovalas, Margaret S. Roubaud, Makesha Miggins, Donald P. Baumann December 21, 2020