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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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Rethinking the ‘old way’: Considerations for hospitals measuring partnership work on complex issues

Three recent Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellows reflect on the need for hospitals to consider a ‘new way’ of measurement as they increasingly enter complex partnership working arrangements, including shared goals, centralizing, community power and ensuring clear institutional accountability to improve impact on health and health equity.
Posted Nov 14, 2022 By Matilda Allen, MSc, Jane Kinsey, BPhty, Emily Hough, BSc
Topics Health Equity Public & Population Health
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Bringing Data to Life for the NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge

2021 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge Winners highlight the benefits of pulling data from multiple national data sources to build a data visualization demonstrating the disproportionate impact of the U.S. gun crisis on young Black men in urban areas.
Posted Oct 3, 2022 By Lauren E. Russell, M.P.P., Sumin Jeong, Sirin Yaemsiri, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Ernest Moy, M.D., M.P.H.
Topics Using Health Data Health Equity Data Sharing