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#MoreThanAMeeting: Facilitating Learning Networks to Transform Policy and Practice

As the Annual Research Meeting draws to a close, this final post in our series highlighting how AcademyHealth is #MoreThanAMeeting describes our year-round work with several learning networks.

Posted Jun 17, 2021 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Costs & Payments ARM

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#MoreThanAMeeting: The Top Challenges Facing Health Services Researchers and How AcademyHealth is Responding

AcademyHealth provides benefits to our members beyond our upcoming Annual Research Meeting. Our Membership Director Angélica Rodríguez and Board Member Fadia Shaya highlight ways we assess and meet the needs of the field and provide members with learning opportunities to advance their careers.

Posted Jun 16, 2021 By Angélica Rodríguez, Fadia Tohme Shaya, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics HSR Workforce Development ARM

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The ‘Normal’ of 2019 No Longer Exists. We Can’t Go Back. We Must Go Forward.

Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, delivered opening remarks at the virtual Annual Research Meeting yesterday, describing how we as a field collectively have the resources, talents, and skills to help make a better, more equitable, and more just normal, the new reality.

Posted Jun 15, 2021 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Health Equity Delivering Better Care ARM

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What I’ve Learned from Working at the Intersection of Research and Policy

As our Annual Research Meeting kicks off, we’re highlighting all the ways AcademyHealth is #MoreThanAMeeting. AcademyHealth Director Megan Collado, who manages research grantmaking programs, highlights ways we work with grantees to widely disseminate their research findings.

Posted Jun 14, 2021 By Megan Collado, M.P.H.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation ARM

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AcademyHealth: HSR’s Federal Advocate

AcademyHealth is a leader in bringing evidence and experts to policymakers every day.

Posted Jun 10, 2021 By Josh Caplan, M.A., M.P.P.

Topics Advocacy

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AcademyHealth is #MoreThanAMeeting. We Live Our Mission Year-Round.

As we prepare for our Annual Research Meeting next week, AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson kicks off a blog series highlighting how AcademyHealth is #MoreThanAMeeting by describing the way we work year-round to improve health and health care for all.

Posted Jun 9, 2021 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics HSR Workforce Development HSR Resources & Methods Health Equity ARM

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AcademyHealth Applauds President’s Budget for AHRQ, A Step In The Right Direction

AcademyHealth is pleased to see the Biden Administration's proposed investment in AHRQ, but the Agency still needs full funding.

Posted May 28, 2021 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Combating Anti-Black Racism for Child and Adolescent Flourishing

As Mental Health Month draws to a close, child health researchers consider key components related to diversity, equity and inclusion that can ensure Black children and adolescents get what they need to help them flourish psychologically, socially, and emotionally.

Posted May 28, 2021 By Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Ayesha Johnson, Ph.D.

Topics Health Equity Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care

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Is the Term "Low-Value Care" Stunting Our Efforts to Achieve High-Value, Equitable Care?

Members of an AcademyHealth Thematic Working Group on low-value care among African American and Latinx Populations call for a re-examination of the term "low-value care," arguing that our existing framework for increasing care value does not consider the experiences of African American and Latinx populations.

Posted May 27, 2021 By Sarah Millender

Topics Health Equity Quality Improvement

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New Health Affairs Blog Post Highlights Continued Need for Evaluation of Medicaid Experiments

AcademyHealth Director Lauren Gerlach and Mona Shah of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discuss the importance of rigorous evaluation of Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers.

Posted May 20, 2021 By Lauren Gerlach, M.P.P.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Paying for Care