Programs & Initiatives

As the manager of major programs serving the health services research and policy communities, AcademyHealth is a key authority in several substantive areas, including health care financing and organization, purchasing, translating health services research, and rural, state, and international health policy.

HIT and HSR for Actionable Knowledge
AcademyHealth has received funding from the California Health Care Foundation to examine the challenges of using electronically generated data from health information technology (HIT) for secondary analytic purposes including health services research to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. This project continues an AcademyHealth collaboration with six early HIT-adopting health systems — the Veterans Health Administration (VA), Geisinger, Kaiser Permanente (KP), the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), Denver Health (DH) and the New York City Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) — begun last fall with seed funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). More

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AHRQ Knowledge Transfer Initiative
Under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Knowledge Transfer Program, AcademyHealth works with health care providers, purchasers, health plans, and state and local government leaders to help them understand and apply health services research findings in their decision-making. More

Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care
The Commonwealth Fund and AcademyHealth's strategic initiative, Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care provides an opportunity for long-term care stakeholders to exchange information, debate the issues, seek solutions, and identify where additional research is needed. More

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO)
HCFO supports research projects that will provide public and private decision makers with valuable information on health care policy, financing, and market developments to improve health care. More

International Programs
AcademyHealth's international programs seek to inform U.S. policymaking with research and experiences of health systems around the world. More

Nurse Recruitment Code of Conduct
AcademyHealth convened a task force to set out standards for fair and transparent recruitment of foreign educated nurses, including the provision of cultural and clinical orientation and best practices to ensure that recruitment is not harmful to nurses’ home countries. More

Public Health Systems Research (PHSR)
AcademyHealth’s Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) programs advance evidenced-based decision making in public health policy and practice by translating research findings and promoting partnerships among stakeholders. More

State Coverage Initiatives (SCI)
By providing technical assistance and access to health services research, SCI works with states to plan, execute, and maintain health insurance expansions, as well as to improve the availability and affordability of health care coverage. More

State Quality Improvement Institute (SQII)
In 2008, AcademyHealth and The Commonwealth Fund launched the State Quality Improvement Institute (SQII) – an intensive, competitively-selected technical assistance project for states that have made or are ready to make substantial commitments to health care quality improvement. More

Other Projects
Additional ongoing projects managed by AcademyHealth. More

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