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Evidence-based decision-making requires accountability and infrastructure. AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll highlights in a recent JAMA article the consequences of incorrect guidance and the role of HSR in learning from mistakes.
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The communities most impacted by health policy are too often excluded from shaping it. Meanwhile, community-informed research is producing powerful evidence that rarely reaches the policy and legal spaces where decisions are made. Closing that gap is both an urgent challenge and one of the most important opportunities for advancing health equity today.
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The evidence infrastructure that policymakers, clinicians, and patients depend on took decades to build. A proposed OMB rule, open for public comment until July 13, would dismantle it and call it accountability.
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For many across public health and health services research, work has been abruptly interrupted, reshaping routines, identities, and a sense of stability. A job can be more than a role; it can be a source of purpose, belonging, and self‑worth, making that disruption deeply personal and disorienting. In Work Interrupted: Voices from the Field, we center reflections on loss, healing, and rebuilding, beginning with Elizabeth Cope’s powerful letter to those finding their footing again.
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AcademyHealth's President and CEO released a statement calling on the House Appropriations Committee to rescind their FY27 Labor-HHS bill and try again to fund programs that power America’s innovation enterprise.
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Questions about who gets care, who doesn't, and why are not ideological exercises. A new OMB proposed rule would let political appointees decide otherwise, and the comment period closes July 13.
Posted Jun 2, 2026
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From generating stronger evidence to helping policymakers use it and accelerating the adoption of proven innovations, AcademyHealth's new Signature Program Centers address critical gaps across the evidence-to-impact continuum. Learn how these centers will help the field achieve greater reach, relevance, and real-world impact.
Posted May 31, 2026
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As health care systems across the United States face staffing shortages, burnout, and growing demand for care, workforce issues have become increasingly important to the future of health care. The 2026 ARM will feature workforce-focused sessions examining how working conditions affect both health care workers and the quality of care patients receive.
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Cross-sector partnerships are emerging as a key strategy to bridge the gap between health research and practice. This HSR Week, we explore how collaborative partnerships between academia and industry can accelerate the adoption of evidence-based innovations.
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Infant mortality remains a public health concern in the U.S., with differences across states and between rural and urban communities. Many of these outcomes are preventable but depend on timely access to higher-level neonatal care; this has important implications for perinatal care access, rural health disparities, and policy.