The Value of Patient-Driven Research and Ways to Sustain It
A PCORI-funded learning network recently developed an action-oriented, step-by-step roadmap to help patient-driven research communities define their value.
Program that Rewards Consumers for Choosing Lower Priced Providers Offers Modest Savings
There are numerous obstacles to consumer price shopping in health care and shifting patients’ behavior has been difficult. Recently, some insurers have used financial rewards to get beneficiaries to use lower-priced providers. In this ‘plain language summary,’ new research indicates the strategy may have some affect, although overall impacts of the program are modest.
New Project Aims to Improve Care for Individuals Living with HIV
NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors), in partnership with AcademyHealth and the University of California San Francisco, are working to build state capacity to improve the collection and reporting of important HIV data through collaboration between Medicaid and HIV programs across 10 states.
Health Affairs Forefront Post Assesses Current Trends in Trust Research
In a new Health Affairs Forefront post, AcademyHealth staff explore trends in recent and ongoing trust research, reflect on the current state, and identify gaps in the research.
Read on Washington: January 2022 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson
This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on federal appropriations, TEFCA, ARPA-H negotiations, and more.
Health Services Research Journal Commentary Outlines AcademyHealth’s DEI Efforts
A commentary authored by AcademyHealth leadership in Health Services Research journal highlights AcademyHealth’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and our approach for higher impact, more equitable health services research.
STI Testing among Medicaid Patients (STAMP) Project publishes timely results in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
With funding from the CDC Foundation, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, in collaboration with five Southern state-university partnerships, publish timely findings on prenatal syphilis screening rates among Medicaid enrollees.
Charting the Course to a Reimagined Public Health System
Following a joint convening with the American Public Health Association and key public health leaders, AcademyHealth outlines priority areas for public health services and systems research across the following domains: preparedness and resilience; structure; performance; workforce; data and technology; and financing and economics.
New research on the evolving nature of the health services research workforce
AcademyHealth member Bianca Frogner, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, highlighted data on the health services research (HSR) workforce and how the field has evolved over the last five years. Her findings were recently published in the journal Health Services Research.
Health Data for Action Program Bridges the Gap Between Big Data and Researchers
RWJF’s Health Data for Action Program, managed by AcademyHealth, awards 14 new studies on topics ranging from chronic and complex conditions, paying for care, the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.