New Health Affairs Blog Post Serves as an Open Letter To ARPA-H Designers
AcademyHealth Board Member Lucia Savage and CEO Lisa Simpson offer five guiding principles from health services research on ARPA-H’s design.
2021 Reinhardt Lecture Discusses Prices as Signals
The annual Reinhardt Lecture honors a national leader who reflects the high standards of Professor Uwe Reinhardt. The 2021 lecturer was Dr. Sherry Glied, who honored Dr. Reinhardt’s trailblazing focus on price, rather than quantity, with a discussion of the role of price as a market signal. The following plain language summary offers highlights from the transcribed remarks, as delivered at the virtual 2021 Annual Research Meeting and published in the journal Health Services Research.
New research finds a connection between police brutality and unmet needs for mental health care.
Previous evidence indicates that people exposed to police brutality are more likely to face mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, that Black people and people of color are more likely to experience police brutality, and, that these same populations are more likely to have unmet needs for mental health care. This plain language summary highlights new research from Alang et al. that connects these themes and demonstrates for the first time that exposure to police brutality is itself associated with unmet mental health needs.
Read on Washington: November 2021 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson
This month’s "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on federal appropriations, Build Back Better, ARPA-H negotiations, and more.
Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows
2020 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows reflect on the benefits of the fellowship and lessons learned while being embedded within health systems.
Highlight Reel: Reimagining Public Health
With the 2022 Call for Abstracts now open, watch the video reel highlighting key points from the 2021 Annual Research Meeting closing plenary in which experts discussed revamping the public health system by investing in data infrastructure, a diverse workforce, and research.
New Research Proposes Metrics, Measures, and Models Promoting Health Equity
The Preparedness and Treatment Equity Coalition (PTEC) is supporting four teams develop implementable, data-driven research to decrease inequity in the health care system. These projects were identified in partnership with AcademyHealth and a work group comprised of PTEC members and partners.
The Relationship between Health and Place: Expanding Use of Place-Based Disadvantage Indices Beyond COVID-19
While disadvantage indices are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool to help promote health and prioritize equity, future use of these tools must include investments in data infrastructure, community partnerships, and further evaluation.
Partnerships, Resources, and Support of Efforts that Advance Health Equity for All
AcademyHealth continues to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the health services and policy workforce. This blog post provides an update on recent activities and highlights new resources for the field.
Read on Washington: October 2021 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson
This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on federal appropriations, ARPA-H negotiations, prescription drug pricing, and more.