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The Advisory Group is providing strategic insights on how to develop continuity across AcademyHealth’s diversity, equity and inclusion activities. Members represent a variety of lived experiences, racial/ethnic identities, gender identities, geographies, organizational settings, areas of professional expertise, and career stages.
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AcademyHealth condemns the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol last week. The riotous attempt to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power is a threat to American democracy and an attack on our shared values.
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The spread of health misinformation, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, undermines trust in the patient-clinician relationship. JAMA Viewpoint authors, including AcademyHealth CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson, consider why misinformation spreads and strategies to address it.
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As partners in the Going Below The Surface Forum, AcademyHealth and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) consider the drivers of health spending in the United States through salons focused on challenging questions – which may not have immediate or universally accepted answers – as we attempt to push the conversation beyond the usual stakeholder posturing.
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Medical care providers recognize the importance of discussing cost of care issues with their patients but have struggled to incorporate these conversations into clinical practice. This second of two posts focuses on integrating cost of care discussions into the clinical flow.
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This is the first of a two-part series focused on the importance of screening for and addressing cost of care issues for patients and caregivers. It addresses both the obstacles and opportunities for incorporating cost of care discussions into clinical practice.
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AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson reflects on the 20-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis.
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AcademyHealth senior staff reflect on the results of a poll that reveal how AcademyHealth conferences and events foster community for the field.
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AcademyHealth Vice President Michael Gluck examines the ways in which COVID-19 and other societal changes have disrupted traditional methods of HSR in favor of new innovations.
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In a webinar for the Research Community on Low-Value-Care, experts shared three key considerations for designing an equitable, high-value health care system. They emphasized the need to ensure equitable care is being delivered by a diverse workforce with an understanding of how to use data to improve interventions to advance equity.