02 May Innovation Digest – May 2023 Vol. 1

If we want to truly measure value, the focus has to be outcomes – health, quality of life, and financial – for the patient, caregivers, and families. This edition shows that we’re still attracted to the wrong signals as “solutions.” Opportunities abound to redirect our research, our engagement, and our policy. How are you leading change in what and how we measure health?

In this issue:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s EHC Program Update: Call for Topic Nominations for future EPC reports
• Can Wearable Devices Help Reduce Health Disparities and Add Value?
• What the recent failures of Mindstrong and Pear tell us about the future of digital mental health
• Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Patient Experience Of Care Among Nonelderly Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees
• The right mental health care
• How do you get equal health care for all? A huge new database holds clues
• A research team airs the messy truth about AI in medicine — and gives hospitals a guide to fix it
• Shameful Outcomes