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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Examining EHR Availability and Patient Access: Our NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge Experience

2022 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge winners used publicly available data to explore patterns in electronic health record availability and access, and how social determinants of health may impact access.

Posted Feb 21, 2024 By Marisa Conte, M.L.I.S., Jennylee Swallow, M.S., John O'Malley, M.H.I., MS

Topics Using Health Data Data Sources Public & Population Health

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AcademyHealth Launches Salary Comparison Tool for Health Services Researchers

AcademyHealth recently launched a Salary Comparison Tool. This members-only tool is a game-changing resource designed to empower health services and health policy researchers in their journey for a better compensation package.

Posted Feb 20, 2024 By Angélica Rodríguez

Topics HSR Workforce Development HSR Resources & Methods

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Breastfeeding Can Help Save New Black Moms — Who Are Nearly 3 Times More Likely To Die

AcademyHealth Public Voices fellows offer ways to improve Black maternal mortality and perinatal health through breastfeeding and programs to support Black lactation professionals.

Posted Feb 15, 2024 By Leia Belt, M.A., Ph.D., Jill Inderstrodt, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Health Equity Public & Population Health

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AcademyHealth Partner Journal Seeks New Editor in Chief

JAMA Health Forum, an AcademyHealth partner journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health, and health care is seeking a new Editor in Chief. Interested Candidates should apply by April 15, 2024.

Posted Feb 14, 2024

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation

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NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge Brings Different Schools Together

The winners of the 2022 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge discuss the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration using national data sources to illustrate the intersectionality of food insecurity, disability status, and racial disparities

Posted Feb 8, 2024 By Anna Lewis, M.S.W., Aileen Chou, P.T., D.P.T., Youngmin Kwon

Topics Data Sources Health Equity Access to Care

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Read on Washington: January 2024 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, new CMS guidance on SDOH, cybersecurity guidance from HHS, and more.

Posted Jan 30, 2024 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Raising expectations for addressing urinary incontinence in primary care: Implementation Approaches

AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence initiative contributes learning to the Implementation Science field.

Posted Jan 26, 2024 By Jaime Adler, M.S., M.P.H., Gabriela Alvarado, M.D., MSc, M.A., Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care

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What if we moved away from a sick care system?

ARPA-H's latest program, HEROES, aims to establish an incentive-based model to completely change the health care paradigm and move us towards a system that truly rewards better health. Agency seeks letters of interest from potential performers until Feb. 29.

Posted Jan 24, 2024 By Darshak Sanghavi, M.D.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S., Named Incoming President, CEO of AcademyHealth

The selection of Dr. Carroll, a nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, and health services researcher, bolsters AcademyHealth's work to improve health and health care for all by moving evidence into policy and practice

Posted Jan 22, 2024

Topics News

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We’re Live! AcademyHealth Launches New Online Portal

Launched today, the new portal provides options for users to update their own profiles. In this blog post, AcademyHealth recommends 3 steps to get the most out of the new system.

Posted Jan 18, 2024

Topics News