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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Health Datapalooza 2019 Features High Profile Global Technology Policy Discussions

Greg Downing, AcademyHealth senior scholar in residence and Founder of Innovation Horizons, LLC, highlights several international sessions at this year’s Health Datapalooza.

Posted Mar 12, 2019 By Gregory Downing, D.O., Ph.D.

Topics Data Sharing Data Sources Building Healthy Communities Health Datapalooza

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New Study Finds Lower Cost Respiratory Care Options Outside of Intensive Care

AcademyHealth member Laura C. Myers discusses the implications of findings from a recent study pointing to complex issues around standardization of hospital policies.

Posted Mar 7, 2019 By Laura C. Myers M.D. M.P.H. C.P.P.S.

Topics Delivering Better Care Costs & Payments Hospitals & Health Systems Membership

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New Playbook Focuses on 11 Strategies to Add Prevention to the Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic

The National Interoperability Collaborative (NIC), an initiative led by AcademyHealth and Stewards of Change Institute, has recently published, “The Opioid Use Disorder Prevention Playbook”.

Posted Mar 5, 2019 By Zenneia McLendon

Topics Quality Improvement Public & Population Health Using Health Data

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AcademyHealth Members Publish Research on Substance Use Treatment, Health Policy Recommendations, and More

The January issue of Health Affairs features member research on topics such as substance use treatment, payment methods, medicare, medicaid, and health policy.

Posted Feb 28, 2019 By Emily Chun

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Costs & Payments Public & Population Health

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Unpacking the New CMS and ONC Interoperability Proposed Rules

Rob McCready, Kathy Mikk, and Pace Ricciardelli of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, analyze the key points of new proposed rules on interoperability recently issued by CMS and ONC.

Posted Feb 26, 2019 By Rob McCready, M.S., Kathy Mikk, Pace Ricciardelli

Topics Data Sharing

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Insights into Health Care’s Future from an Entrepreneur Turned Inside Digital Transformation Leader

In a recent article, Gregory Downing, AcademyHealth senior scholar, talks with Medstar’s chief futurist and entrepreneur-in-residence John Lock about the future of data, technology, and innovation in health care.

Posted Feb 19, 2019 By Zenneia McLendon

Topics Data Sharing Data Sources Health Datapalooza

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Health Policy Experts Urge Focus on Spending, Delivery System & Public Health Issues

Last week, hundreds of experts from across the health policy community converged in Washington D.C. for AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference.

Posted Feb 15, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A., Brian Cardillo, M.A.

Topics Access to Care Public & Population Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid National Health Policy Conference

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Implications, Questions and Actions for Patient-Centric Digital Health

Responding to remarks by HHS Secretary Alex Azar and other speakers at NHPC in February, Erin Williams of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, highlights areas where new proposed CMS and ONC interoperability rules and other federal action could promote patient-centric digital health.

Posted Feb 13, 2019 By Erin Williams, J.D.

Topics Using Health Data National Health Policy Conference

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Engagement Science: Where Do We Go from Here?

In the last post of a six-part series on engagement science, authors provide four recommendations for the future of the field.

Posted Feb 12, 2019 By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rebekah Angove, Ph.D., Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P., Holly Peay, PhD

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance

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Taking a Closer Look at Quality Measurement in Cancer Survivorship: One Scholar’s Story

Larissa Nekhlyudov, inaugural NCI/AcademyHealth visiting scholar, discusses the importance of quality measurement in cancer survivorship care.

Posted Feb 7, 2019 By Larissa Nekhlyudov, M.D., M.P.H.

Topics Quality Improvement Public & Population Health Membership