AcademyHealth Blog

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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The Secret to Bringing Researchers, Tech, and Policymakers Together

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Melinda Buntin emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions in the second of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 19, 2019 By Melinda B. Buntin, Ph.D.

Topics National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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How to Become a Data Viz Wiz: Taking your Data Visualizations to the Next Level

AcademyHealth staff member Angel Han shares tips for creating interactive data visualizations of trends in health services research using the National Library of Medicine’s HSRProj database.

Posted Dec 18, 2019 By Angel Han, M.P.H.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Using Health Data

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Final Fiscal Year 2020 Spending Package Is Good News for HSR

Package funds AHRQ and reauthorizes PCORI for 10 years.

Posted Dec 17, 2019 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Focus on Patients is a Key to Reducing Low-Value Care

AcademyHealth staff reflect on the continuing need to advance research on low value care, following a Health Affairs blog post urging a focus on vulnerable populations in broader efforts to reduce low-value care.

Posted Dec 16, 2019 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Costs & Payments

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Challenges in Health Data Do Not Exist in a Vacuum

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Niall Brennan highlights the importance of diverse perspectives to solve our most pressing health care challenges in the first of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 12, 2019 By Niall Brennan, M.P.P.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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Mastering Health Care Improvement: Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows

2018 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows outline the benefits of the fellowship for both students and host sites.

Posted Dec 5, 2019 By Audrey Johnson, P.T., D.P.T., Maria Yefimova, PhD RN, Claire E. O’Hanlon, Ph.D., Savyasachi Shah, BDS, MPH

Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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As Opioid Crisis Continues, New Report Points to State Options for Medicaid Coverage of Inpatient Behavioral Health Services

Recent AcademyHealth webinar presenter MaryBeth Musumeci and colleague Priya Chidambaram highlight findings from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report on patterns of Medicaid enrollee use of substance use disorder services and state waiver activity aimed at expanding services.

Posted Dec 2, 2019 By Marybeth Musumeci, J.D, Priya Chidambaram

Topics Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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New Checklist Aims to Improve Quality and Consistency in Dissemination

Cochrane creates a new way to improve the quality and consistency of dissemination products that share the findings from Cochrane health evidence.

Posted Nov 29, 2019 By Claire Glenton, Ph.D. , Stephanie Lagosky, M.Sc.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Quality Improvement

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Why is Cloud Technology the Right Prescription for Health Care?

Marty Puranik, President & CEO of Atlantic.Net, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, outlines the benefits of cloud technology including data storage and scalability, collaboration and increased interoperability, use of AI and machine learning, security, and cost reductions.

Posted Nov 26, 2019 By Marty Puranik

Topics Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems

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Under the D&I Science Big Tent, Everyone Benefits

In this blog post, AcademyHealth member Beth Prusaczyk explains how the exchange of methods, strategies, and ideas across substantive areas and settings is critical to advancing learning.

Posted Nov 18, 2019 By Beth Prusaczyk, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation HSR Resources & Methods