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Review Highlights Need for More Holistic Measures around Low-Value Care

A review commissioned by AcademyHealth finds that most efforts to decrease low-value care focus more on the reduction of certain tests and treatments, rather than on assessing unintended consequences, listening to patients and providers, and measuring outcomes.

Posted Sep 13, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Health Care’s Failure to Share Data: An Issue of Culture or a Crisis of Integrity?

Health Data Leadership Institute speaker Laura L. Adams reflects on the barriers to better health data sharing, calling for stakeholders to find the will and the way to advance data sharing.

Posted Sep 12, 2019 By Laura L. Adams

Topics Data Sharing Delivering Better Care

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Recent Governmental Actions on Medicaid Waivers Present a Diverse Implementation Landscape

As states continue to propose, implement, and evaluate new Medicaid demonstrations, AcademyHealth reviews recent developments related to Medicaid expansion funding, work requirements, and hospital reimbursement.

Posted Sep 6, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care

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Evaluating Health Care Innovation in Five Easy Steps

Health Data Leadership Institute speaker and AcademyHealth member Lisa Green encourages consumers and researchers to consider the strengths and shortcomings of data used to measure the effectiveness of health care interventions, models, and policies.

Posted Sep 3, 2019 By Lisa Green, Ph.D.

Topics Using Health Data Costs & Payments Quality Improvement

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Health Data and Health Policy Come Together in February 2020

AcademyHealth President & CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson describes the thinking behind co-locating the annual Health Datapalooza and AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference and announces the opening of calls for presentations and presentation reviewers.

Posted Aug 27, 2019 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Using Health Data National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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Enlisting America’s Mayors as Public Health Allies

Mayors are key public health actors, often playing an important role in shaping social determinants - from housing to education to the physical urban environment. But how do mayors perceive the health of their communities and approach their role in promoting healthy places?

Posted Aug 26, 2019 By Katharine Lusk, M.P.P., Monica Wang, Sc.D., M.S.

Topics Advocacy Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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Diverse Research Teams Can Magnify the Impact and Relevance of Health Services Research

AcademyHealth member and first time Annual Research Meeting (ARM) attendee, Allison Lewinski highlights the importance of multidisciplinary collaborations for better, more impactful research.

Posted Aug 23, 2019 By Allison A. Lewinski, PhD, MPH

Topics ARM

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Cultivating Success as a Junior Faculty Member

AcademyHealth member Lindsay Allen shares key takeaways from her presentation on academic success at this year’s Annual Research Meeting, including practical advice on research, teaching, and service.

Posted Aug 5, 2019 By Lindsay Allen, Ph.D., M.A.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Membership

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A Call for Research on Drivers of Health

Co-editors of a forthcoming theme issue in Health Services Research, one of AcademyHealth’s official journals, outline the importance of generating research on more than just medical care outcomes to improve population health.

Posted Jul 23, 2019 By David R. Nerenz, Ph.D., Austin Frakt, Ph.D.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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How Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Can Help Address Complex Delivery Challenges

AcademyHealth recently convened a group of eight state Medicaid programs and public health stakeholders to examine why an effective HIV prevention treatment is underused, why clinical care guidelines are underutilized, and how intra-agency collaborations could improve its delivery and use.

Posted Jul 17, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Quality Improvement Public & Population Health