Interactive, on-line visualization tools to measure and drive equity in COVID-19 vaccine administrations.

Equitable distribution of vaccines is necessary to ensure those at highest risk of illness are protected from COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). Unfortunately, there is significant evidence that vaccines have not been reaching the most vulnerable. At our large hospital system, we created interactive online tools to measure and visualize equitability of vaccine administrations and to help stakeholders identify populations at highest risk within state-designated eligible vaccine groups.

An update on Community Care of North Carolina's Medicare demonstrations.

To enhance the impact of Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC)'s population health initiatives, CCNC partnered with the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to bring persons who are dually eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare, as well as Medicare beneficiaries, into CCNC's system of medical homes and community-based care management supports.

Obesity prevalence among veterans at Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

Background: Obesity is a significant public health problem in the United States. Comprehensive obesity prevalence data among veterans have not been previously reported.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis of 1,803,323 veterans receiving outpatient care at 136 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities in 2000.