Chris Tachibana is a Staff Writer for Penn LDI. She is also Senior Managing Editor of the journal Health Services Research, and a scientific editor for Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. Before moving to a career in scientific writing and editing, she was a research scientist and undergraduate instructor at the University of Washington and Penn State University. She also taught at Salt Lake Community College. She holds a BA from Whitman College, an MS from Cornell University, and a PhD from the University of Oregon.
Moving from Fee-for-Service to Risk-Based Contracts Hasn’t Dramatically Changed Patient Care, Raising Questions About How to Make These Models More Effective
Equitably Improving Care for Hospitalized Kids Who Experience Cardiac Arrest Requires Hospital-Level Changes, LDI Fellows Say
Research Brief: Shorter Stays in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Less Home Health Didn’t Lead to Worse Outcomes, Pointing to Opportunities for Traditional Medicare
Billing Codes That Flag Food, Job, or Housing Insecurity in Medical Records are Underused for the Sickest Medicare Patients
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Research Brief: Less Than 1% of Clinical Practices Provide 80% of Outpatient Services for Dually Eligible Individuals