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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.

Posted Jul 20, 2023 By Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Health Equity Using Health Data

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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

Posted Jul 13, 2023 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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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.

Posted Jul 13, 2023 By Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FCCP

Topics HSR Workforce Development Health Equity

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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.

Posted Jul 12, 2023 By Alondra Sandoval

Topics Health Equity Hospitals & Health Systems

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Study Tour Reflections from Dave Chokshi and Aaron Carroll in JAMA Health Forum and The New York Times: Moving Beyond the Health Insurance Debates

In a two-part essay for JAMA Health Forum and a NY Times column, Dave Chokshi and Aaron Carroll respectively share insights from the 2023 AcademyHealth/Commonwealth Fund study tour to New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore that should be instructive for the U.S. health care and policy community.

Posted Jul 10, 2023 By Danielle DeCosta, M.P.H.

Topics Public & Population Health Hospitals & Health Systems Paying for Care

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Using Data, Community Engagement, and Policy to Improve Federal Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Outcomes

AcademyHealth organizational member Aptive Resources partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to better address Veteran suicide through improved data collection, working with subject matter experts, and identifying policy gaps.

Posted Jul 6, 2023 By Anne Pavuk Wright

Topics Using Health Data Building Healthy Communities

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Responding to Dobbs: Suggestions from the Women and Gender Health Interest Group

A year later after the Dobbs decision, members of the Women and Gender Health Interest Group Advisory Committee reflect on results of a survey offering recommendations for how organizations can respond.

Posted Jun 23, 2023 By Karissa Fenwick, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW, Neslihan Gurol, Rebecca Johnson, M.A., M.P.H., Divya Mallampati, M.D., M.P.H., Haiyan Qu, Ph.D., Kathryn Stewart, MPH

Topics Advocacy

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Is the health equity movement having an impact on the Biden-Harris Administration’s approach to health data?

Top health data experts held an exclusive conversation with AcademyHealth's organizational members on the status, challenges, and opportunities for stakeholder engagement with the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempt to make health data more equitable.

Posted Jun 22, 2023 By Radhika Purandare

Topics Advocacy Health Equity Using Health Data

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Timely, Relevant, And Inclusive Data Empowers Researchers to Drive Health Policy Change

Through a range of activities, AcademyHealth seeks to advance data equity, support data learning networks, and expand data access. We are also announcing a new call for proposals from Health Data for Action, a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Posted Jun 21, 2023 By Rishika Desai, M.P.H.

Topics Health Equity Using Health Data

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Read on Washington: June 2023 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on the FY24 appropriations process, rulings on the USPSTF, new CMS estimates on national health spending, and more.

Posted Jun 20, 2023 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy