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Programs

AcademyHealth programs are led by our expert staff, supported by funding from a variety of partners, and all aimed at improving health and the health system. An alphabetical list of both past and current activities is below. Efforts include learning, translation and dissemination, technical assistance, professional services, as well as stakeholder engagement and community building.

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A Decisionmaker's Guide to Competing Health Evidence

Health policy debates are full of competing claims and it's often hard to know who to believe. AcademyHealth's monthly guide series helps policymakers, journalists, and practitioners cut through the noise by explaining what the research actually shows, where experts disagree, and why. This series is produced by AcademyHealth as part of its commitment to evidence-informed health policy.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Paying for Care Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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Access, Affordability and Insurance Design

Access to quality health care systems is essential to good health, and it is not possible without affordable, quality health insurance coverage. These policy-relevant analyses from the Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems program inform strategies to ensure access to high-quality, affordable health care and insurance coverage.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care

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Advancing Research on High-Value, Equitable Care

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the Donaghue Foundation supports the development of research focused on achieving high-value, equitable care that addresses the needs of health care systems, researchers, patients, and the broader community.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Paying for Care Delivering Better Care

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Advancing Research to Reduce Low-Value Care

This program is no longer current. Please see our page on Advancing Research on High-Value, Equitable Care for up-to-date information about our activities.

Topics Paying for Care Quality Improvement Delivering Better Care

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Advancing Trust: A Focus on Medical Debt

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation aims to improve trust in our health care system with a focus on addressing medical debt.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Delivering Better Care

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Promoting Early and Lifelong Health: From the Challenge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to the Promise of Resilience and Achieving Child Wellbeing.

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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Analysis of Use of Non-Opioid Controlled Substances and Treatment of Non-Opioid Substances Use Disorders Among Medicaid Beneficiaries

With support from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment & Access Commission, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, is exploring the use of non-opioid controlled substances and the treatment of non-opioid substance use disorders.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Analyzing Rates of Congenital Syphilis Screening among Pregnant Medicaid Enrollees in Three Southern States

In collaboration with the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina’s Institute for Families in Society, and University of Louisiana Monroe, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute is assessing congenital syphilis rates among pregnant Medicaid enrollees in three southern states.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health Building Healthy Communities Using Health Data

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Analyzing Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing in Medicaid Populations

With support from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute in collaboration with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is assessing syphilis testing among pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries as well as rates of STI testing of state Medicaid beneficiaries on PrEP.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health Building Healthy Communities Using Health Data

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Applied Implementation Science Fellowship Program

With support from Amgen, AcademyHealth’s Applied Implementation Science Fellowship Program aims to bridge the gap between evidence and practice by equipping researchers within health care delivery systems with the skills and knowledge to accelerate the translation and adoption of evidence in real-world settings. The fellowship trains early- to mid-career embedded researchers to apply implementation science in their research and practice through a suite of supports that prepare them to design, test, and scale evidence-based innovations that improve health outcomes.

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