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2025 Annual Research Meeting

Valuable Evidence. Vibrant Community. Vital Conversations.

Date & Time June 7-10, 2025 Location Minneapolis Convention Center | Minneapolis, MN

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17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health

Moving Fast and Slow: Optimizing the Pace of Implementation

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2025 ARM - Call for Abstracts

The abstracts submission period is now open until January 8, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

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AcademyHealth is a Voice for the Field in Federal Policymaking

As the incoming Congress and Administration solidifies, AcademyHealth reaffirms our commitment to advancing evidence to inform policy and practice for better health and health care for all.

Posted Nov 19, 2024

Topics Advocacy

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Private Equity’s Move into Behavioral Health Care and What This Could Mean for Disparities in Access to Care

There has been an uptick in private equity firm investment in health care with recent attention being drawn to behavioral health services. Research on the impacts of commercialization of behavioral health is almost non-existent, leaving gaps in how this investment trend may affect access to care for communities of color.

Posted Oct 24, 2024 By Sasha Zabelski, M.S.

Topics Access to Care Health Equity

Making Health Care Better

Making Research Better

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Webinar: Supporting Family Partners on their Engagement Journey - Early Lessons from the Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) Initiative

An upcoming webinar will feature parent partner perspectives on their levels of engagement with the systems of care that support their children with medical complexity (CMC).

Date & Time December 5, 2024, 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET Location Online

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17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation

Moving Fast and Slow: Optimizing the Pace of Implementation

Date & Time December 8-11, 2024 Location Crystal Gateway Marriott | Arlington, VA

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Future of Health Equity Webinar Series: Bridging the Gap - Advancing HIV Prevention and Treatment Equity for Latinx Communities

The Health Equity Interest Group, Women and Gender Health Interest Group, supported by the Commonwealth Fund invite you to their inaugural event in the Future of Health Equity Webinar series.

Date & Time Thursday, December 12, 3:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. ET Location Virtual

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Free Access: AcademyHealth’s Review of the New Policy Landscape – Read on Washington’s November 2024 Advocacy Update

For this month only, the November “Read on Washington” is open to all readers. It includes our read on what to watch for in the new Administration and Congress, updates on appropriations, a new Surgeon General report on disparities in smoking, and more.

Posted Nov 26, 2024 By Josh Caplan, M.A., M.P.P.

Topics Advocacy

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Public Policy for Troubled Safety-Net Hospitals in the Aftermath of the Steward Health Failure

Transforming failing safety-net hospitals into community hubs which are integrated into emerging systems of care is a strategy policy makers should consider. Government guaranteed financing for the conversions will attract capital for both for-profit and non-profit operators.

Posted Nov 25, 2024 By Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Scott Keller, William Keller, Maureen Bisognano, Paul Hattis

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care

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Walking Two Worlds - Indigenous Health Equity and the Need for Representation in Health Care: An Interview with Arizona State University

In the fourth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Kristin Payestewa from Arizona State University to learn more about their project goals and findings during National Native American Heritage Month.

Posted Nov 22, 2024 By Maura Dugan

Topics Health Equity Building Healthy Communities

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Making Health Care Better

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