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Welcome to the AcademyHealth blog, together with our members, we promote interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives. Here we offer important perspectives from people passionate about expanding access to care, reducing costs and improving quality, as well as updates on AcademyHealth activities relevant to the community.

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Advancing Oral Health Equity: A Collaborative Vision for the 2025 ARM Meeting

Building on a previous call to integrate oral health into health care systems and policy frameworks, the Oral Health Interest Group (OHIG) aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, reduce disparities, and drive policy innovation ahead of the 2025 Annual Research Meeting.
Posted Dec 4, 2024 By Priyanka Gudsoorkar, BDS, M.B.A., M.P.H., Lisa Heaton, Ph.D., Heather Taylor, Ph.D., MPH, LDH, Sujay A. J. Mehta, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Topics Access to Care Health Equity ARM
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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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Utilizing Community-Based System Dynamics to Address Health Care System Inequities

In this blog post, Dr. Ayaz Hyder of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding explores how a community-based system dynamics (CBSD) approach enables facilitators to deeply understand and collaboratively address complex issues. This methodology fosters a more inclusive and insightful problem-solving environment by uniquely centering the community throughout the entire modeling process.
Posted Nov 21, 2024 By Ellie Jorling, M.P.P.
Topics Health Equity Access to Care Delivering Better Care
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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