Disparities in Continuous Glucose Monitoring Among Patients Receiving Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Importance: While continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been found to improve diabetes care processes and outcomes, adoption remains low.

Objective: To examine the association between CGM prescriptions and individual characteristics among patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes (T1D and T2D, respectively).

Design, Setting, And Participants: Retrospective cross-sectional study using electronic health record data for patients with T1D or T1D from 275 clinic sites nationwide between January 2014 and February 2021.

Evaluating feedback from an implementation advisory board to assess the rollout of a postpartum patient navigation program.

Background: Patient navigation is an individualized intervention to facilitate comprehensive care which has not yet been fully implemented in obstetric or postpartum care.

Methods: We aimed to develop and evaluate a mechanism to incorporate feedback regarding implementation of postpartum patient navigation for low-income birthing individuals at an urban academic medical center. This study analyzed the role of an Implementation Advisory Board (IAB) in supporting an ongoing randomized trial of postpartum navigation.

Mapping the Postpartum Experience Through Obstetric Patient Navigation for Low-Income Individuals.

Although the postpartum period is an opportunity to address long-term health, fragmented care systems, inadequate attention to social needs, and a lack of structured transition to primary care threaten patient wellbeing, particularly for low-income individuals. Postpartum patient navigation is an emerging innovation to address these disparities. This mixed-methods analysis uses data from the first year of an ongoing randomized controlled trial to understand the needs of low-income postpartum individuals through 1 year of patient navigation.

Implementation of postpartum navigation for low-income individuals at an urban academic medical center.

Background: Patient navigation, a patient-centered intervention to promote comprehensive health care, is an emerging innovation in obstetrics to optimize postpartum care. We aimed to evaluate the implementation of a novel postpartum patient navigation program at an urban academic medical center.

Methods: This mixed-methods study analyzed the implementation of a postpartum patient navigation program within an ongoing randomized control trial.

The Stress of Parenting in the Postpartum Period During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic produced a major shift in parental roles, which disproportionally exacerbated existing challenges for low-income new parents. Our objective was to identify pandemic-related parenting challenges experienced by low-income postpartum individuals in the context of the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Semistructured interviews with 40 low-income postpartum individuals were conducted within 10 weeks after giving birth in April 2020-June 2020.

Modeling the Likelihood of Low Birth Weight: Findings from a Chicago-Area Health System.

Objective: This study presents a statistical model of the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) births in a large, Chicago-area hospital system. The study was undertaken to provide a strategic framework for future health system interventions.

Methods: Administrative and electronic health records were matched to census Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) household poverty data for 42,681 births in 2016-2019 at seven system hospitals, serving a diverse patient population.

Provider Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Postpartum Care for Low-Income Individuals.

Recent paradigm shifts in postpartum care have conceptualized the "fourth trimester" as a critical transitional period requiring tailored, ongoing health care. However, this concept presents challenges for providers, especially in low-resource settings. Our objective was to understand providers' perspectives on challenges in postpartum care to highlight strategies for optimizing care.

Bridging the postpartum gap: best practices for training of obstetrical patient navigators.

The postpartum period represents a critical window of opportunity to improve maternal short- and long-term health, including optimizing postpartum recovery, providing effective contraception, caring for mood disorders, managing weight, supporting lactation, initiating preventive care, and promoting cardiometabolic health. However, inadequate postpartum care, especially for individuals facing social and structural barriers, is common in the United States and contributes to suboptimal health outcomes with lasting consequences. Patient navigation is a patient-centered intervention that uses trained personnel to identify financial, cultural, logistical, and educational obstacles to effective healthcare and to mitigate these barriers to facilitate comprehensive and timely access to needed health services.