Sliding Scale Insulin Use in Nursing Homes Before and After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic January 30, 2024 Research team, including IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator, Vincent Mor, PhD, described resident demographics, frequency of SSI monotherapy vs combination therapy with another diabetes medication, number of daily capillary blood glucose readings (“fingersticks”), and hypoglycemia (capillary blood glucose <70 mg/dL) ...

Care Fragmentation, Care Continuity, and Care Coordination—How They Differ and Why It January 29, 2024 IMPACT member, Julie Bynum, MD, MPH, co-authored a viewpoint article addressing health care fragmentation, or the practice of a single patient seeing many physicians for their health care needs. Despite common occurrences, there has been limited scientific scrutiny around fragmentation of care ...

The IMPACT Collaboratory held its fourth annual Training Workshop on January 24-25, 2024. The 1.5-day virtual workshop included 87 participants from 54 institutions and featured all new material to build a foundation in practical aspects of designing and conducting ePCTs in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD). Modules focused on: sample size estimation for ...

Mapping racial and ethnic healthcare disparities for persons living with dementia: A scoping review January 24, 2024 Members of IMPACT’s Health Equity team authored a scoping review article exploring the literature on racial and ethnic disparities for persons living with dementia. Ladson Hinton, MD, Kate Peak, MPH, and Ana Quiñones, PhD, MS, addressed how and an older ...

IMPACT’s Health Equity Team co-leader Maria Aranda, PhD, MSW, MMPA, LCSW was inducted as a 2024 fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW). Aranda is one of two distinguished faculty members inducted from the University of Southern California (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. The AASWSW recognizes the accomplishments ...

IMPACT Collaboratory introduced its latest online training program designed to empower researchers at all levels in integrating health equity considerations into embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners. Program Overview: This comprehensive training program, aligned with the “Best Practices for Integrating Health Equity into ePCTs for Dementia Care” document, ...

Algorithmic identification of persons with dementia for research recruitment: ethical considerations January 10, 2024 Algorithms using patient information associated with dementia can be used to help identify people with the condition who are not yet diagnosed. In this article, authors, Alex London, PhD, Jason Karlawish, MD, Emily Largent, PhD, JD, RN, Spencer Hey, PhD, and Ellen McCarthy, ...

IMPACT’s Engaging Partners Team leader Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD from the global health nonprofit, Education Development Center, received a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation to coordinate with the developers of six evidence-based comprehensive dementia care programs to help define dissemination strategies, establish standards and tools, and conduct training to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based programs ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023  Career Development Award Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications. About the IMPACT Collaboratory Career Development Award Program NIA IMPACT Collaboratory funds two to three Career Development Awards (CDAs) annually. These ...

Multiple principal investigator Vince Mor, PhD was part of an NIH Collaboratory workshop entitled “Getting the Right Evidence to Decision-Makers Faster” held June 20-21, 2023. Mor was part of a panel of experts addressing “How Have Health Systems Made Decisions Based on Evidence Collected in PCTs?” The 2-day workshop explored how researchers share evidence with healthcare ...