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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.

Blog Post Nursing Health Services Research: Developing an Agenda to Address the Nation’s Top Health Care Challenges in the 2020s

Nursing Health Services Research: Developing an Agenda to Address the Nation’s Top Health Care Challenges in the 2020s

As the COVID-19 pandemic shines a spotlight on the critical role of nursing in health care delivery, members from the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) highlight key areas of focus to ensure nursing health services research is well-positioned to address the nation’s top health care challenges over the next decade.
Posted Aug 6, 2020 By Hilary Barnes, Ph.D., NP-C, FAANP, Hayley Germack, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N. , Kathryn Riman, B.S., BSPH, R.N., Peter I. Buerhaus Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAANP(h)
Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Costs & Payments Delivering Better Care
Blog Post We Are the Light of Justice that Will Not Be Extinguished

We Are the Light of Justice that Will Not Be Extinguished

Kealoha Fox outlines a 10-year effort that resulted in billions of dollars of government investment in programs that connect cultural values to social determinants of health in Hawai‘i. Dr. Fox presented this work at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Sharing Knowledge conference, organized in partnership with AcademyHealth.
Posted Jul 31, 2020 By Kealoha Fox, Ph.D., M.A.
Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Public & Population Health
Blog Post Diversity and Inclusion in Health Services and Policy Research: Then, Now, and the Future

Diversity and Inclusion in Health Services and Policy Research: Then, Now, and the Future

Addressing racism requires a diverse health services research (HSR) workforce. A team of researchers is now fielding a survey on perceptions of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The eventual findings will help address the lack of progress in in the HSR field.
Posted Jul 29, 2020 By Taylor B. Rogers, M.P.H., Tongtan (Bert) Chantarat, M.P.H., Carmen Mitchell, M.P.H.
Topics HSR Workforce Development