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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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

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That's a Wrap! A Look Back at This Year's D&I Plenaries

The 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health (D&I), co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth centered on the theme, A Decade of Progress and the Path Forward.

Posted Dec 6, 2017 By Brian Cardillo, M.A.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation

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Perspectives on Data Science in Therapeutic Development

Posted Dec 5, 2017 By Eric D. Perakslis, Ph.D.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing

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What Does Working with Large Claims Databases Mean For Researchers?

Posted Dec 1, 2017 By Zack Cooper, PhD

Topics Costs & Payments Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Using Health Data