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AcademyHealth Blog

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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Strategic Foresight: A Valuable Methodology for Creating the Research and Health Care Systems We Need

The disruptions of the last year will eventually give way to opportunities to design better health care and scientific systems. International experience with the tools of strategic foresight demonstrates its value in anticipating and creating better policies, programs, and organizations.
Posted Feb 17, 2026 By Michael E. Gluck, Ph.D., M.P.P
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From a Burning Platform to Burning Ambition: Sustaining Momentum for Health Equity

Health care innovation and improvement represent opportunities to reshape the health care and public policy ecosystem in a way that centers historically marginalized groups for the benefit of all. An international dialogue among UK and US perspectives elevated key considerations for the health policy community and described a “burning ambition” to effect public policy change.
Posted Feb 11, 2026 By Danielle DeCosta, M.P.H.
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Harnessing the TAF Analysis Reporting Checklist to Elevate Transparency in Medicaid Research

The T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist is an essential tool designed to enhance the clarity and reproducibility of research using Medicaid claims data. Developed by the Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN), this checklist ensures studies are both transparent and methodologically sound to safeguard the research used to inform policy.
Posted Feb 2, 2026 By Brianna Bragg
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Why Evidence, Trade-offs, and Honest Dialogue Matter in Today’s Health Policy Landscape

In a recent conversation on the Analyzing Healthcare podcast AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll offered a candid look at the challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. health system today. Carroll emphasized that today’s health care debate requires more than simple narratives. It requires evidence and leadership committed to long‑term solutions.
Posted Jan 30, 2026 By Karina Collins