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No Time to Rest For Those Producing and Using Evidence to Improve Health and Health Care

Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, opened the 2018 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference with the following remarks, encouraging attendees to find the areas of opportunity for progress in the year ahead.

Posted Feb 5, 2018 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities National Health Policy Conference

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New Research to Examine Markets, Medicaid and More

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently awarded seven grants with broad relevance to current health reform debates. From analysis of insurer marketplace exits to the effects of Medicaid expansion on physicians’ capacity to meet rising demand, these studies will produce findings to inform a range of current and potential health policies in the U.S.

Posted Feb 5, 2018

Topics Access to Care Hospitals & Health Systems Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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AcademyHealth CEO Shares Opportunities for 2018 Health Policy Progress in Recent Health Affairs Blog

As we bear witness to all the change afoot, our challenge is to identify when – and for whom – a change is an improvement. For those of us who produce the evidence that help us determine this, there is no time to rest.

Posted Jan 30, 2018 By Zenneia McLendon

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Building Healthy Communities

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Assuring an Adequate Number of Rural Primary Care Providers

A new report finds no single approach is effective to recruit and retain health professionals in rural areas. Only when combined do interventions have a positive effect on both recruitment and retention.

Posted Jan 29, 2018 By Courtney Ahmed

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation HSR Workforce Development Access to Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Taming the Data Beast

Today, it seems we are data rich and information poor. This blog post is a wakeup call for us to actively seek the insights from big data technologies.

Posted Jan 16, 2018 By Rasu Shrestha, M.D., M.B.A.

Topics Data Sharing Using Health Data Data Sources Health Datapalooza

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Welcome to Better Decisions Together! A New Forum to Highlight Leading Research and Perspectives in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

New eGEMs section seeks to realize the dream of genuine patient-centered clinical decision support.

Posted Jan 12, 2018 By Jessica S. Ancker, MPH, PhD

Topics Using Health Data Health Equity Delivering Better Care eGEMs

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AcademyHealth and RTI Remember Joshua Wiener, PhD

AcademyHealth member and RTI International’s Distinguished Fellow Joshua Wiener passed away on January 9th after succumbing to a serious illness. He was 68 years old.

Posted Jan 11, 2018 By Robin Weinick, Ph.D.

Topics News

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Jessica Ancker Named Editor of New eGEMs Section on Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

An expert on facilitating good decisions through health information technology, Ancker has studied both patient decision making and clinical decision support, and brings valuable expertise to this new role.

Posted Jan 4, 2018 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care News eGEMs

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Threats to Science Are More Than Words

Posted Dec 19, 2017 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP, Kristin Rosengren, Emily Holubowich, M.P.P.

Topics Advocacy Delivering Better Care Advocacy

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Working to Create More Bridges and Achieve Person-Centered Care

AcademyHealth’s Concordium 2017 meeting focused on collaboration, communities of practice, and systems thinking to move innovations farther and faster.

Posted Dec 13, 2017 By Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems Public & Population Health Analytic Tools Data Sharing Concordium