A spotlight on implementation: recapping behavioral health policy research at ARM
Using an implementation science and policy frame, AcademyHealth member blogger Anton Avanceña recaps behavioral health presentations in the recent ARM in Seattle
How policymakers can advance access to maternal health care in rural settings by supporting rural health care centers and providers
The United States has a maternal health crisis that disproportionately impacts patients in rural areas. Policymakers can address these disparities by enabling better access to care and supporting workforce development in rural communities.
Putting the Pieces Together: Addressing Health Systems Issues at ARM 2023
ARM Member Blogger Kyla Woodward offers reflections and key takeaways from the meeting regarding burnout and other health systems issues
AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) Research Faculty Explore Promises and Challenges of Medicaid Research Using T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) in New Blog from The Commonwealth Fund
The lack of high quality, accessible national claims data has long been a roadblock to robust Medicaid research and subsequent evidence-based policymaking in the United States. While the release of TAF marked a significant improvement, research faculty with AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) outline important steps that state and federal policy makers can take to improve data quality, accessibility, and usability.
What's Your "Street Race?" The Supreme Court Must Clearly Define Race, Racism and Antiracism Before Ruling on Equal Protection Cases
Building on her remarks at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Dr. Nancy López reflects on the recent Supreme Court decision making four recommendations to advance equity in higher education.
Harnessing Our Passion for Better Health, Evidence and Facts, and Courage to Stand Up to Power
Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, opened the 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting with the following remarks, encouraging attendees to be guided by three core passions in their work to achieve impact and drive change.
What Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard Has to Say About Disparities Research
The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision has much to say about the integrity of federal race/ethnicity data and the future of relying on such data in disparities research and, ultimately, civil rights enforcement.
House Labor HHS Funding Bill Decimates Science and Medicine, Hobbles Innovation and Equity
AcademyHealth calls on researchers to share with Congress the importance of patient-centered care, AHRQ, biomedical research, and patient safety
How the SCOTUS Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions Could Impact Health Services Research
AcademyHealth board member Atul Grover reflects on the recent Supreme Court decision that colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration in the admissions process, and the implications this has for medical school administrations and the health care workforce overall.
AcademyHealth Staff Highlight Anti-racist Approaches to Informatics in Newly Published JAMIA Article
AcademyHealth Senior Scholar Jodyn Platt, AcademyHealth Vice President Elizabeth Cope and colleagues highlight the need for anti-racist expertise in informatics and proposes the use of the Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) as a powerful framework to tackle racism in digital forms.