Webinar: Understanding the Costs and True Benefits of SDOH Investments
This webinar was part of series which seeks to promote serious evidence-based discussions related to costs, value, and allocation of health care spending.
Commentary Explores Opportunities to Advance High-Value Care in A Post-Pandemic World
Reflecting upon the 2019 Summit, “Imagining a World Without Low-Value Care: What Will it Take?” sponsored by AcademyHealth, the Donaghue Foundation, and the ABIM Foundation, in collaboration with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health and the Veterans Administration, a commentary published in the American Journal of Managed Care explores the main barriers preventing progress against low-value care and highlights promising solutions.
Experts Outline Priorities for Reducing and Addressing Low-Value Care
In October 2019, researchers, policy experts, practicing physicians, funders, and other key stakeholders gathered for a summit to develop recommendations for reducing low-value care.
Lessons from the Field: Building Organizational Resiliency to Deliver High-Value Care in the Time of COVID
In a recent webinar for the Research Community on Low-Value Care, experts shared what their organizations have learned about building organizational resilience, recovery, and capacity during COVID-19. Speakers emphasized the need to re-design our health systems around high-value care, equity, and more stable payment structures.
Considering the Future Impact of COVID on Health Spending
As partners in the Going Below The Surface Forum, AcademyHealth and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) consider the drivers of health spending in the United States through salons focused on challenging questions – which may not have immediate or universally accepted answers – as we attempt to push the conversation beyond the usual stakeholder posturing.
The Provider Perspective: Can Cost-of-Care Screening Work in Clinical Settings?
Medical care providers recognize the importance of discussing cost of care issues with their patients but have struggled to incorporate these conversations into clinical practice. This second of two posts focuses on integrating cost of care discussions into the clinical flow.
The Patient Perspective: Can Screening for Cost of Care Issues be Normalized?
This is the first of a two-part series focused on the importance of screening for and addressing cost of care issues for patients and caregivers. It addresses both the obstacles and opportunities for incorporating cost of care discussions into clinical practice.
As the Threat of COVID-19 Eventually Recedes, Incentives for New Vaccine Development Are Needed
Summarizing an expert discussion at an August 2020 virtual meeting, this brief examines the COVID-19 vaccine development experience and reviews existing research on vaccine development, manufacturing, and distribution, including financing mechanisms to help ensure its accessibility, as well as policies to promote equity.
Nursing Health Services Research: Developing an Agenda to Address the Nation’s Top Health Care Challenges in the 2020s
As the COVID-19 pandemic shines a spotlight on the critical role of nursing in health care delivery, members from the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) highlight key areas of focus to ensure nursing health services research is well-positioned to address the nation’s top health care challenges over the next decade.
De-implementation of Low Value Care: A Tool to Create Clinician Energy for Targeted Interventions
Delivery System Science Fellow and AcademyHealth member Audrey Johnson offers a perspective on the impact of constant changes in the health care system, best practices for de-implementation, and harnessing clinician’s knowledge to target evidence-based interventions.