Enhancing Online Portals Using Patient-Centered Interface Design
Interview with eGEMs author Traber Giardina about her new paper.
Accelerating Knowledge and Competencies to Harness Data to Drive Health Care Transformation
Turning data into knowledge and action requires more than artificial intelligence and massive processing capacity. AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson highlights some of the other keys to harnessing data for health care transformation, many of which will be discussed at this week's Health Data Policy and Strategy Orientation.
The Year of Data Quality
Rebecca Bruno of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, highlights the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to enhance Medicaid data quality, improve its oversight functions, and provide data that can be used effectively by researchers and stakeholders.
Experts Examine the Evidence on Medicaid and Personal Responsibility Requirements
Attendees at a recent AcademyHealth meeting discussed research on work incentives, cost sharing, healthy behaviors, and Medicaid waiver implementation challenges in several states.
High Drug Prices and Promising Policy Proposals: What the Evidence Says
While prescription drug costs are a complex issue with multiple reasons for high prices, several states are exploring policies to address the problem.
AcademyHealth Blog Listed as a Top 30 "Must-Read" for IT professionals
HealthTech Magazine has searched high and low to find the most useful blogs for IT professionals and executives in today's healthcare IT landscape.
How Do We Close the Gap Between Evidence Production and Use?
A new article suggests two specific strategies aimed at realizing the promise of a learning health system.
Three Key Considerations for Leveraging Digital Health Tools to Support Patient Engagement
Susan Mbawuike of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, shares perspectives on applying digital health tools to help patients engage in their health, expanding on discussions at the 2018 Health Datapalooza and Annual Research Meeting.
When It Comes to Collaboration, Sectors Emphasize Technical Aspects Over Cultural Ones
In a review of technical documents and toolkits on interoperability, what we found was almost as interesting as what we didn’t.
Data as a Strategic Institutional Asset to Catalyze Healthcare Delivery Innovation
With a massive growth in data and information, there is a bounty of opportunity for value creation at hand. But delivery systems will have to be strategic about the use of data in order to be truly innovative.