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Just back from an inspiring visit to Weill Cornell Medicine's Health Policy and Economics Division—an amazing day! 🌟 Had the chance to meet with some brilliant minds working wonders with medical claims data. I shared my latest on conflicts of interest, diving into the tricky waters of current mitigation policies, including disclosure, increasing the salience of professional norms, and the paradoxical outcomes when physicians have a "high sense of professionalism." The power of a physician's words truly hit home during our talks. My research examines the unintended consequences of bias disclosures, yet the conversations highlighted an even broader responsibility in patient communication. Feeling immensely grateful for such meaningful exchanges. Curious to hear your thoughts on how conflicts of interest and physician-patient communication shape healthcare decisions. Have you had an experience of bad communication from a healthcare provider or been on the receiving end of a conflict of interest disclosure? How did you feel and what did you do?  #HealthPolicy #MedicalEthics #HealthcareInnovation Cornell University Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Beth McGinty Dhruv Khullar Amelia Bond William Schpero Hye-Young "Arian" Jung Mark Unruh Pragya Kakani Jiani Yu Yasin Civelek

🗣️ Clear and effective communication is key, whether you're in the classroom or the clinic. In this week's Osmosis from Elsevier blog, let's explore the importance of communication in health professions, identify common barriers, and discuss actionable strategies to enhance your students' communication skills: https://lnkd.in/evnRYV66 #learnbyosmosis Elsevier Health Education #blog #communicationskills #nonviolentcommunication #softskills #healtheducation

More conference learnings. One of the workshops I participated in at Institute for Healthcare Advancement's recent Health Literacy Conference was on using reading levels. Love it or hate it, everyone (in my line of work anyway) knows of the Flesch-Kincaid scale in Word. This session discussed how relying too heavily on tools like these can actually lead to less equitable health materials — when the opposite is desired! The presenter, Jeanine Limone Draut, emphasized that readability tests can be good screening tools. But they shouldn't be the only tools. She stated that these tools: -Won't force you to make sense. -Won't help with tone. -May force you to oversimplify. As she pointed out in this slide, there is so much more involved with reading than simply grade level. This is great information to keep in mind when working on any content that has a targeted reading level. It's not just about how many multi-syllable words are in the text, and how many words are in a paragraph. It has to also be about clarity and how easily the information can be grasped by the target audience. That doesn't always equal a set grade level. #gradelevel #readability #healthliteracy #freelancewriter

So I resigned from research work which I was so passionate of after 9 long years but I know in my heart that my work is not yet done in health systems Strengthening through research. I have contributed to different research projects through its baseline as the advisor and actual Implementer for both quantitative and qualitative research. Though I am back at home resting, I am so privileged to be still contributing to the publications of those papers that will be used to inform policies and improve the health services. I am so humbled because I know this will make a big difference in Strengthening our health systems through proper translation of the research findings. #workfromhome #research #health #researchpublications

Spotlight moment💫 The Master's of Science in Global Health Program at Georgetown University recently made headlines on Devex's roundup of master's programs to help you advance in your #GlobalHealth career. Our program tackles global health challenges with a unique interdisciplinary lens, combining quantitative, qualitative, and applied social sector expertise. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/evGAA2Rz

What is behavioural science? And why is it essential in planning healthcare communications? With organisations such as the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) advocating the use of behavioural science in the design of interventions such as marketing campaigns, knowing the difference between behaviour change and behavioural science can make a real difference when planning communications for your clients. We’ve put together a short article that will take you beyond traditional approaches. Read on to learn about the history behind behavioural science, the new frameworks that give us a deeper understanding and the objective approaches that can benefit patients. https://lnkd.in/egnx9bSe #BehaviourChange #BehaviouralScience

We recently wrapped up a strategic planning project for the College of Charleston School of Health Sciences and were honored by their kind words about our work. How can we help your organization maximize your impact by planning strategically for your future? #strategicplanning #consulting #highereducation

#snsinstitution #snsdesignthinkers #designthinking Journal of Health Policy & Management Journal of Health Policy & Management is an open access scholarly periodical that pohlishes peer-reviewed scientific mamuseripts based on update scientifir rwwilstions pertaining to multiple aspects of leadership, management and administration of public health systems, health care systems, hospitals and hospital networks. It brings together individual specialties from different fields, notably health management/policy/ economics, epideminlogy, social/public policy and philosophy into a dynamic acslemic mix. The journal also focusses on research arens such as Decision Science, Health Economics, Health Care Management and Pullie Health Policy. The journalisintendedtoenhancecommunication among health system researchers, policy and decision makers, legislators, practitionen, educators, administrators, students, and other types of allied health professionals in the research and healthcare delivery systems. The journal publishes high quality editorials, perspextives, review articles, short communicatines, case reports, opinion articles, original research articles, policy briefs, commentarios, correspondences, hypotheses and letares to editor. This povr reviewed journal is using Editorial Manager Sastern for quality in review process. Editorial Manager System is an online manuscript sabmission, view and tracking systems. Review processing is performod by the editorial board members of Journal of Health Policy & Management or outside experts, at least two independent reviewers approval followed by editor approval is required for acceptance of any citable manuscript. Authors may submit manuscripts and track their progress through this system.

🔔 #Opportunity alert! Help strengthen the field of #healthcommunication by transparently sharing obstacles and opportunities with your campaigns and programs. Thanks, Society for Health Communication + Journal of Health Communication!

🎉 Excited to share that I've just completed the "Introduction to Clinical Research" course offered by The Global Health Network! 🩺📚 This course provided a comprehensive overview of the essential principles and practices of clinical research. It has equipped me with a solid foundation in study design, data management, and ethical considerations, which are crucial for advancing in the field of clinical research. Looking forward to applying this knowledge in my future projects and contributing to the improvement of global health! #ClinicalResearch #GlobalHealth #ProfessionalDevelopment #LifelongLearning