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Read on Washington: February 2024 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, new CMS guidance on data access, congressional working groups on MACRA, and more.

Posted Feb 27, 2024 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Taking An In-Depth Look at Trust Measurement

A new report from AcademyHealth Trust Scholars in Residence, Jody Platt, M.P.H., Ph.D., and Lauren Taylor, M.Div, M.P.H., Ph.D., illuminates the nuances of measuring trust in health care.

Posted Feb 23, 2024 By Taylor Dunlap

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Building Healthy Communities Delivering Better Care

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Doing Well by Doing Good: Recognizing Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion at the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting

The Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award is the newest addition to the ARM awards program and has the potential to inspire health services researchers to begin or expand their DEI work.

Posted Feb 22, 2024 By Tess Bernhard, Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA

Topics HSR Workforce Development Health Equity

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Examining EHR Availability and Patient Access: Our NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge Experience

2022 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge winners used publicly available data to explore patterns in electronic health record availability and access, and how social determinants of health may impact access.

Posted Feb 21, 2024 By Marisa Conte, M.L.I.S., Jennylee Swallow, M.S., John O'Malley, M.H.I., MS

Topics Using Health Data Data Sources Public & Population Health

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AcademyHealth Launches Salary Comparison Tool for Health Services Researchers

AcademyHealth recently launched a Salary Comparison Tool. This members-only tool is a game-changing resource designed to empower health services and health policy researchers in their journey for a better compensation package.

Posted Feb 20, 2024 By Angélica Rodríguez

Topics HSR Workforce Development HSR Resources & Methods

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Breastfeeding Can Help Save New Black Moms — Who Are Nearly 3 Times More Likely To Die

AcademyHealth Public Voices fellows offer ways to improve Black maternal mortality and perinatal health through breastfeeding and programs to support Black lactation professionals.

Posted Feb 15, 2024 By Leia Belt, M.A., Ph.D., Jill Inderstrodt, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Health Equity Public & Population Health

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AcademyHealth Partner Journal Seeks New Editor in Chief

JAMA Health Forum, an AcademyHealth partner journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health, and health care is seeking a new Editor in Chief. Interested Candidates should apply by April 15, 2024.

Posted Feb 14, 2024

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation

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NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge Brings Different Schools Together

The winners of the 2022 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge discuss the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration using national data sources to illustrate the intersectionality of food insecurity, disability status, and racial disparities

Posted Feb 8, 2024 By Anna Lewis, M.S.W., Aileen Chou, P.T., D.P.T., Youngmin Kwon

Topics Data Sources Health Equity Access to Care

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Read on Washington: January 2024 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, new CMS guidance on SDOH, cybersecurity guidance from HHS, and more.

Posted Jan 30, 2024 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Raising expectations for addressing urinary incontinence in primary care: Implementation Approaches

AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence initiative contributes learning to the Implementation Science field.

Posted Jan 26, 2024 By Jaime Adler, M.S., M.P.H., Gabriela Alvarado, M.D., MSc, M.A., Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care